Santa Cruz Mountains News & Events
Join us at the Historic Brookdale Lodge for Open Mic Night with host Pablo Eagle every first Thursday of the month. Bring your axe and show up early this Thursday, May 4 and sign up for your 10 minutes of fame performing in front of an attentive and encouraging audience. This is an intimate local talent showcase not to be…
Windy Hill plays The Sawmill Restaurant and Ale House in Boulder Creek on Friday, May 5 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Formed in 2008 by a couple of high school friends from the Bay Area, Windy Hill has covered a lot of ground in 10 years, performing all over the western states and recording four albums. While the band is…
Live music at Big Basin Vineyards Estate Winery every Friday from 5:00 to 9:00 pm. bigbasinvineyards.com/events/fireside-fridays May 5th- Jazz the Dog & Panchos Empanadas May 12th- Fort Vine & Epoch Eats Food Truck May 19th- David Hunt Cameron & Good Dogs May 26th- Dan Freschette & Panchos Empanadas June 2nd- Michael Gaither June 9th- Poi Rogers June 16th- Scott Cooper…
Come celebrate Cinco de Mayo at the Historic Brookdale Lodge with the infectious danceable high energy of Wredhorse on Friday, May 5, 2023 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. Playing songs from Robben Ford, Los Lobos, Tom Petty, Stray Cats, Eric Clapton, and David Bowie, Wredhorse will get you on your feet right out of the gate. Wredhorse is: Sam Sotelo,…
Lucas Lawson plays The Sawmill Restaurant and Ale House on Saturday, May 6 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Lucas Lawson is a young singer/songwriter who grew up on a farm just north of Santa Cruz, California. Lucas’s upbringing on an organic farm exposed him to the balance and harmonies that all living things have to offer. At a young age,…
Redwood Groove plays the Historic Brookdale Lodge on Saturday, May 6 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. Featuring powerhouse female and male harmony vocalists along with a tight rhythm section, spicy percussion, full keyboards, and the guitar-master of all musical styles. Redwood Groove is an exciting new genre-jumping band forged from the Redwoods in the heart of the Santa Cruz Mountains.…
Teddy Bear Soul Patch plays at Henflings of Ben Lomond on Saturday, May 6 from 8:00 to 11:00 pm. Teddy Bear Soul Patch will lift up your spirits and loosen up your hips as they play a curated selection of tasty covers - running the gamut from JGB to The Band to the Dead - and burning originals. Teddy Bear…
The Buffalo Blues Trio plays the Historic Brookdale Lodge on Sunday, May 7 from 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm. The Brookdale BBQ will be cooking up fresh, hot plates. Celebrating American Roots Blues from the 1920s, 30s and 40s and highlighting female vocalists like Bessie Smith, Nina Simone, Big Mama Thornton, Ida Cox, Janis Joplin and more. The Buffalo Blues…
T Bone Mojo and Fuzzy John are set to groove the stage at Joe's Bar Sunday 4:00 -7:00 pm! Get ready for an unforgettable show of blues, soul, and rock n' roll as these two legendary musicians team up to deliver a good vibe performance that will leave you wanting more. Don't miss out on the chance to see these…
Bring your axe and play with the best. Henflings hosts an open jam on stage every Sunday from 5:00 to 9:00 pm.
