Santa Cruz County Live Music Weekend Roundup: June 20-22

🎶Live Music Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup of concerts and live entertainment for Friday, June 20 through Sunday, June 22, 2025! We’ve rounded up all the great music we could find at Santa Cruz County’s best eateries and music venues and thrown in all the local festivals and fairs. There’s much to do in the Santa Cruz Mountains and all around the county! Happy Summer Solstice! Enjoy! 🎶🍷 🍺🎻💃

Friday, June 20

🎶 Jazza
Over the Hill Gang Saloon
Friday, June 20 | 1:00 – 3:00
3530 Portola Dr., Santa Cruz

🎶 Mountain Market on Summit Road 🍒🍅
Fridays | 2:30 – 5:30
Loma Gazebo, 23845 Summit Rd, Los Gatos

🎶 The Country Squires
Highway 1 Brewing
Friday, June 20 | 5:00 – 7:00
5720 Cabrillo Hwy, Pescadero

🎶 Hawk Mountain
San Gregorio General Store
Friday, June 20 | 5:00 – 7:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶 Pilgrims of Stoke
Alice’s Restaurant
Friday, June 20 | 5:00 – 7:30
17288 Skyline Blvd, Woodside

🎶 Ken Margolis
Coasters Bar & Grill at the Boardwalk Bowl
Friday, June 20 | 5:00 – 8:00
115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz

🎶 Santa Cruda
Midtown Fridays Summer Block Party
Friday, June 20 | 5:00 – 8:30
1111 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

🎶 Rhan Wilson Jam Band ft. Dan Robbins, Gary Kehoe, Gary Regina, Cooper Padilla + June Coha & Patti Maxine
Kissed by an Angel Wines
Friday, June 20 | 5:30 – 7:00
75 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley
Cali Caracas Food Truck

🎶 Ashley Lloyd
Discretion Brewing
Friday, June 20 | 5:30 – 7:30
2703 41st Ave Ste. A, Soquel

🎶 The Shady Rest Band
Stockwell Cellars
Friday, June 20 | 5:30 – 8:30
1100 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz
Sleight of Hand Pizza 🍕

🎶 This Close! Solstice Party
The Sawmill Restaurant & Ale House
Friday, June 20 | 6:00 – 8:00
15520 Highway 9, Boulder Creek

🎶 The Kerry Sheepdogs Celtic
Steel Bonnet Brewing
Friday, June 20 | 6:00 – 8:00
20 Victor Square, Scotts Valley
La Fenice Pizza Food Truck

🎶 Live Blues
Aptos Street BBQ
Nightly | 6:00 – 8:00
8059 Aptos St, Aptos

🎶 Lloyd Whitley Blues Trio
Mission Street BBQ
Fridays | 6:00 – 8:00
1618 Mission St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Lokahi Island Music
Pono Hawaiian Grill Santa Cruz
Friday, June 20 | 6:00 – 8:30
120 Union St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Jamissaries Duo w/ Arindam & Eman Selassie
Aroma Restaurant
Friday, June 20 | 6:00 – 9:00
9600 Highway 9, Ben Lomond
Reservations: (831) 609-6596

🎶 The Joint Chiefs
California Coffee
Friday, June 20 | 6:00 – 8:00
9105 Soquel Dr., Aptos

🎶 Ryan Price
Capitola Wine Bar and Merchants
Friday, June 20 | 6:00 – 9:00
115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

🎶 Grupo Imperativa
Slough Brewing Collective (Buena Vista)
Friday, June 20 | 6:00 – 9:00
65 Hangar Way D, Watsonville

🎶 Slow Coast
Davenport Roadhouse
Friday, June 20 | 6:00 – 9:00
1 Davenport Ave, Davenport

🎶 Anthony Arya Band w/ Opener The Last Planet
El Vaquero Winery
Friday, June 20 | 6:00 – 9:00
2901 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville
Reservations: (831) 607-8118 | elvaquerowinery
$10 Cover | Off The Hook Food Truck

🎶 Ripatti & Rose
Bruno’s Bar and Grill
Friday, June 20 | 6:00 – 9:00
230 Mt Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley

🎶 Summer Solstice Party Music + Fire + Dance
Shanty Shack Brewing
Friday, June 20 | 6:00 – 9:00
138 Fern St., Santa Cruz

💃 Plateau Jazz Band
Mid-County Senior Center Friday Dance Series
Friday, June 20 | 7:00 – 9:00
829 Bay Ave., Capitola
$10 Door

