Vintage stores, always a fixture in downtown Santa Cruz, have blossomed over the past five years along Pacific Avenue and its tributaries. This weekend, the Downtown Association is celebrating its upcycle culture in the inaugural Vintage Walk. On Saturday and Sunday, visitors can use a passport to explore vintage and secondhand shops throughout downtown. Retailers will display their unique finds at a Vintage Walk Fashion Show at Abbott Square on Sunday at 4 p.m. – Lily Belli
Here are some events you may be interested in this weekend:
Thursday, April 9
- Far West Fungi: Myco-Mixer | 2 p.m. @ Far West Fungi
- Bargetto Winery’s Thursday Night Music | 6 p.m. @ Bargetto Winery | Free
- Lee Ritenour & Friends | 7 p.m. @ Kuumbwa Jazz
- Anthony B | 8 p.m. @ Felton Music Hall | $30-$45
- Moe’s Alley Presents: BADFISH – A Tribute to Sublime – “The Blizzy Tour” | 8 p.m. @ Moe’s Alley | $25-$30
Friday, April 10
- Don’t Take My Boop Oop A Doop Away – Musical Justice | 7 p.m. @ International Academy of Dance: Ballet Box Theater | $20-$25
- Reefer Madness | 7 p.m. @ Santa Cruz Veterans Memorial Building | $17.82-$33.42
- Good Riddance | 7 p.m. @ The Catalyst | Free
- Gitkin | 8 p.m. @ Felton Music Hall | $27.77-$32.50
- Jerry’s Middle Finger | 8 p.m. @ Rio Theatre
- The Spitfire Grill | 8 p.m. @ Park Hall | $30-$40
Saturday, April 11
- Cabrillo College Horticulture Department Spring 2026 Plant Sale | 9 a.m. @ Cabrillo College Horticulture Department | Free
- Surf City Comic Con 2026 | 10 a.m. @ Capitola Mall | $12.51
- Vintage Walk | 10 a.m. @ Downtown Santa Cruz | Free
- Watsonville Buddhist Temple Hanamatsuri (Flower) Festival | 11 a.m. @ Watsonville Buddhist Temple | Free
- Touch A Truck | 11 a.m. @ Felton Fire Station | Free
- Brews, Bands & Bites | 12 p.m. @ Beer Thirty | $25-$30
- The Red Ball: Celebrating Thirty Years at the MAH | 6 p.m. @ Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History | $55 to $375
- Reggaeton Rave | 9 p.m. @ The Catalyst | Free
Sunday, April 12
- Class: Tomato Masters | 10 a.m. @ Love Apple Farms Nursery | $69
- It’s California Native Plant Month! | 11 a.m. @ UCSC Arboretum and Botanic Garden | Free
- Clothesline Art Sale: A Santa Cruz Art League Fundraiser | 3 p.m. @ Santa Cruz Art League | Free
- Vintage Walk – Fashion Show | 4 p.m. @ Abbott Square Market | Free
- Speed Dating in Aptos! Ages 25 – 40 | 5 p.m. @ Other Brother Beer Co. | $33.85
- Italian Potluck & Film: A Little Fellow | 5:30 p.m. @ Cabrillo Aptos Campus | Free
