Oct
7
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO) will offer free fares on all METRO services, including local fixed routes, Highway 17 Express and ParaCruz, on Wednesday…
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Fri, Oct 9, 2026 · 7:00 PM
The Kick Off - Sonivore Listening Lounge
📍 Sonivore · Downtown Santa Cruz · $25
THE KICK OFF is a one-night fundraiser for the Sonivore Listening Lounge at 701 Front Street. DJs, live performances, visual art by Made Fresh Crew…
Art & Culture
Music
📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
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Thu, Oct 8, 2026 · UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Afrobeats Nite at the IAS
Join us for a night of dancing, joy, and community organized by Afrobeats Nite Santa Cruz featuring DJ Mai Girl and DJ Monk Earl. In…
Education
📍 Westside
★ Featured
Sat, Oct 10, 2026 · Rio Theatre for the Performing Arts
Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour Adventure Night
Rio Theatre & Sante Adairius Midtown Portal team up to support Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship Join us for the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival…
Art & Culture
📍 Midtown
Coming up
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · Customer Experience Center
Clean Air Day
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO) will offer free fares on all METRO services, including local fixed routes, Highway 17 Express and ParaCruz, on Wednesday…
Festivals
📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
Music
Coming up
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · The Cruz Room
Bluegrass Jam
7 - 9pm · Weekly bluegrass jam with local musicians.
Music
📍 Westside
☀️ Happening today
Wednesday, October 782 events on today. No plans required, just go. See the full day →
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Clean Air Day
📍 Customer Experience Center
Festivals
7:00 AM
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Dave Shaw (Santa Cruz, USA): Planet Local Sharing Circle
📍 UC Santa Cruz
Education
7:00 AM
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Pinball Night
📍 The Cruz Room
Community
9:00 AM
FREE
Watsonville YMCA Health Screening
📍 Watsonville Family YMCA
Wellness
9:00 AM
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Mobile Health Clinic
📍 Scotts Valley Branch Library
Community
9:00 AM
$65
Bio-Vibe Table: Sound & Vibration Wellness Sessions
📍 Soulcare Studios
Wellness
9:00 AM
$10
Pilates & Posture in the Pasture
📍 Beyond Liberty
Outdoors
9:00 AM
FREE
Coffee with Provost Aims McGuinness
📍 Merrill College Office
Education
9:15 AM
$25
Vinyasa Yoga with Yogi Laxman Panthi
📍 Soulcare Studios
Wellness
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Showing 30 of 82 upcoming events · from 2026-10-07 · to 2026-10-07
Oct
7
7pm sign-ups · Weekly pinball competition for players of all skill levels.
Community
📍 Westside
Oct
7
Dave Shaw (Santa Cruz, USA): Planet Local Sharing Circle
📍 UC Santa Cruz
🕒 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM · See listing
Hosted by Local Futures In our next Planet Local Sharing Circle, we’ll be joined by Dave Shaw, founder of the Right Livelihood Center at UC…
Education
📍 UCSC
Oct
7
Stop by the Watsonville Family YMCA for a free health screening. You can learn more about your risk for conditions like diabetes or high blood…
Oct
7
Horses are deeply attuned to nonverbal cues; our posture, breath, and inner state shape how they respond. When we’re centered, they notice. This gentle, horse…
Oct
7
Dignity Mobile Wellness Clinic and Santa Cruz Public Libraries are partnering to offer services that support the health of patrons with weekly Wednesday visits to…
Oct
7
Experience the Bio-Vibe Table at SoulCare Studios, a gentle, non-invasive wellness experience using sound frequencies and soothing vibrations to encourage relaxation, release tension, and support…
Wellness
📍 Aptos & Seacliff
Oct
7
Grab a free cup of coffee* and chat with Provost Aims at Coffee with the Provost! Most Wednesdays through the Fall Quarter! 9:00-11:00am Meet us…
Oct
7
Start your Wednesday morning with movement, mindfulness, and authentic Himalayan yogic wisdom at Soul Care Studios. 🧘✨ Join Yogi Laxman Panthi for a weekly Vinyasa…
Oct
7
What Got You Here WILL Get You There - Approaching the Job Search Over 55
📍 Capitola Branch Library
🕒 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM · See listing
This 6-session series is an opportunity to evaluate your skills, talents and experiences through a new lens. Are you 55+ and want or need to…
Oct
7
A STEM and technology event with a hands-on, creative approach.