The Historic Brookdale Lodge and Mountain Music Productions welcome Tiger's Tale Grateful Dead tribute on Thursday, May 11 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. Jerry played his "Tiger" guitar with the Jerry Garcia Band from 1979 onward. It was his guitar of choice throughout the '80s and was the last guitar he played before he died in 1995. Featuring: Jim Lewin…
Rocks and Salt play The Sawmill Restaurant and Ale House on Saturday, May 12 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. 15520 Highway 9 Boulder Creek, CA 95006 San Francisco based roots duo, Jared Griffin and Nicole Ridgwell. A tumbleweed of sound that can’t help itself from blowing through the cold hard plains of broken hearts, empty bottles and the seamlessly unending…
The Historic Brookdale Lodge and Mountain Music Productions present local mountain favorites, the Dirt Rakers live in concert on Friday, May 12 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. The Dirt Rakers are an Americana band featuring Erik Rozite (guitar and vocals), Jayne Williams (mandolin and vocals), Paul Stevens (drums and percussion), Ted Porter (lead guitar, harmonies), and Jojo Fox (bass). "We're…
Reggae outfit Raging $tone plays at Henflings of Ben Lomond on Friday, May 12 from 8:00 to 11:00 pm. Based in Santa Cruz, the band is 100% analog: Emery Leroy - bass Henry Torrez - drums David Hallford - sound engineer Lennon Kozlicek - guitar and vocals #livemusic #henflings #events #slvpost #entertainment #concert #santacruzmountains #weekend
DJ Starcata performs at the Historic Brookdale Lodge on Saturday, May 13 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. Sound alchemist Tim Stubbs is "DJ Starcata" playing hip-hop, dub-step, underground bass, and EDM to keep the party going all night long. Artist sights and sounds: soundcloud.com/starcata IG: @starcatamusic #livemusic #brookdalelodge #santacruzmountains #events #concerts #santacruz #danceparty #slvpost #entertainment #hiphop #dubstep #dj #edm #experimentalbassmusic #undergroundbassmusic
Rory Lynch plays Henflings of Ben Lomond on Saturday, May 13 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…
Celebrate the release of "Bucket of Seeds" at Felton Music Hall. The project started as Tatiana & Treetop, the names of the two founders, who started the band after many years of playing and writing music together. The band is now called Floratura, a name a derived from the romance languages *Fioritura* - a flourishing embellishment of a melody. Hailing…
The Brookdale Lodge invites the community to celebrate Mother's Day with the sweet world sounds of Elie Mabanza and Mokili Wa on Sunday, May 14 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Mokili Wa, meaning "world, listen," is a supergroup composed of artists from Africa and the Bay Area who create a fusion of music styles into one unique sound. "The…
Cocktail hour with Dave D'oh at Joe's Bar, Sunday, May 14 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm. Dave D'oh is the stage name of Santa Cruz musician Dave Muldawer. He first jumped into the local music scene back in 2010 with the rock band The D'oh Bros. While continuing to play with the band, Dave ventured out as a solo musician…
Bring your axe and play with the best. Henflings hosts an open jam on stage every Sunday from 5:00 to 9:00 pm.
Medicine Road plays outdoors in the Brookdale Beer Garden at the Historic Brookdale Lodge on Saturday, May 20 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. Band leader Pablo Eagle writes, "Medicine Road will create a healing swirl of love and affection that will open all our hearts and bring peace to our moment in time, for which no camera was ever built…
The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit is reuniting for a rare show at the Santa Cruz Veterans Memorial Hall on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 8:00 pm. Local favorites Wolf Jett open the show. Tickets on Eventbrite $25 adv / $30 door All ages About Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit has been recording and…
Aroma Restaurant presents the solo guitar magic of Claudio Melega every Friday night from 5:30 to 8:30 pm beneath the stars on our comfortable heated patio in the heart of Ben Lomond, California. Claudio Melega is an eclectic and exciting vocalist and guitarist with a vast repertoire of classic rock, blues, jazz, bossa nova, flamenco, and traditional Italian music. Originally…
Slingshot plays the Historic Brookdale Lodge on Friday, May 26 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. With a big map and no planned destination, this trio of seasoned improvisers from the jazz and jam band worlds use song and structure the way spacecraft use planets: not to land and stay, but to SLINGSHOT around and be propelled back out into the…
The Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay presents Scotland supergroup Daimh at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz on Friday, May 26 at 7:30 pm. Tickets: $25 Adv / $30 Door. Celtic Society members receive a $3 discount. Purchase tickets: www.celticsociety.org Daimh, pronounced "Dive," are un-challenged champions of straight-in-the-eye Highland music based in West Lochaber and the Isle of Skye.…
Get ready for a sunny Memorial weekend of live tunes by The Magick Blues Band at The Sawmill Restaurant and Ale House in Boulder Creek, California. This band is a transcending group of musicians dynamically weaving through improvisational grooves, coalesced together by pulsations of symbiotic euphoria. Bring your families and furry ones for a night of fun in the sun!
Vinyl Revival plays the Historic Brookdale Lodge on Sunday, May 28 from 12:00 noon until 3:00 in the Brookdale Beer Garden. Brookdale BBQ will be cooking up the goodness. Dan Frechette celebrates a wealth of song knowledge encompassing everything from oldies and classic Rock & Roll to Vintage Blues, R&B, Motown, Classic Country to Old Time, Woody Guthrie to Bill…
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…
Every Wednesday is "Neighborhood Night" at Joe's Bar in the heart of Historic Downtown Boulder Creek, California. Wednesday, May 31, Jacob Bayani performs.
