Kevin Keelan’s Seabright garden venue hosts Saturday performances featuring storytelling, music, comedy, cabaret, live looping and local Santa Cruz talent.
Santa Cruz jazz quartet Death and Saxes brings its straight-ahead sound to a free outdoor show at The Crepe Place, with founder John Bouwsma drawing from Kuumbwa roots, New Orleans experience and classic jazz influences.
Espressivo’s season finale brings Mendelssohn, Sibelius and Copland’s Appalachian Spring to life, while Santa Cruz stages and galleries prepare for Kay Martin, Sister Act, 36 North and Boomeria.
After three years on Portola Drive, And Friends Art Gallery is moving into a larger, more visible Pleasure Point location, expanding its role as a showcase for local artists, handmade goods and community connection.
UCSC grad Brett Dennen brings a new kind of performance to Felton Music Hall on Wednesday, June 17, pairing his singer-songwriter catalog with paintings that invite the audience into the conversation.
Santa Cruz celebrates 40 years since The Lost Boys filmed on local shores, with a free Boardwalk screening, a Jamison Newlander signing at Atlantis Fantasyworld and vampire-themed festivities at the Blue Lagoon.
Former Cabrillo choral director Cheryl Anderson brings Considering Matthew Shepard to Peace United Church, reviving a powerful musical response to Matthew Shepard’s life and death for a Santa Cruz Pride benefit.
I Cantori di Carmel performs Carmina Burana at the UCSC Quarry Amphitheater, where redwoods, stars and natural acoustics meet Orff’s thunderous music.
