Weekender: Final beach party, Puccini opera and all-star eats

FINAL BEACH PARTY, PUCCINI OPERA AND ALL-STAR EATS

It’s fall, y’all. The kids are back in school, the evenings are starting a little earlier, and whiffs of pumpkin spice are beginning to fill the air. There are a few warm days left, but autumn is creeping in. 

Here are some suggestions to fill your Labor Day weekend. 

If you like music: The Crow’s Nest restaurant’s final beach party of the season is tonight, with funk legend SambaDa starting at 5:30 p.m. Italian composer Giacomo Puccini’s opera “The Girl of the Golden West” is coming to Santa Cruz for four shows over the next two weekends, starting with a 7 p.m. show on Friday. Tickets are $20 to $51.75. In Scotts Valley, Hawaiian musician Weldon Kekauoha comes to the Landing Performing Arts Center on Sunday for a fundraiser for hula school Kuhai Santa Cruz. Tickets are $35 to $45. 

If you love food: Two foodie forces of nature, event company Collective Santa Cruz and influencer Daniel J West, aka Double Meat Please, have teamed up to create a food festival offering epic eats. The Best of the Best All-Star Fest will bring 80 food vendors to Highway 17 Studios in Santa Cruz from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday. The event is free to enter. – Lily Belli

UPCOMING EVENTS YOU’LL LOVE

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FAVORITE BREWERY WITH OUTDOOR SEATING

DISCRETION BREWING

“I like the beer the best and the outdoor seating area is quiet where you can hear each other, and they also host live music on a nice little stage and with good seating.”

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A TREAT BEFORE YOU GO

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