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 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 6: Martha Conway, Bookshop Santa Cruz
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
May 13: Albaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 14: Caroline Davis, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 14: Rose City Band, The Crepe Place
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 16: Steely Dead, Felton Music Hall
NEW: May 16: Love Songs of Bob Dylan, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
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
May 30: Olas Perdidas, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 31: Billie Holiday tribute, Felton Music Hall
May 31: Pete Seeger singalong tribute, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
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
NEW: June 5: “Carmina Burana,” Quarry Amphitheater
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 10: Ruth Ozeki, Bookshop Santa Cruz
June 11: Nicole Zuraitis, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
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
NEW: June 19: Phish tribute, Felton Music Hall
NEW: June 19: Israel Vibration, Moe’s Alley
NEW: June 20: The Joy of Zimbabwean Music, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
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
NEW: June 25: Khemmis, Felton Music Hall
June 28: Billy Childs, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
June 29: Luciana Souza & Marcel Camargo, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July
July 7: Taj Farrant, Moe’s Alley
NEW: 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
NEW: July 10: Fleetmac Wood, Felton Music Hall
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
NEW: 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 20: Keshav Batish, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July 23: James McMurtry, The Rio
July 27: Ray Obiedo’s Latin Jazz Ensemble, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July 28: Yilian Cañizares, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
NEW: July 31: Maria Muldaur, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
August
Aug. 1: Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Quarry Amphitheater
Aug. 3: Kim Nalley, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 6: Sylvia Cuenca’s Bridging Generations, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 7: Bria Skonberg, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
NEW: Aug. 7: ALO, Felton Music Hall
NEW: Aug. 8: Shawn Colvin, The Rio
NEW: Aug. 8: Mickey Avalon, Felton Music Hall
Aug. 12: John-Robert, The Crepe Place
Aug. 13: Marina Crouse, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
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
NEW: Aug. 17: Nina Simon, Bookshop Santa Cruz
Aug. 19: Bill O’Connell Trio, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
NEW: Aug. 19: Steve Hawk, Bookshop Santa Cruz
Aug. 20: Jon Dryden, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
NEW: Aug. 24: Keyon Harrold, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Aug. 26: Duane Betts, Felton Music Hall
NEW: Aug. 26: The Kirtan Love Experience, The Rio
Aug. 26: Built to Spill, The Rio
Aug. 27: Simon Phillips, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
NEW: Aug. 28: Tim Flannery & the Lunatic Fringe, 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
Sept. 23: Brass Queens, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Sept. 29: Aldous Harding, The Rio
Sept. 30: Cyrille Aimee & Mathis Picard, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
October
Oct. 2: Soda Blonde, The Crepe Place
Oct. 2: Fruit Bats, The Rio
NEW: Oct. 3: The Bends, Felton Music Hall
Oct. 4: Mike Dawes, Felton Music Hall
Oct. 6: Kishi Bashi, The Rio
Oct. 14: Bonnie Raitt, Santa Cruz Civic
NEW: Oct. 23: Black Flag, Felton Music Hall
November
NEW: Nov. 14: Nick Shoulders, Felton Music Hall
December
Dec. 8: Buck Meek, Moe’s Alley
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