🎶 Jianna & The Cruzers w/ Jianna Andrews, Malakai Lawton, Alex Bahler & Quinn Becker
Abbott Square Market
Friday, June 20 | 7:00 – 10:00
118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

🎶 Robert Hager & The Wolf Pack
Over the Hill Gang Saloon
Friday, June 20 | 7:00 – 10:00
3530 Portola Dr., Santa Cruz

🎶 El Camino Revival Band
The Cats Los Gatos
Friday, June 20 | 7:00 – 10:00
17533 Santa Cruz Hilwy, Los Gatos

🎶 Spun w/ Ted Welty
Sevy’s at Seacliff Inn
Friday, June 20 | 7:00 – 10:00
7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos

🎶 Neon City Line Dancing
Vino by the Sea
Friday, June 20 | 7:00 – 10:00
55 Municipal Wharf, Ste. B, Santa Cruz

🎶 WredHorse
Brookdale Lodge
Friday, June 20 | 7:00 – 10:00
11570 Highway 9, Brookdale

🎶 St. Paul & The Broken Bones + The Wood Brothers
The Mountain Winery
Friday, June 20 | 7:30
14831 Pierce Rd, Saratoga
Tix: mountainwinery

🎶 Comedy Night w/ Miguel Rojas, Chris Kidder & Dan Green
Woodhouse Blending & Brewing
Friday, June 20 | 8:00 – 9:30
119 Madrone St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Nashville Nights – Love & Theft
Chaminade Resort & Spa
Friday, June 20 | 8:00
One Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz
Tix: chaminade

🎶 Trestles
Felton Music Hall
Friday, June 20 | 8:00
6275 Highway 9, Felton
Tix: feltonmusichall

🤡 Deflating Fascism Sketch Comedy Show w/ Dangerous Neighbors Band
Santa Cruz Art Actors’ Theatre
Friday, June 20 | 8:00 & Saturday, June 21
1001 Center StreetSanta Cruz
Tix: indivisiblesantacruzcounty

🎶 Vinyl Revolution w/ Dan Frechette
Henflings Tavern
Friday, June 20 | 8:00 – 11:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🎶 Firme Friday DJs: Noche de Cumbia
The Blue Lagoon
Friday, June 20 | 8:00 – 11:59
923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz

🎶 Jefferson Hancock Band
Joe’s Bar
Friday, June 20 | 8:30 – 11:55
13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek

🎶 Tomorrows Bad Seeds
The Catalyst Club Atrium
Friday, June 20 | 9:00
1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Tix: catalystclub

🎶 Army & The 7th St. Band w/ Eric Cotton & One Love Bomb
Moe’s Alley
Friday, June 20 | 9:00
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz
Tix: moesalley

🎶 Blind Pilots
The Crow’s Nest
Friday, June 20 | 9:00
2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz
$7 Door

🎶 Vinny Johnson Blues
The Sand Bar
Friday, June 20 | 9:00
211 Esplanade, Capitola

📽️ FREE Movies on the Beach
Friday Nights | 9:00
Santa Cruz Main Beach
June 20: Men in Black

Saturday, June 21

🚗 29th Annual Woodies on the Wharf Car Show
Kūhai Hālau O Mehanakealohakalaua’eikapoli Pā ‘Ōlapa Kahiko Hula
Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf
Saturday, June 21 | 10:00 – 3:30

🎶 Pete Weston Smith
San Gregorio General Store
Saturday, June 21 | 11:00 – 1:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎉 Pleasure Point Street Fair
Saturday, June 21 | 11:00 – 5:00
Portola Drive Between 41st & 38th
Info: pleasurepointstreetfair

🎉🎶 Street Stage
11:00 — The Shoreline Summer Band
12:00 — The Casual Funk
1:30 — Tsunami Band
3:00 — Matt Masih & The Messengers

🎉🎶 Beer Garden Stage
12:00 — Pleasure Point Allstars w/ Bob O’Neill, Jamey DeMaria, Ted Welty, Daniel Lewis & Harpin Jonny
2:00 — Jake Nielsen Music & Triple Threat
4:00 — Ripatti Rose Band

🎶 John Michael
Coasters Bar & Grill at the Boardwalk Bowl
Saturday, June 21 | 12:00 – 3:00
115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz

🍷 Santa Cruz Mountains Winery Passport Day
Saturday, June 21 | 12:00 – 5:00
Passes: winesofscm.com/passport

