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 …
April
April 9: Anthony B, Felton Music Hall
April 9: Lee Ritenour, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
April 10: Jerry’s Middle Finger, The Rio
April 10: Good Riddance, The Catalyst
April 11: Paul Thorn, The Rio
April 13: Reilly Meehan, Bookshop Santa Cruz
April 14: Drugdealer, Moe’s Alley
April 16: Satsang, Moe’s Alley
April 17: George Kahumoko & Kimo West, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
April 17: Cobrah, The Catalyst
April 18: Bee Gees tribute, The Rio
April 18: Emmylou Harris, Santa Cruz Civic
April 18: Drain, Quarry Amphitheater
April 18: Throwing Muses, Moe’s Alley
April 19: Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings, Moe’s Alley
April 19: Gillian Welch/David Rawlings, Quarry Amphitheater
April 20: Gary Bartz, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
April 20: Aziz Abu Sarah & Moaz Inon, The Rio
April 22: Drew & Ellie Holcomb, The Rio
April 22: Jane Smiley, Bookshop Santa Cruz
April 23: Tommy Emmanuel, The Rio
April 23: Jane Monheit, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
April 24: “A Change is Gonna Come,” Kuumbwa Jazz Center
April 25: KT Tunstall, Felton Music Hall
April 25: Poi Rogers/Grey DeLisle, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
April 26: Mariachi Festival, Crocker Theater
April 27: Sullivan Fortner Trio, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
April 28: Karen Tei Yamashita, Bookshop Santa Cruz
April 30: Kuumbwa Jazz Honor Band, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May
May 1: Scottish Fish, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 2: Santa Cruz Symphony: “Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony,” Santa Cruz Civic
May 2: Karla Bonoff, Felton Music Hall (RESCHEDULED FROM NOV. 8)
May 2: Martha High’s Funky Divas, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 2: Peach Pit, Quarry Amphitheater
May 2: Cruzapolooza 2, The Catalyst
May 3: Santa Cruz Symphony: “Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony,” Mello Center
May 3: Pat Metheny, The Rio
May 4: Gregorio Uribe, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 4: Crystal Wahpepah, Bookshop Santa Cruz
May 6: Lucia, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 7: Hiromi’s Sonicwonder, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 7: “Corked,” The Rio
May 7: North Mississippi Allstars, Felton Music Hall
May 7: Sophie Wood Brinker, Bookshop Santa Cruz
May 8: Sports, The Catalyst
May 8: Glen Phillips, Felton Music Hall
May 8: Brothers Comatose, Moe’s Alley
May 8: Benny Bennack III, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 8-9: Cabrillo spring dance concert, Crocker Theater
May 9: David Sedaris, Santa Cruz Civic
May 9: Protoje, The Catalyst
May 10: Jim Messina, The Rio
May 10: San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers, Crocker Theater
May 11: Reyna Grande, Bookshop Santa Cruz
May 13: TOPS, Felton Music Hall
May 13: Mac Barnett, Bookshop Santa Cruz
NEW: May 13: Albaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 14: Caroline Davis, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 14: Rose City Band, The Crepe Place
NEW: May 14: Gripper, Khan & Buttery, The Rio
May 15: Cornelia Murr, Felton Music Hall
May 15: The Heavy Heavy, Moe’s Alley
May 15: Robyn Hitchcock, The Crepe Place
May 16: Amy Winehouse tribute, The Rio
May 17: Willie Nile, Felton Music Hall
May 17: Bobby McFerrin, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 17: Cimafunk, Moe’s Alley
May 18: Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 20: Veronica Swift, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 21: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, The Catalyst
May 21: Peter Erskine, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 22: Andre Nickatina, The Catalyst
May 23: Grandaddy, The Rio
May 28: Allah-Las, The Catalyst
May 29: Frankie Moreno, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 29: GZA, The Catalyst
NEW: May 30: Olas Perdidas, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 31: Billie Holiday tribute, Felton Music Hall
May 31: Pete Seeger singalong tribute, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
NEW: May 31: Merlin Sheldrake, Quarry Amphitheater
June
June 1: Thelonious Monk tribute, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
June 4: Emi Makabe, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
June 5: Agent Orange, Moe’s Alley
June 5: The Hu, The Catalyst
June 6: Le Bouef brothers, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
June 6: The Montvales, The Crepe Place
June 7: Dogs in a Pile, Felton Music Hall
June 10: Quintron & Miss Pussycat, The Crepe Place
June 11: Nicole Zuraitis, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
NEW: June 11: Rayburger, The Catalyst
June 12: Monolord, The Catalyst
June 12: The Smithereens, Moe’s Alley
June 13: Santa Cruz Symphony: “Movie Night,” Santa Cruz Civic
June 13: Santa Cecelia, Moe’s Alley
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 21: Death Angels, The Catalyst
June 22: Santa Cruz Guitar Co. tribute, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
June 25: “Wild Women of the ’60s,” Kuumbwa Jazz Center
June 28: Billy Childs, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
June 29: Luciana Souza & Marcel Camargo, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July
NEW: July 7: Taj Farrant, Moe’s Alley
July 8: TAE & the Neighborly, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July 9: Beth Stelling, Felton Music Hall
July 14: Nation of Language, Felton Music Hall
July 16: RJD2, Felton Music Hall
July 17: Hot Buttered Rum/Tea Leaf Green, Felton Music Hall
NEW: July 18: Kr3ture, Felton Music Hall
July 20: Keshav Batish, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
NEW: July 23: James McMurtry, The Rio
July 27: Ray Obiedo’s Latin Jazz Ensemble, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July 28: Yilian Cañizares, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
August
Aug. 1: Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Quarry Amphitheater
Aug. 7: Bria Skonberg, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 12: John-Robert, The Crepe Place
Aug. 15: Snail, The Rio
Aug. 15: Ani DiFranco/Valerie June, Santa Cruz Civic
Aug. 16: The Blues Project, Moe’s Alley
NEW: Aug. 17: Jazz Mafia, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 20: Jon Dryden, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 26: Duane Betts, Felton Music Hall
NEW: Aug. 26: Built to Spill, The Rio
Aug. 27: Simon Phillips, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 31: Eagles of Death Metal, The Catalyst
September
Sept. 5: Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band, Moe’s Alley
Sept. 5: Public Image Ltd., The Rio
Sept. 9: PawPaw Rod, The Catalyst
Sept. 10: Nduduzo Makhathini, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Sept. 12: Black Uhuru, Moe’s Alley
Sept. 14: John Pizzarelli, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Sept. 17: The Growlers, The Catalyst
Sept. 17: Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
NEW: Sept. 23: Brass Queens, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Sept. 29: Aldous Harding, The Rio
NEW: Sept. 30: Cyrille Aimee & Mathis Picard, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
October
Oct. 2: Soda Blonde, The Crepe Place
NEW: Oct. 2: Fruit Bats, The Rio
Oct. 4: Mike Dawes, Felton Music Hall
NEW: Oct. 6: Kishi Bashi, The Rio
NEW: Oct. 14: Bonnie Raitt, Santa Cruz Civic
December
Dec. 8: Buck Meek, Moe’s Alley
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