San Lorenzo Valley Post

The Mojo Navigators
2022-12-30 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Historic Brookdale Lodge, 11570 Highway 9, Brookdale, CA, 95007, United States
The Historic Brookdale Lodge and Mountain Music Productions present the Mojo Navigators in the “Fireside Lounge” on Friday, December 30 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. There’s no cover for this intimate evening of live music.

Ben Lomond’s Page Brownton and the Mojo Navigators are veteran musicians whose repertoire spans a wide range of historically significant musical styles, including acoustic and electric folk rock, psychedelia, traditional Americana, country blues, & original songs. The auspicious lineup is Brownton on vocals and rhythm guitar; Beth Ann LaBarba, vocals; Al Astrella, lead guitar; Roscoe VanHorne, bass; and John Barton, drums.

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Puffball Collective
2022-12-23 20:30 - 23:30 | Joe’s Bar, 13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek, CA, 95006, United States
Joe’s Bar in Boulder Creek welcomes The Puffball Collective on Friday, December 23 at 8:30pm. No Cover.

Celebrating the power & healing of music & song, spirit-lifting revival and unifying-revelry, The Puffball Collective is built to lift you up and make you want to dance. Featuring members of the Banana Slug String Band, Slugs and Roses, the Barrelmakers, instrumental funk project Velour, Jim Lewin’s Edge of the West, and a slew of talented Santa Cruz musicians. The band presents this music to soothe your souls, raise your spirits, and rejuvenate & move your bodies so that we all can move forward and do great good in our lives.

Artist sites and sounds: https://thepuffballcollective.com

Rory Lynch
2022-12-23 20:00 - 23:00 | Henflings of Ben Lomond, 8450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond, CA, 95005, United States
Henflings of Ben Lomond welcomes Rory Lynch on Friday, December 23 from 8:00 to 11:00 pm.
Rory Lynch is a guitarist, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer from Philadelphia, PA. Four years ago, Rory migrated to Santa Cruz after a stint in NYC headlining shows at venues like The Bitter End and Pianos. His decision to move provided inspiration for a new collection of songs that showcase classic genres like folk, country, jazz, and pop while blending in classic Americana themes. Rory’s smooth deep croon harkens back to the first days of Country Folk and fits nicely next to modern artists like Orville Peck and Sturgill Simpson. Recently he has been recording at Wind River Studios with plans to release his debut full length album in the Fall 2022.

Poi Rogers at Capitola Wine Bar
2022-12-23 19:00 - 22:00 | Capitola Wine Bar, 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, 95010, United States
Time to celebrate the Holidays with the best wine, and best people. Capitola Wine Bar welcomes you to join them in their warm fireside bar for live holiday music and lots of Cheer! Reservations are recommended as seats are limited. Reservations: capitolawinebar.com
Gerard Egan and Carolyn Sills are both inductees into the Sacramento Western Swing Hall of Fame, and Carolyn is the current Academy of Western Artists Western Swing Female Vocalist of the Year. They front the award winning five piece band, The Carolyn Sills Combo, which has released three albums and one doughnut to date.
Poi Rogers features Gerard doubling on acoustic guitar and his 1954 Fender triple neck steel guitar with Carolyn on standup bass, their timeless harmonies anchoring the show.
Artist sights and sounds: poirogers.com

Ripatti & Rose at the Historic Brookdale Lodge
2022-12-23 19:00 - 22:00 | Historic Brookdale Lodge, 11570 Highway 9, Brookdale, CA, 95007, United States
The Historic Brookdale Lodge welcomes Ripatti & Rose on Friday, December 23 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. There is no cover for this intimate show in the Brookdale “Fireside” Lounge.

A singing and instrumental duo featuring Alisha Ripatti & Dylan Rose, fan Jillian Chesley says, “Amazing voices, guitar playing, harmonies and they’re both not bad to look at. VERY talented musicians!”

The two play regularly around Santa Cruz County and are in demand wherever they go.