🌻 Longstock Music & Beer Festival: Benefit for Housing Matters
Saturday, June 21 | 12:00 – 10:00
Chrome Deluxe + Hemingway’s Trout + Cook & Fenny + Rayburn Brothers + Full Court Press + Dorice Hunt & Throwing Roses + Webber Brothers + Red Hot & The Saltines + SPAM
Altered States Craft Brew + El Buen Tacos + Classic VWs + Camping
Summit Rd. > Miller Cutoff > 14350 Long Ridge Rd

☮️ Free the Chest All Gender Topless Sit-In — Celebrate, Normalize
Lighthouse Point
Saturday, June 21 | 1:00

🎶 Wonderstill
Davenport Roadhouse
Saturday, June 21 | 1:00 – 4:00
1 Davenport Ave, Davenport

🎶 Vinny Johnson Blues Band
Highway 1 Brewing
Saturday, June 21 | 1:00 – 4:00
5720 Cabrillo Hwy, Pescadero

🎶 Hawk Mountain
Loma Mar Outpost | Outdoor Stage
Saturday, June 21 | 1:00 – 5:00
150 Pescadero Creek Rd, Loma Mar

🐖 3rd Annual Venus Spirits Pig Roast
Saturday, June 21 | 1:00 – 6:00
Venus Spirits Tasting Room, 200 High Rd, Santa Cruz
Tix: venusspirits

🎶 Steve Abrams Jazz Trio w/ Heath Proskin & Kevin DiNoto
BrewTopia
Saturday, June 21 | 1:30 – 4:30
115 San Jose Ave, Ste H, Capitola

🎶 Samba Cruz Quartet
Silver Mountain Vineyards
Saturday, June 21 | 2:00 – 4:00
269 Silver Mountain Dr., Miller Cutoff, Los Gatos

🎶 Extra Medium
Shanty Shack Brewing
Saturday, June 21 | 2:00 – 5:00
138 Fern St., Santa Cruz

🎶 The TaleSpinners
San Gregorio General Store
Saturday, June 21 | 2:00 – 5:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶Juke Box Boys
Over the Hill Gang Saloon
Saturday, June 21 | 2:00 – 5:00
3530 Portola Dr., Santa Cruz

🎶 Buffalo Blues Trio & Zayante Fireman’s BBQ
Lompico Park
Saturday, June 21 | 3:00 – 6:00
E. Zayante Rd. > Lompico Rd., Felton
$10 BBQ

🎶 Bob Burnett
MJA Vineyards Westside Tasting Room
Saturdays | 3:30 – 6:30
Ingalls St., Santa Cruz
Cousins Maine Lobster Food Truck

🎶 Mark Van Haren
Stockwell Cellars
Saturday, June 21 | 4:00 – 7:00
1100 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz

🎶 Floratura/Mai Powell/Red 40/Andy Pancakes— Solstice Party!!
Woodhouse Blending & Brewing
Saturday, June 21 | 4:00 – 10:00
119 Madrone St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Rock Shed Rangers Ska
Steel Bonnet Brewing
Saturday, June 21 | 5:00 – 7:00
20 Victor Square, Scotts Valley
Sleight of Hand Pizza Food Truck

🎶 52 Pickup
Coasters Bar & Grill at the Boardwalk Bowl
Saturday, June 21 | 5:00 – 8:00
115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz

🎶 Fishhook
El Vaquero Winery
Saturday, June 21 | 5:00 – 8:00
2901 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville
Reservations: (831) 607-8118 | elvaquerowinery
$10 Cover | Tacos El Jesse Food Truck

🎶 The Messiahs
Discretion Brewing
Saturday, June 21 | 5:30 – 7:30
2703 41st Ave, Soquel

🎶 Mojo Mix Blues
Aptos Street BBQ
Saturdays | Sundays | Wednesdays | 6:00 – 8:00
8059 Aptos St, Aptos

🎶 Live Blues
Mission Street BBQ
Saturdays | 6:00 – 8:00
1618 Mission St., Santa Cruz

💃 Pie Ranch Barn Dance w/ HomePie String Band
In the Meadow at Pie Ranch
Third Saturdays | 6:00 – 9:00
2080 Highway 1, Pescadero
Reservations: pieranch.org

🎶 Rev & Renwick Trio
Aroma Restaurant
Saturday, June 21 | 6:00 – 9:00
9600 Highway 9, Ben Lomond
Reservations: (831) 609-6596

🎶 Silver Lining Serenaders from NOLA w/ Scott Stobbe
Capitola Wine Bar and Merchants
Saturday, June 21 | 6:00 – 9:00
115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