Oct
7
This 6-session series is an opportunity to evaluate your skills, talents and experiences through a new lens.
Oct
7
TOTALLY TOTEMS: HANDBUILDING (1/4)
📍 Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
🕒 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM · See listing
Noelle Lightbourne
Oct
7
A free weekly dance jam for babies and their caregivers at The 418 Project in Santa Cruz, with movement, music, and play in a joyful…
Oct
7
A bilingual lap-sit storytime for babies and toddlers, with songs, rhymes, and books in English and Spanish.
Oct
7
Roaring Camp Railroads: Redwood Forest Steam Train
📍 Roaring Camp Railroads
🕒 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM · $26.45
Travel over trestles, through towering redwood groves and up a winding narrow-gauge grade to the summit of Bear Mountain as conductors narrate the history of…
Oct
7
A 12 week series on Wednesdays from 10:30AM-12PM that introduces foundational digital literacy concepts and teaches useful digital skills. Classes conducted in-person with an instructor…
Oct
7
Preschool Storytime @ the Garfield Park Branch Library
📍 Garfield Park Branch Library
🕒 10:30 AM · See listing
Join us at the Garfield Park Branch Library for Storytime!
Oct
7
Join Career Success to chat about what it means to get to know other people in a new setting, and how to develop your conversation…
Education
📍 UCSC
Oct
7
Produce Pop-Up is a twice-weekly organic farmstand open to all members of the UC Santa Cruz community. The program is dedicated to increasing access to…
Oct
7
Meow-wow! Learn about cats and kittens with special guests from the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter.
Oct
7
Join Aquarium staff for some bilingual, ocean-learning fun through stories, songs, and movement followed by a craft. Special guests from the Monterey Bay Aquarium will…
Oct
7
Toddler & Preschool Storytime at Boulder Creek
📍 Boulder Creek Branch Library
🕒 11:00 AM · See listing
Come join us for stories, songs, and lots of fun for toddlers, preschoolers and their caregivers in our beautiful Boulder Creek Library Branch every Wednesday…
Oct
7
Join Aquarium staff for some bilingual, ocean-learning fun through stories, songs, and movement.
Oct
7
A bilingual storytime for toddlers with stories, songs, and rhymes in English and Spanish, promoting early literacy and language skills.
Oct
7
Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still
📍 UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences
🕒 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM · FREE
Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS , features new and recent installations, videos, and sculptures highlighting the…
Oct
7
Love Apple Farms in Scotts Valley is holding their first ever free-entry pumpkin patch and winter plant sale. Featuring a haunted greenhouse, gorgeous flower and…
Oct
7
Moving in Harmony with Life - Self-care Exercises for Vitality and Balance
📍 Hummingbird Valley Retreat Center
🕒 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM · FREE
Instructors: Alexandra Johnson, MD, Kevin Johnson and Dena Ehrlich We spend much of our time being sedentary, lost in our minds. Yet each movement you…
Oct
7
UCSC: Victor “Marka27” Exhibition
📍 UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences
🕒 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM · FREE
“Ni de aquí, ni de allá” (“neither from here, nor there”), is a phrase commonly used by bilingual, bicultural communities. In the exhibition the phrase…
Oct
7
Join us for free Pilates at the Library! All levels welcome. Bring your own mat and water. Enjoy a fun, energizing workout led by volunteer…
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