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Drifting Compass
2022-12-17 20:30 - 23:30 | Joe’s Bar, 13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek, CA, 95006, United States
Drifting Compass is a high-energy rock band made up of Santa Cruz area musicians with many years of performance experience. Their powerful original music is filled with troubadour wisdom and catchy hooks, blending into a unique yet hauntingly familiar style. Artist sites and sounds: www.driftingcompass.com

!!! (Chk Chk Chk)
2022-12-17 20:00 - 23:00 | Felton Music Hall, 6275 Highway 9, Felton, CA, 95018, United States
Combining punk abandon and tightly-coiled dance music has always been bonded into the band’s DNA. It’s this core plus their growth and mastery of songwriting that has seen them outlive the mid-2000s ‘indie/dance punk’ tag and has allowed them to consistently grow lyrically and sonically from album to album. As If is their most transcendent collection of songs yet. “Each album we’ve made has gotten closer and closer to our live set and this, we’re proud to say, is the closest we’ve come yet. We were heavily influenced by current dance music — Nina Kraviz, Moodymann, Paranoid London, Rrose and Delroy Edwards were frequently referenced — and philosophically by the early ’90s house records we love on labels like Trax and Dancemania and by artists like Romanthony and Green Velvet. Those records sound great because they’re fairly raw attempts to use the technology of the time to ape the New York and Philly disco records that those producers loved. We figured, if those old house records sound like they do because the artists manipulated disco samples with MPCs, why couldn’t we just sample ourselves and manipulate the tracks with Ableton Live? The more raw it came out the better it felt, not only because that’s what excited us about those old records, but because it felt more punk, which always feels good.”
Tolliver is the son of a preacher, but his music is anything but holy. His songs are a gumbo of soul, funk, pop and camp, as funny as they are soul-baring. His recent EP ‘Daddyland’ is about reconnecting with his late father via the astral plane, and realizing that he has more in common with his devout-yet-very-flawed father than he ever knew. The LA-via-Chicago singer is a dance floor demon. Tolliver marries a Midwest work ethic with a never-ending love of parties and poppin off, and those conflicting desires drive his creativity. He makes pop records with frank lyrics about redemption and relapse, and twerking at the altar of one’s mind. Daddyland was recently in KCRW’s top 10 albums, with each song from the project in steady rotation. He’s been compared to everyone from War to Al Green to Andre 3000, an ethereal-yet-gritty soul survivor. In February of 2022 Tolliver made his late-night television debut performing his single ‘Say What’ on The Late Late Show with James Corden. This past summer Tolliver embarked on his first ever west coast tour to support the LP, played a monthly residency at The Echo and headlined KCRW’s SUMMER NIGHTS series in Los Angeles.

Broken Shades
2022-12-17 19:00 - 22:00 | Historic Brookdale Lodge, 11570 Highway 9, Brookdale, CA, 95007, United States
Back by popular demand, the Historic Brookdale Lodge welcomes the return of Broken Shades on Saturday, December 17 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. There’s no cover for this free show in the Brookdale “Fireside” Lounge.

Richie Cowan is a mean guitar picker and vocalist. He’s been supplying his soulful and bluesy lead and slide guitar to various bands he’s played with over the years here in Santa Cruz. Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Reverend Gary Davis, Big Bill Broonzy, Willie McTell, Blind Man Blake and numerous other legendary acoustic guitar players all figure into his funky mix of blues guitar. He hosted the Blues Jam in Capitola for many years at the Fogbank, and co-wrote the songs on Jewl’s CD “Harp in Heaven.”

Jewl Sandoval, a California native, has been rock’n the Bay Area and Santa Cruz for several years. He’s written a number of blues tunes, produced three CDs, and has hosted countless blues jams. In the process he has mixed it up with many of today’s blues stars, Coco Montoya for one. His blues harp and soulful vocal style has brought smiles to folks of all ages.