🎶 Chicano All Stars
Slough Brewing Collective (Buena Vista)
Saturday, June 21 | 6:00 – 9:00
65 Hangar Way D, Watsonville

🎶 El Sol Salsa Dance Night
Shanty Shack Brewing
Saturday, June 21 | 6:30 – 9:00
138 Fern St., Santa Cruz

🎶 The Fab Four
The Mountain Winery
Saturday, June 21 | 7:30
14831 Pierce Rd, Saratoga
Tix: mountainwinery

🎶 Surf Creeps
Over the Hill Gang Saloon
Saturday, June 21 | 7:00 – 10:00
3530 Portola Dr., Santa Cruz

🎶 AfroHighLife
Abbott Square Market
Saturday, June 21 | 7:00 – 10:00
118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

🎶 Vito and Friends
Brookdale Lodge
Saturday, June 21 | 7:00 – 10:00
11570 Highway 9, Brookdale

🎶 J.A.M. Band
The Cats Los Gatos
Saturday, June 21 | 7:00 – 10:00
17533 Santa Cruz Hwy, Los Gatos

🎶 Pacific Grown + Bruno Proal
Sevy’s at Seacliff Inn
Saturday, June 21 | 7:00 – 10:00
7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos

🎶 Aza
Kuumbwa Jazz
Saturday, June 21 | 7:30
320-2 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz
Tix: kuumbwajazz

🎶 Sarah’s Big 90s DJ B-Day Bash
The Crepe Place
Saturday, June 21 | 8:00
1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz

🎶 Dizgo + Blü Egyptian
Felton Music Hall
Saturday, June 21 | 8:00
6275 Highway 9, Felton
Tix: feltonmusichall

🤡 Deflating Fascism Sketch Comedy Show w/ Dangerous Neighbors Band
Santa Cruz Art Actors’ Theatre
Friday, June 20 | 8:00 & Saturday, June 21
1001 Center StreetSanta Cruz
Tix: indivisiblesantacruzcounty

🎶 F.U.X. + Blunt Force Karma + Step Up
The Catalyst Club Upstairs Christa’s Bar
Saturday, June 21 | 8:00
1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Tix: catalystclub

🌈 The Shug Shack: PRIDE Edition
Bruno’s Bar and Grill
Saturday, June 21 | 8:00 – 11:00
230 Mt Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley
Tix: brunosbarandgrill

🎶 Scott Cooper & Friends
Henflings Tavern
Saturday, June 21 | 8:00 – 11:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

💃 DJ Dance Party
Colonnade Stage, Santa Cruz Boardwalk
Saturdays & Sundays | 8:30 – 9:30
400 Beach St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Love Creek
Joe’s Bar
Saturday, June 21 | 8:30 – 11:55
13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek

🎶 Tiger’s Tale
The Crow’s Nest
Saturday, June 21 | 9:00
2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz
$8 Door

🎶 Lost Boys Weekend: DJs Spinning 80s & Goth
The Blue Lagoon
Saturday, June 21 | 9:00
923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz

🎶 Space Heater
Moe’s Alley
Saturday, June 21 | 9:00
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz
Tix: moesalley

🎶 Karaoke
Hold Fast Lounge
Saturdays | 9:00
529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

🎶 B-Movie Kings
The Sand Bar
Saturday, June 21 | 9:00
211 Esplanade, Capitola

🎶 DJ Clo Money Plays All Miley & Hannah
The Catalyst Club Atrium
Saturday, June 21 | 9:00
1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Tix: catalystclub

🎶 DJ Kevo Kingdom Dance Party 90s-2K + R&B + Hip Hop
The Catalyst Club
Saturday, June 21 | 9:00
1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Tix: catalystclub

Sunday, June 22

🍅🌻 Cruz Control w/ Vince Tuzzi & Gary Cunningham
Live Oak Farmers Market
Sunday, June 22 | 10:00 – 12:00
15th St &, 21400 E Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz

🎶 Jim McGowan
San Gregorio General Store
Sunday, June 22 | 11:00 – 1:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶 Kevin & Erin Hamm
Coasters Bar & Grill at the Boardwalk Bowl
Sunday, June 22 | 12:00 – 3:00
115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz

🎶 Ted Welty
Brookdale Lodge
Sunday, June 22 | 12:00 – 3:00
11570 Highway 9, Brookdale
Native Outlaw BBQ

