Music & Concerts

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

Wednesday December 14th 2022 @ Felton Music Hall Mike Renwicks Holiday Deluxe 21+ Doors 6pm / Show 7:30 Prices: $20

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.

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…

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…