#blues #brookdalelodge #livemusic #santacruzmountains #santacruz

Blue Ocean Rockers
2022-12-16 20:30 - 23:30 | Joe’s Bar, 13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek, CA, 95006, United States
A Rock N’ Roll dance band somewhere in Santa Cruz with a real crush on the classics, but also more modern 80s, 90s, and New Millennium rock and dance music. Blue Ocean Rockers is a 6-member band with four harmonizing singers, a rockin’ guitar player, keyboards, a bass player extraordinaire, and a drummer that keeps us tight in the pocket every time. Artist sites and sounds: www.facebook.com/BlueOceanRockers

Ganstagrass
2022-12-16 20:00 - 23:00 | Felton Music Hall, 6275 Highway 9, Felton, CA, 95018, United States
Gangstagrass combines great American traditions of bluegrass, hip-hop, and beyond to create a whole new musical genre that is more than the sum of its parts.
As latest album No Time For Enemies climbed to #1 on the Billboard bluegrass chart, Americana Highways magazine proclaimed Emmy-nominated Gangstagrass “America’s Band” because they take so much of what’s amazing about this country — ingenuity, creativity, freedom, unity across differences, people’s individual strength and struggles — and distill it into a message of common ground in the form of original songs that have everyone up & dancing!

Alex Lucero at the Historic Brookdale Lodge
2022-12-16 19:00 - 22:00 | Historic Brookdale Lodge, 11570 Highway 9, Brookdale, CA, 95007, United States
The Historic Brookdale Lodge and Mountain Music Productions are pleased to present Alex Lucero on Friday, December 16 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. There is no cover for this intimate show in the Brookdale “Fireside” Lounge.

Alex Lucero & The Live Again Band is a 5-piece outfit crossing genres ranging from Soul, Funk, Jazz, Americana and beyond. Band members age-range spans over four decades with generational talent led by lead singer Alex Lucero. The band has independently released five all original albums comprised of studio and live performances. Alex Lucero & The Live Again Band have received incredible response across Northern California and are played regularly on multiple radio stations and on permanent rotation on the well known KPIG 107 “oink” 5.

You won’t want to miss this show.

Artist sights and sounds: www.liveagainband.com
#alexlucero #brookdalelodge #livemusic #liveagain #mountainmusicproductions #santacruz #santacruzmountains

Alejandro Aranda from Scarypoolparty
2022-12-15 19:00 - 22:00 | Felton Music Hall, 6275 Highway 9, Felton, CA, 95018, United States
Alejandro Aranda, known by his stage name Scarypoolparty, is an American singer, musician, and reality television personality from Pomona, California, and runner-up on the seventeenth season of American Idol. His debut album Exit Form was released on November 22, 2019.

Mike Renwick's Holiday Deluxe
2022-12-14 20:00 - 23:00 | Felton Music Hall, 6275 Highway 9, Felton, CA, 95018, United States
Wednesday December 14th 2022 @ Felton Music Hall
Mike Renwicks Holiday Deluxe
21+
Doors 6pm / Show 7:30
Prices: $20

Grateful Sundays at the Vets Hall
2022-12-11 18:00 - 21:30 | Santa Cruz Veterans Memorial Building, 846 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, United States
Join the dance every Sunday evening at the Santa Cruz Veterans Memorial Building as Matt Hartle and Friends play the music of the Grateful Dead. You can stream this show or dance in person, $20 cover.
Stream live: https://www.facebook.com/GratefulSundays