🎶 The Joint Chiefs – Sip for Second Harvest Food Bank
South Bluff at Seascape Beach Resort
Sunday, June 22 | 1:00
One Seascape Resort Drive, Aptos
Tix: donate.thefoodbank.org

🎶 John Michael Sings Sinatra
BrewTopia
Sundays | 1:00 – 4:00
115 San Jose Ave, Ste H, Capitola

🎶 Local DJ Showcase
Abbott Square Market
Sunday, June 22 | 1:00 – 5:00
118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

🎻 The Goat Hill Girls Bluegrass
Cooper-Garrod Vineyards at Garrod Farms
Sunday, June 22 | 2:00 – 4:00
22645 Garrod Rd, Saratoga
Reservations: gerrodfarms

🎶 Flying Salvias
San Gregorio General Store
Sunday, June 22 | 2:00 – 5:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶 Jenny O’Leary & Joe Leonard Jazz
Capitola Wine Bar and Merchants
Sunday, June 22 | 2:00 – 5:00
115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

🎶 Rodney James
Over the Hill Gang Saloon
Sunday, June 22 | 2:00 – 5:00
3530 Portola Dr., Santa Cruz

🎶 Reggae on the Roof w/ DJ Captiv8
Bruno’s Bar and Grill
Sunday, June 22 | 2:00 – 5:00
230 Mt Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley

🎻 The Crooked Road Irish Band
Hallcrest Vineyards and Tasting Room
Sunday, June 22 | 2:00 – 5:00
379 Felton Empire Rd., Felton

🎶 Andy Fuhrman & Friends
MJA Vineyards Westside Tasting Room
Sundays | 2:30 – 5:30
Ingalls St., Santa Cruz

🎻 Music for Orchestra & Organ w/ Ann Theirmann, Martin Gaskell, Jennifer Cass
Messiah Lutheran Church
Sunday, June 22 | 3:00
801 High St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Brian Fitzgerald Jazz Trio
Steel Bonnet Brewing
Sunday, June 22 | 3:00 – 5:00
20 Victor Square, Scotts Valley

🎶 Love Creek
Discretion Brewing
Sunday, June 22 | 3:00 – 5:00
2703 41st Ave Ste. A, Soquel

🎶 Bluegrass Jam
The Crepe Place Garden
Sundays | 3:00 – 5:30
1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

🎶 Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings
Moe’s Alley
Sunday, June 22 | 4:00
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz
Tix: moesalley

🎶 Luke DiSalvo
Joe’s Bar
Sunday, June 22 | 4:00 – 7:00
13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek

🎶 Rachel Cruse
Vino by the Sea
Sunday, June 22 | 4:00 – 7:00
55 Municipal Wharf, Ste. B, Santa Cruz

🎷 Santa Cruz Jazz Society
Pono Hawaiian Grill Santa Cruz
Sunday, June 22 | 400 – 7:00
120 Union St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Broken Shades
El Vaquero Winery
Sunday, June 22 | 4:00 – 7:00
2901 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville
Reservations: (831) 607-8118 | elvaquerowinery
$10 Cover | Gabe’s Grill Food Truck

🎶 Patti Maxine, Christie McCarthy, Ginny Mitchell w/ Amee Chapman & Rebecca Coupe Frank
The Neighbor’s Pub
Sunday, June 22 | 5:00 – 7:00
711 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz

🎶 Alabama Annie
Chaminade Resort & Spa
Sunday, June 22 | 5:00 – 8:00
One Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz

🎶 Sunday Pro Jam w/ Chicago Bill Bouchard & Friends
Henflings Tavern
Sunday, June 22 | 5:00 – 9:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🎶 Live Blues
Mission Street BBQ
Sundays | 6:00 – 8:00
1618 Mission St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Kara Hermann and Friends
The Cats Los Gatos
Sunday, June 22 | 6:00 – 8:30
17533 Santa Cruz Hwy, Los Gatos

🎶 Grateful Sundays w/ Matt Hartle & Friends ✌️☮️
The Crepe Place Garden
Sunday, June 22 | 6:00 – 9:00
1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz
$10 Door

💃 Square Dance & Honkytonk w/ Summoning Circle & Bois Rouge Cajun Band
Park Hall
Sunday, June 22 | 7:00 – 9:00
9525 Mill St, Ben Lomond
Tix: benlomondvillage.org

🤣 Open Mic Comedy
Shanty Shack
Sunday, June 22 | 7:00 – 9:00
138 Fern St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Lyle Lovett & His Large Band
The Mountain Winery
Sunday, June 22 | 7:30
14831 Pierce Rd, Saratoga
Tix: mountainwinery

