Quick Take
Team BOLO (Be On The Lookout) is gathering and curating all of Santa Cruz County’s biggest and best happenings from now until forever — or at least until the latest gigs are officially announced.
Team BOLO (Be On The Lookout) is gathering and curating all of Santa Cruz County’s biggest and best happenings from now until forever — or at least until the latest gigs are officially announced.
Latest additions are marked as NEW below.
Use the following links to see the major events happening by month:
And away we go with Down The Line …
June
June 15: Jason Marsalis, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
June 17: Barbara Higbie & Teresa Trull, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
June 18: Mary Gauthier, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
June 18: GayC/DC, Moe’s Alley
June 18: Lucinda Williams, The Rio
June 19: Phish tribute, Felton Music Hall
June 19: Israel Vibration, Moe’s Alley
June 20: The Joy of Zimbabwean Music, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
June 20: The Verve Pipe, Felton Music Hall
June 21: Death Angels, The Catalyst
June 22: Santa Cruz Guitar Co. tribute, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
June 24: Wallace Baine, Bookshop Santa Cruz
June 25: “Wild Women of the ’60s,” Kuumbwa Jazz Center
June 25: Khemmis, Felton Music Hall
June 27: Santa Cruz Roller Derby, Santa Cruz Civic
June 27: Andre Nickatina, The Catalyst
June 28: Billy Childs, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
June 29: Luciana Souza & Marcel Camargo, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July
July 7: Taj Farrant, Moe’s Alley
July 7: Angelica Glass, Bookshop Santa Cruz
July 8: TAE & the Neighborly, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July 9: Beth Stelling, Felton Music Hall
July 9: Mads Tolling, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July 10: Fleetmac Wood, Felton Music Hall
July 10: Alice Howe & Freebo, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July 10: Cabrillo Stage opening night: “Sister Act, the Musical,” Crocker Theater
July 11: Depeche Mode tribute, Felton Music Hall
July 11: Santa Cruz Shakespeare opening night: “Much Ado About Nothing,” Audrey Stanley Grove
July 12: Santa Cruz Shakespeare opening night: “Macbeth,” Audrey Stanley Grove
July 13: Maruja Limon, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July 13: White Denim, Moe’s Alley
July 14: Nation of Language, Felton Music Hall
July 16: RJD2, Felton Music Hall
July 16: Tony Lindsay Quintet, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July 17: Hot Buttered Rum/Tea Leaf Green, Felton Music Hall
July 18: Kr3ture, Felton Music Hall
July 18: Water Tower, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July 18: Babe Rainbow, The Rio
July 19: Leah Song, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July 19: Los Tranquilos, Felton Music Hall
July 20: Keshav Batish, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July 20: Pink Ladies of the Sonnets, Audrey Stanley Grove
July 21: Ocean Vuong, The Rio
July 23: James McMurtry, The Rio
NEW: July 26: Sue Foley, Moe’s Alley
July 27: Ray Obiedo’s Latin Jazz Ensemble, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July 27: Chloe Chapin, Bookshop Santa Cruz
July 28: Yilian Cañizares, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July 28: Santa Cruz Shakespeare opening night: August Wilson’s “Fences,” Audrey Stanley Grove
July 29: Monophonics, Moe’s Alley
July 30: Peter Asher & Jeremy Clyde, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July 31: Maria Muldaur, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July 31: Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music: “On Freedom,” Santa Cruz Civic
August
Aug. 1: Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Quarry Amphitheater
Aug. 1: Eileen Jewel, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 1: Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music: “Defiant Dreams,” Santa Cruz Civic
Aug. 2: Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music: Family Concert, Santa Cruz Civic
Aug. 3: Kim Nalley, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 3: Heart tribute, Audrey Stanley Grove
Aug. 6: Sylvia Cuenca’s Bridging Generations, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 7: Bria Skonberg, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 7: ALO, Felton Music Hall
Aug. 8: Shawn Colvin, The Rio
Aug. 8: Mickey Avalon, Felton Music Hall
Aug. 8: Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music: “Control,” Santa Cruz Civic