Sharon Allen & The Dusty Blues Joe’s Bar Annual Christmas Party
2022-12-10 20:30 - 23:30 | Joe’s Bar, 13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek, CA, 95006, United States
Sharon Allen is a veteran performer who delivers her Americana with a filling blend of her own songs and favorites. Every song is delivered with her sweet voice and persona. Sharon has gained respect from radio and audiences as she weaves between genres she knows well, folk, country, rock and blues. She will bring her full ensemble The Dusty Blues for a toe-tappin’ swinging good time: Mike Mongiello/guitar, Charlie Wallace/steel guitar, Jerry Bradley/bass and vocals, Jim Hannibal/saxophone and Kenny Karst/trombone (known as the Santa Cruz Horns) and Jimmy Norris/drums and vocals. Her past collaborations include The Back Alley Band, The Firebirds, Sherry Austin and Henhouse and currently The Dusty Boots. They have shared the stages with notables such as B.B. King, Etta James, Robben Ford, Lonnie Mack, Elvin Bishop and Jesse Colin Young. Artist sites and sounds: https://sharon-allen.com

Fleetwood Macramé
2022-12-10 20:00 - 23:00 | Felton Music Hall, 6275 Highway 9, Felton, CA, 95018, United States
Fleetwood Macramé has become one of the Bay Area’s most exciting tribute bands. What began as a simple exercise in fun has turned into an awe inspiring live experience complete with show stopping renditions of Fleetwood Mac’s greatest hits. Audience participation is encouraged, and Bay Area crowds are coming in droves to sing along with Fleetwood Macramé. What’s more, they sound so much like Fleetwood Mac, if you closed your eyes, you would think it was the real thing. Only it’s better, because you are in the front row!

Acid Grass Boys
2022-12-10 20:00 - 23:00 | Henflings of Ben Lomond, 8450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond, CA, 95005, United States
Acid Grass Boys is a genre bending group of venerable musicians from Aptos, California, playing a hybrid of high octane Bluegrass, & Classic/Outlaw Country.
No cover!
Event on Facebook: https://fb.me/e/3Q38zuCP3

Sunny Sweeney & Brennen Leigh
2022-12-10 19:00 - 23:00 | Felton Music Hall, 6275 Highway 9, Felton, CA, 95018, United States
Brennen Leigh’s Obsessed with the West. (And that’s a good thing.)
“I’ve been obsessed with western swing music since I was a kid and it’s always been an influence. My records in the past have ranged from bluegrass to country music to folk, but I’d never fully explored swing until now.” So says genre-busting Fargo-born, Austin incubated, Nashville resident Brennen Leigh, whose new collaboration with the kings of modern-day western swing, Asleep at the Wheel, Obsessed with the West (Signature Sounds) is a showcase not just for The Wheel or Bob Wills fans, but for anyone who’s ever curled up with Lefty Frizzell, Billie Holiday, Willie Nelson or even Louis Armstrong.
Leigh’s graceful, refined voice and instrumental fluency, her interplay with Ray Benson, and the perennial brilliance of The Wheel serve up a treat on this, Leigh’s seventh album, showcasing twelve self penned songs. With cameos from Emily Gimble and Katie Shore (all the players get their moments in the sun), Leigh demonstrates her wit and vitality on the terrific jump 40’s rhythm and blues, “Comin’ in Hot,” and the lonesome cowboy ballad “Riding Off Onto Sunset Boulevard.” It’s no question why Rodney Crowell, Charley Crockett and Lee Ann Womack have recorded her songs. Obsessed with the West is a celebration of music for music’s sake in 2022, not just an exercise in anthropology.
Sunny Sweeney, a genre-bending, songwriting spitfire who has spent equal time in the richmusical traditions of Texas and Tennessee, returns withMarried Alone, the celebrated singer-songwriter’s fifth studio album and the follow-up to 2017’s critically acclaimedTrophy. Co-produced by beloved Texas musician and larger-than-life personality Paul Cauthen and theTexas Gentlemen’s multi-hyphenate Beau Bedford,Married Aloneis Sweeney’s finest work yet,bringing together confessional songwriting, image-rich narratives and no shortage of sonicsurprises for a loosely conceptual album about loss and healing.

