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.
One of America’s finest fiction writers and the author of “A Visit From the Goon Squad,” Jennifer Egan visits the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn at UC Santa Cruz on March 15 in an event presented by Bookshop Santa Cruz. Seattle-based singer-songwriter Damien Jurado performs live at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center on March 17. Cuban-born pianist Omar Sosa returns to Kuumbwa alongside Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita on April 22. Dumpstaphunk returns to Moe’s Alley for a show June 30. The Boardwalk’s annual Chili Cook-off will take place Oct. 28 this year. And don’t miss Santa Cruz’s legendary surf-psyhedelic masters The Mermen at The Crepe Place on Feb. 25.
Latest additions are marked as NEW below.
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And away we go with Down The Line ...
February
Feb. 3: Michael Gaither & Nick Alaga, El Vaquero
Feb. 4: Melissa Aldana, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Feb. 4: School of Rock, The Catalyst
Feb. 6: The Wood Brothers, The Rio
Feb. 6: Kenny Barron, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Feb. 7: Matt Andersen, Felton Music Hall
Feb. 8: Patricia Engel, Bookshop Santa Cruz
Feb. 10: Matt Heckler, Felton Music Hall
Feb. 10: White Album Ensemble unplugged, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Feb. 10: Orgone, Moe’s Alley
Feb. 11: Elovators, Felton Music Hall
Feb. 11: Leo Kottke, The Rio
Feb. 11: Famous Dex, The Catalyst
Feb. 11: Jeffrey Halford & the Healers, El Vaquero Winery
NEW: Feb. 11: Joint Chiefs, Brookdale Lodge
Feb. 13: Cyrille Aimee, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Feb. 13: Helene Simkin Jara & Stephany Buswell, Bookshop Santa Cruz
Feb. 14: The Lone Bellow, The Rio
Feb. 14: Tuck & Patti, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Feb. 14: The Frights, The Catalyst
Feb. 15: Jungle Brothers, The Catalyst
Feb. 17: Hawktail, Felton Music Hall
Feb. 17: Fidlar, The Catalyst
Feb. 17: Kandace Springs, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Feb. 17: Pimps of Joytime, Moe’s Alley
NEW: Feb. 17: Alex Lucero, Brookdale Lodge
Feb. 18: Balkan Bump, Felton Music Hall
Feb. 20: Jon McLaughlin, Moe’s Alley
Feb. 20: Lionel Louke & Elena Pinderhughes, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Feb. 21: A Conversation with Elena Pinderhughes, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Feb. 21: Cass McCombs, Felton Music Hall
Feb. 22: Pepper, The Catalyst
Feb. 23: Douglas Abrams & Rachel Neumann, Bookshop Santa Cruz
Feb. 24: Yasmin Williams, Felton Music Hall
Feb. 24: Thy Art is Murder, The Catalyst
Feb. 24: Brianna Conrey, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
NEW: Feb. 24: The Mattson 2, The Crepe Place
Feb. 24-26: Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival, The Rio
Feb. 25: Dave Alvin/Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Felton Music Hall
Feb. 25: Neil Young tribute, El Vaquero Winery
NEW: Feb. 25: The Mermen, The Crepe Place
Feb. 25-26: Clam Chowder Cook-off, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Feb. 26: Alborosie, Felton Music Hall
March
March 1: The Sadies, The Crepe Place
March 1: Jeffrey Foucault, Felton Music Hall
March 2: Walter Trout, Felton Music Hall
March 2: Meg Baird & Chris Forsythe, The Crepe Place
March 3: Dumpstaphunk, Moe’s Alley
March 3: The White Buffalo, Moe’s Alley
NEW: March 4: Fear, The Catalyst
March 7: Ladysmith Black Mambazo, The Rio
NEW: March 7: Danusha Lameris & Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Bookshop Santa Cruz
March 9: Braxton Cook, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
March 9: Mania: ABBA tribute, The Rio
March 11: Lyrics Born, Moe’s Alley
March 11: North Mississippi Allstars, Felton Music Hall
NEW: March 11: Tempest, Brookdale Lodge
March 12: Zakir Hussain, The Rio
March 13: Pup/Joyce Manor, The Catalyst
March 14: Elizabeth McKenzie, Bookshop Santa Cruz
March 15: Kolton Moore & the Clever Few, Felton Music Hall
NEW: March 15: Jennifer Egan, Cowell Ranch Hay Barn
March 16: Titus Andronicus, The Catalyst
March 16: Accent, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
March 17: Royal Jelly Jive, Moe’s Alley
March 17: Allman Bros. tribute, Felton Music Hall
NEW: March 17: Damien Jurado, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
March 18: Prince tribute, Felton Music Hall
March 20: Amadou & Mariam, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
March 21: Bonnie Raitt, Santa Cruz Civic
March 21: Väsen, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
March 21: Ross Gay & Chris Mattingly, Bookshop Santa Cruz
March 22: Robyn Hitchcock, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
March 23: Soulfly, The Catalyst
March 23: Los Amigos Invisibles, Moe’s Alley
March 23: Danilo Brito & Jaoa Luiz, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
March 24: Lee Fields, Moe’s Alley
March 25: Coffis Brothers, Moe’s Alley
March 27: Steve Smith & Vital Information, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
March 29: “A Doll’s House, Part 2” opening, Colligan Theatre
NEW: March 29: Duane Betts & Palmetto Hotel, Felton Music Hall
March 30: Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, Felton Music Hall
March 31: That 1 Guy, The Catalyst
March 31: Tropa Magica, Moe’s Alley
NEW: March 31: Snow Tha Product, The Catalyst
April
April 1: Tom Russell, Felton Music Hall
April 1: Black Flag, The Catalyst
April 1: Toubab Krewe, Moe’s Alley
April 7: Creed Bratton, Felton Music Hall
April 11: Bumpin Uglies, Felton Music Hall
NEW: April 12: The Brother Brothers, Felton Music Hall
April 14: Jesse Daniel, The Catalyst
April 15: The Residents, The Rio
April 15: Steely Dead, Felton Music Hall
April 20: Snail Mail, The Rio
April 20: Dustbowl Revival, Moe’s Alley
NEW: April 22: Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
April 27: Warren Zeiders, The Catalyst
April 29: The National Parks, The Catalyst
April 29: The Expendables, The Catalyst
May
May 1: Sierra Ferrell, The Catalyst
May 3: Brooks Nielsen, Felton Music Hall
May 4: Old Blind Dogs, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
NEW: May 5: Santa Cruz Latin Collective, Brookdale Lodge
May 12: Fenne Lily & Christian Lee Hutson, Felton Music Hall
May 16: Molchat Doma, The Catalyst
May 24: “Over the River and Through the Woods” opening, Colligan Theatre
May 25: Peter Cat Recording Co., The Catalyst
May 26: Daimh, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 26-27: White Album Ensemble, The Rio
June
June 2: The Exploited, The Catalyst
June 15: Southern Culture on the Skids, Moe’s Alley
NEW: June 30: Dumpstaphunk, Moe’s Alley
July
July 15: Daniel Champagne, Kuumbwa Jazz Center
July 18: Goth Babe, The Catalyst
October
NEW: Oct. 21: Santa Cruz Band Review, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
NEW: Oct. 28: Chili Cook-off, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
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