🎶 John Michael Open Pro Jam
The Sand Bar
Sunday, June 22 | 7:30
211 Esplanade, Capitola

💃 DJ Dance Party
Colonnade Stage, Santa Cruz Boardwalk
Saturdays & Sundays | 8:30 – 9:30
400 Beach St., Santa Cruz

🤣 Comedy Night
The Crow’s Nest
Sundays | 9:00
2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz
$10 Door

💀 ::THE BOX:: Darkwave Dance Party
Lost Boys Weekend
The Blue Lagoon
Sundays | 9:30
923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Hot Ticket Alert

🎻 Scotland’s Old Blind Dogs
Kuumbwa Jazz
Wednesday, June 25 | 7:30 – 10:30
320-2 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz
Tix: celticsociety.org

🌲🌻 Solaris Festival 2025 – Deep Play & Spiritual Joy
Pescadero, CA
June 26-29
Info & Tix: communityseed.org

🌻 China Cats Grateful Dead Dance Party 🌻
Santa Cruz Vets Hall
Saturday, June 28 | 8:00 – 11:00
846 Front St, Santa Cruz
Tix: mountainmusicproduction

🎇 The Joint Chiefs 4th of July
World’s Shortest Parade Party in the Park
Friday, July 4 | 11:00 – 4:00
100 Aptos Creek Rd, Aptos

🎇 130th Alba Schoolhouse Fourth of July Celebration
The Sequoia Retreat Center
Friday, July 4 | 11:00 – 4:00
101 Hidden Falls Trl, Ben Lomond (Off Alba Rd.)
BBQ + Live Music + History Presentation + Family Fun

🎇 Silver Tongued Devils + August Sun Boulder Creek 4th of July
Junction Park Swimmin’ Hole
Friday, July 4 | 12:00 – 5:00
Middleton Ave., Boulder Creek

🎇 MicroTiger + Burnin’ Vernon + Jive Machine 4th of July Fest
Abbott Square Market
Friday, July 4 | 12:00 – 8:00
118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

🎇 4th of July w/ Alex Lucero + The Swag Tones
El Vaquero Winery
Friday, July 4 | 1:00 – 6:00
2901 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville
Reservations: (831) 607-8118 | elvaquerowinery
$20 Cover | Shockwave Food Truck

🎇 Hollister Independence Motorcycle Rally
Friday, July 4th & Saturday, July 5th | 10:00 – 8:00
Downtown Hollister, California

🍺 Free Day West Coast IPA Release
Discretion Brewing
Saturday, July 5 | 12:00 – 9:00
Live Music in the Beer Garden
12-2pm The Silver Lining Serenaders
3-5pm Lake Eagles Blues Band
5-6:30pm Back Porch Boys (inside taproom)
6:30-8:30pm Love Creek

🤡 Tony Award-Winning San Francisco Mime Troupe
DISRUPTION: A Musical Farce
London Nelson Community Center Lawn
Sunday, July 13, 2025 | Music 3:00 | Show 4:00
FREE ($20 suggested donation)
301 Center St., Santa Cruz

🎻 Santa Cruz Mountains Brewfest
Roaring Camp Railroads
Saturday, August 2 | 1:00 – 9:00
The Brothers Comatose + Poor Man’s Whiskey + Wolf Jett
Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours w/ Patti Maxine
Bad Maps + Sweet Sally + VIP Tasting Train w/ Wild Iris
5401 Graham Hill Rd., Felton
Tix: scmbrewgrass

🎻 Primus
Quarry Amphitheater UCSC
Sunday, August 3 | 8:00
1156 High St, Santa Cruz
Tix: ticketweb

🎻 31st Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival
San Benito Historical Park
August 7 – 10 | Camping, Jamming, Multiple Bands
8300 Airline Hwy, Tres Pinos
Tix: ncbs.us/events/gof/gof-tickets

🎻 KBCZ Music Festival
Ripatti Rose Band + Ancestree + The Swag Tones + More
Saturday, August 9 | 1:00 – 7:00
Garrahan Park, Boulder Creek
Info: kbcz.org

The SLV Post Weekend Roundup of Music

The roundup of live music is compiled by Julie Horner for the San Lorenzo Valley Post newspaper and is posted on Facebook: @SLVPostNews and on the SLV Post’s website. See something we missed? Add your event to the comments. Or drop your event on the Santa Cruz Mountains Entertainment News Facebook group: @santacruzmountains | Email: julie@slvpost