As the lead guitarist for the China Cats and Painted Mandolin, Matt Hartle has established himself as the preeminent jam band guitarist for Santa Cruz and the Bay Area. You can also find him hosting a weekly deep Dead jam at Felton Music Hall, where he welcomes Bay Area players for Grateful Sunday shenanigans. Matt’s unique voice and intricate playing…
Brotherhood of Freaks plays the music of Chris Robinson Brotherhood. If you know the music of CRB, you’ll be stoked to hear it played live again by musicians who love playing these songs. If you’ve never heard CRB, it’s just great danceable music, in the vein of the Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, the American rock & roll catalog, and good…
The Brookdale Lodge and Mountain Music Productions present Open Mic Night with host Pablo Eagle every first Thursday of the month from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. Bring your axe and sign up for your 10 minutes of fame performing in front of an attentive and encouraging audience. This is an intimate local talent showcase not to be missed. Peace, Love,…
Rockin’ New Grass Folky Girly trio with an eclectic mix of old, new, and international rhythms. First Friday Swirlin’! If it’s the First Friday of the month, you know The Swirly Girls will be playing in the Beer Garden. Come on out!
Dos Bros play Steel Bonnet Brewing Company on Friday, June 2 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Upbeat rhythms, positive lyrics, and collaboration are all key as Dos Bros strives to bring Feel Good Music to the people. Dos Bros has created their original music using ukuleles, guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals, drums and horns. With a heavy influence from reggae and surf music, Dos Bros aims…
The Lucky Losers play the Historic Brookdale Lodge on Friday, June 2 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. The band performs under the stars in the Brookdale Beer Garden. Lucky Losers are Cathy Lemons and Phil Berkowitz - Winners of five Independent Blues Award in 2021 including “Artist of the Year” (Cathy Lemons), “Song of the Year” (Godless Land), “The Lucky…
Join the community at Redwood Mountain Faire in Felton, California Saturday and Sunday June 3-4, 2023 from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm both days. This annual music and art festival benefits local community organizations throughout the San Lorenzo Valley and the Santa Cruz Mountains. Food, drink, arts and crafts, clothing, kids activities, dancing, and off the hook fun! Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-redwood-mountain-faire-tickets-551705454867…
Local harmony power-trio The Paperback Ryders play at Steel Bonnet Brewing from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Saturday, June 3. Veterans of the Santa Cruz music scene, this authentic sounding Beatles tribute will take you back to the heyday of the Fab Four, layering in other classic rock hits from the 60s, 70s, and 80s for a genuinely rockin' evening of…
The Joint Chiefs Band brings the funk to the Historic Brookdale Lodge on Saturday, June 3 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. The Joint Chiefs are one of the most versatile and exciting dance bands currently performing on the Northern California music scene. Their sound fuses elements of funk, acid jazz and classic R&B with their own signature groove. Artist sights…
Dave Holodiloff is a musician, band leader, entertainer, and professional service provider exploring musical frontiers from California to Calabria, the Monterey Peninsula to Peru. His dynamic musical repertoire includes Balkan Rhythms, Jazz, Bluegrass, Celtic, Gypsy, Latin Rhythms, Traditionals, Pop, Rock, Folk and much more. An experienced Vocalist, Stringed Instrument Master, and Percussionist, Dave lives Music in honor of Celebration. Artist sights…
Groovy Judy rocks the Historic Brookdale Lodge on Sunday, June 4 from 12:00 to 3:00 pm in the Brookdale Beer Garden. The famous Brookdale BBQ will be serving up the vittles. Whether she is rocking the stage at some of San Francisco’s longest-running and most popular events or entertaining crowds at the legendary Great American Music Hall, guitarist, vocalist, and…
Improv Jazz with the Brian Fitzgerald Trio at Steel Bonnet Brewing on Sunday, June 4 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. BrianFitzgerald (7- and 6-string guitars) is an active member of the Bay Area music scene. An accomplished jazz guitarist and teacher, he draws from a deep musical background and education, covering a wide range of influences. He has toured and…
Americana Folk Duo, featuring Steve Nail and Chris Rogers are back in Santa Cruz June 4th at the Big Basin Vineyards Tasting Room at 525 Pacific Avenue 4-7 pm. Stop on by listen for a while!