Yule Illumination
2022-12-10 18:00 - 22:00 | Lille Aeske Arthouse, 13160 Highway 9, Boulder Creek, CA, 95006, United States
Yule illumination is magically spun and curated by founder healer and head priestess Julie Grant, Santa Cruz Mountain Priestess Temple Boulder Creek California as the wheel turns once again…. Currently Julie is training a circle of 13 moon trainees to be priestess’s under the SCMPT. These goddess’s are helping with execution of event as part of their training. Each one of them will be lighting the Yule log and reading there poems written in honor of the evening.

Special guests in from Half Moon Bay, Nadine Keller Somatic Therapists, Ordained Minster/Priestess Author will be reading from her book. Richard Power, San Francisco; yoga teacher, author and global intelligence and security expert also reading from his books.

There will be photography on exhibit of the SCMPT Twilight Moon Trainees and temple by Kristin Vincent Photography. The theme is winter Goddess.

A sit-down dinner will be brought to us by long time Local/Wife/ Mother and chef Gretchen McNelis Heimsoth featuring festive Solstice local foods! Menu will be featured a week before event.
Deserts are coming from one of our local bakeries, Emily Allis owned Little Forest Bakery. Yule log cakes and cookies. Drinks will be available for additional cost.

Gina René is a Santa Cruz local and internationally known singer-songwriter/ Lyricist and women’s creative empowerment coach most celebrated for her unique style and ability to weave a common thread between her own life experience and that of the collective. Gina’s songs have been featured in Major Motion Pictures & T.V shows such as Disney/ Buena Vista Films ‘Step Up’, Paramount Pictures ‘Meangirls’, UPN & The CW Network’s ‘Girlfriends’ and more. Gina’s song ‘Be The Change”, feat. Michael Beckwith from The Secret , was considered for a Grammy nomination in 2008 and Gina co-wrote & was featured on Michael Franti & Spearhead’s album & title track “All People. Gina René is currently in the studio with producer Million 7 writing & recording their two music projects; The Soul Bath Experience & album Reclaim Your Throne.

All funds being raised this evening will be donated to Lille Aeske a non profit run by Anil Prajapati. Julie Grant Santa Cruz Mountain Priestess Temple believes in his art gallery and events. This is community.
Lille Aeske is a 501(c)3 organization, public charity with it mission to bring cultural events, music, and art to the community. We look forward to your presence at this event!

Follow Julie Grant and the SCM Priestess Temple at: www.santacruzmountainpriestesstemp.com

Tannery Arts Winter Market
2022-12-10 10:00 - 17:00 | Tannery Arts Center, 1010-1070 River Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, United States
The Winter Art Market is a free family-friendly event at the Tannery Arts Center, featuring over a dozen open artist studios with gifts for the holidays, guest artists, live music, food and beverage vendors, holiday activities for children and adults and new public art installations on the Tannery campus. Find the perfect holiday gift as you peruse one-of-a-kind creations by local artists.

This year’s lineup includes music by Anna May and Isla Byrne & Jamie Schnetzler and food vendors Honey B Market, Epoch Eats and Areperia 831 with Woodhouse Blending & Brewing. Our neighbors Common Roots will also be setting up a farmers market stand.

Free holiday activities for all ages with artists Gazelle Walker, Suzy Radonsky and Linda Cover.
The Market is on, rain or shine, with plenty of available parking and a family-friendly atmosphere. Mar

Santa Cruz Ballet Theater's Nutcracker
2022-12-10 - 2022-12-11 | Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, United States
Santa Cruz Ballet Theater presents The Nutcracker at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium Saturday and Sunday, December 10 and December 11. Two shows each day: 1:00 and 4:30
Experience the magic of the holiday season with Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre’s “The Nutcracker.” Celebrating 20 years at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium downtown, this holiday favorite is the only Nutcracker production in Santa Cruz county featuring a live orchestra. With 52 professional musicians conducted by Maestro Pamela Martin, over 50 local pre-professional dancers, and two world-class guest artists including SCBT alumni and Houston Ballet Principal dancer Melody Mennite as the Sugar Plum Fairy.