Aug. 9: Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music: “Hope As Our Banner,” Santa Cruz Civic
Aug. 10: David Bowie tribute, Audrey Stanley Grove
Aug. 12: John-Robert, The Crepe Place
Aug. 13: Marina Crouse, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 14: Death & Saxes, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 14: The Polish Ambassador, Felton Music Hall
Aug. 14: Atmosphere, Quarry Amphitheater
Aug. 15: Snail, The Rio
Aug. 15: Ani DiFranco/Valerie June, Santa Cruz Civic
Aug. 16: The Blues Project, Moe’s Alley
Aug. 17: Jazz Mafia, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 17: Nina Simon, Bookshop Santa Cruz
Aug. 19: Bill O’Connell Trio, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 19: Steve Hawk, Bookshop Santa Cruz
Aug. 20: Jon Dryden, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 21: Oliver Tree, Quarry Amphitheater
NEW: Aug. 22: Earthless, Moe’s Alley
Aug. 24: Keyon Harrold, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 25: La Luz, Felton Music Hall
Aug. 26: Duane Betts, Felton Music Hall
Aug. 26: The Kirtan Love Experience, The Rio
Aug. 26: Built to Spill, The Rio
Aug. 27: Simon Phillips, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 28: Tim Flannery & the Lunatic Fringe, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 29: Greyboy All-Stars, Moe’s Alley
Aug. 31: Eagles of Death Metal, The Catalyst
September
Sept. 1: Rehash, The Catalyst
NEW: Sept. 3: Paula Arai, Bookshop Santa Cruz
Sept. 4: Santa Cruz Shakespeare opening night: Noel Coward’s “Private Lives,” Audrey Stanley Grove
Sept. 5: Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band, Moe’s Alley
Sept. 5: Public Image Ltd., The Rio
NEW: Sept. 6: Tommy Castro & the Painkillers, Moe’s Alley
Sept. 7: Tom Petty tribute, Audrey Stanley Grove
Sept. 9: PawPaw Rod, The Catalyst
NEW: Sept. 9: Laurie R. King, Bookshop Santa Cruz
Sept. 10: Nduduzo Makhathini, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Sept. 11: Santa Cruz Shakespeare opening night: Jason Robert Brown’s “The Last 5 Years,” Audrey Stanley Grove
Sept. 12: Black Uhuru, Moe’s Alley
Sept. 14: John Pizzarelli, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Sept. 15: “Smoke Cabaret,” Laurie Rivera, Audrey Stanley Grove
Sept. 17: The Growlers, The Catalyst
Sept. 17: Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
NEW: Sept. 19: Rayland Baxter, Moe’s Alley
Sept. 20: Vieux Farka Toure, Felton Music Hall
Sept. 22: Al DiMeola, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
NEW: Sept. 22: Welcome Week Rave, Santa Cruz Civic
Sept. 23: Brass Queens, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Sept. 24: Bill Frisell & Harmony Five, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Sept. 28: Linda Ronstadt tribute, Audrey Stanley Grove
Sept. 29: Aldous Harding, The Rio
Sept. 30: Cyrille Aimee & Mathis Picard, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
October
Oct. 1: El Khat, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Oct. 2: Soda Blonde, The Crepe Place
Oct. 2: Fruit Bats, The Rio
Oct. 3: The Bends, Felton Music Hall
Oct. 4: Mike Dawes, Felton Music Hall
NEW: Oct. 5: Hiromi, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Oct. 6: Kishi Bashi, The Rio
Oct. 8: Rickie Lee Jones, The Rio
NEW: Oct. 8: Ben Flocks, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Oct. 10: Damien Jurado, Felton Music Hall
NEW: Oct. 10: Banff Center Mountain Film, The Rio
NEW: Oct. 11: Yellowjackets, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
NEW: Oct. 12: Somi, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Oct. 14: Bonnie Raitt, Santa Cruz Civic
Oct. 14: Acoustic Alchemy, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
NEW: Oct. 14: Alborosie & Shengen Clan, Moe’s Alley
Oct. 15: Bumpin’ Uglies, The Catalyst
Oct. 23: Black Flag, Felton Music Hall
Oct. 26: Fonville & Fribush, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
NEW: Oct. 29: Laura Anglade, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
November
NEW: Nov. 1: Andrew Duhon, Moe’s Alley
Nov. 7: Henry Diltz: Behind the Lens, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Nov. 8: Southern Culture on the Skids, Moe’s Alley
NEW: Nov. 9: Alex Cameron, The Crepe Place
Nov. 12: Jake Xerxes Fussell, Felton Music Hall
Nov. 14: Nick Shoulders, Felton Music Hall
Nov. 14: Jon Spencer, Moe’s Alley
December
Dec. 8: Buck Meek, Moe’s Alley
Dec. 17: Pokey LaFarge, Felton Music Hall
April 2027
April 23: Fashion Teens, The Rio
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