Santa Cruz County Live Music & Entertainment Roundup: Friday, April 3 – Sunday, April 5

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A comprehensive listing of live music and entertainment in the Santa Cruz Mountains & Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup for the weekend of Friday, April 3 through Sunday, April 5! Pictured above, The Joint Chiefts Saturday, April 4 at 7pm River Run Lounge at The Brookdale Lodge.

Friday, April 3

Free First Friday • 12–8 PM | Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History – Santa Cruz

First Friday – Collective Art Show • 4:30 PM | The Painted Cork – Santa Cruz | Art, DIY painting, food & drinks

April First Friday @ Treehouse • 5 PM | Treehouse Dispensary – Soquel | 5–8 PM; Live piano 6–7:30 PM; 21+

Slack Tide Currents • 5 PM | San Gregorio General Store – San Gregorio

Florals & Folk Jams • 5 PM | Santa Cruz Hostel – Santa Cruz

Art & Change – Opening Reception • 5 PM | Radius Gallery – Santa Cruz

Offshore Sounds First Friday • 5 PM | Offshore Sounds – Santa Cruz

First Friday Boulder Creek • 5:30 PM | Swag Shop / Central Ave – Boulder Creek

1st Friday w/ Local Honey • 5:30 PM | Discretion Brewing – Soquel

3rd Rail DJ Party • 6 PM | Cat Alley Street – Santa Cruz | Music 9 PM; No cover; 21+

Aloha Friday w/ Lokahi Island Music • 6 PM | Pono Hawaiian Grill – Santa Cruz

Two of Us • 6 PM | Madson Wines – Santa Cruz

Coast Ridge Ramblers • 6 PM | Davenport Roadhouse – Davenport

John Michael Band • 6 PM | El Vaquero Winery – Watsonville

Rivermouth • 6 PM | Shanty Shack Brewing – Santa Cruz

Pattie Gilbert & The Wanderlust • 6:30 PM | Balefire Brewing Company – Santa Cruz

Jam Band • 7 PM | Woodhouse Brewing – Santa Cruz | Nate Smith, Lu DiSalvo, Charlie Lindner, & Rich Raygoza

The Garden w/ Ghost Mountain • 7 PM | Quarry Amphitheater – UC Santa Cruz

Durfoulé Requiem – A Choral Vespers Service • 7 PM | Peace United Church of Christ – Santa Cruz | Good Friday; Free; donations welcome

Reefer Madness • 7 PM | Santa Cruz Veterans Memorial Building – Santa Cruz | Live musical comedy

Tom Skinner • 7 PM | Kuumbwa Jazz – Santa Cruz

Akashic Resonance: A Sound Bath • 7 PM | Breath + Oneness – Capitola

Container + fallen matter • 7 PM | Indexical – Santa Cruz | Electronic music

Sweet Voodoo • 7 PM | Abbott Square Market – Santa Cruz

Medicine Road • 7 PM | The River Run at Brookdale Lodge – Brookdale

Surf City Line Dance • 8 PM | Crow’s Nest – Santa Cruz | $10 cover

Coaster Stomp Line Dancing • 8 PM | Bruno’s Bar and Grill – Scotts Valley | $10 cover

Emo Dance Party Band • 8 PM | The Catalyst – Santa Cruz | w/ DJ Osh; 21+

Circles Around The Sun • 8 PM | Felton Music Hall – Felton

Kevin Hamm Band • 8 PM | Henflings Tavern – Ben Lomond

Spitfire Grill (Mountain Community Theater) • 8 PM | 9400 Mill St – Ben Lomond | Live theater production

Sean and The Skinwalkers • 8:30 PM | Joe’s Bar – Boulder Creek

Alecia Haselton • 9 PM | The Sand Bar Capitola – Capitola | Full band

Silverada w/ Leroy From The North • 9 PM | Moe’s Alley – Santa Cruz

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Saturday, April 4

Jon Wittenberg • 11 AM | San Gregorio General Store – San Gregorio

Buffalo Blues Trio • 11 AM | The Crepe Place – Santa Cruz

Bingo w/ Robert & Nic • 1 PM | The River Run at Brookdale Lodge – Brookdale | Recurring weekly

Ticket to the Limit • 2 PM | San Gregorio General Store – San Gregorio

Love Creek • 5:30 PM | Discretion Brewing – Soquel | 5:30–7:30 PM; Folk-rock/jam

Not So Young (Neil Young Tribute) • 6 PM | El Vaquero Winery – Watsonville

Funk Face • 6 PM | Shanty Shack Brewing – Santa Cruz | 7-piece funk band

B-Movie Kings • 6 PM | Cork & Fork – Capitola

Lost in SBASS DJ Party • 6 PM | Cat Alley Street – Santa Cruz | Music 9 PM; No cover; 21+

Island Oasis Saturday – JD Puli & Steven Espaniola • 6 PM | Pono Hawaiian Grill – Santa Cruz

Nomad • 6 PM | Davenport Roadhouse – Davenport

Craven / Harrington Project / Thor’s Thunder • 6 PM | Apple Jack’s – La Honda

Sharp 9 • 6 PM | Aroma Restaurant 831 – Ben Lomond

Sound Alchemy: An Intention Centered Sound Journey • 6:30 PM | Breath + Oneness – Capitola

Redtail – Chris McDougall & Richard Smith • 7 PM | The Ugly Mug – Soquel | $25 adv / $30 door; reservations recommended

Sugar Rooster • 7 PM | Woodhouse Brewing – Santa Cruz

Painted Mandolin & J.B. Barton • 7 PM | Kuumbwa Jazz – Santa Cruz | Benefitting The Santa Cruz Immigration Project

Puffball Collective • 7 PM | Abbott Square Market – Santa Cruz

Reefer Madness • 7 PM | Santa Cruz Veterans Memorial Building – Santa Cruz | Live musical comedy

Doom Scroll w/ Florez Rain & Sunburnt Bones • 7 PM | SubRosa Community Space – Santa Cruz | All ages; $15–20

Russel Kreitman & Mark Van Haren • 7 PM | Bay Bar & Grill – Capitola

The Joint Chiefs Band • 7 PM | The River Run at Brookdale Lodge – Brookdale (featured photo at top of page)

Highwire • 7 PM | The Cats Restaurant – Los Gatos

César Rosas (of Los Lobos) & Los Survivors w/ Volker Strifler & Gary Silva • 8 PM | Moe’s Alley – Santa Cruz | w/ KPIG Radio

Fishhook • 8 PM | Crow’s Nest – Santa Cruz | Dance party

Late Night Cereal • 8 PM | Henflings Tavern – Ben Lomond

Mark Farina • 8 PM | Felton Music Hall – Felton | DJ set; 21+

Elise Trouw • 8 PM | The Catalyst Atrium – Santa Cruz

The Next Blues Band • 8:30 PM | Joe’s Bar – Boulder Creek

Touch’d Too Much • 8:30 PM | The Sand Bar Capitola – Capitola

Snakehips • 9 PM | The Catalyst – Santa Cruz

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Sunday, April 5

Dan Newitt • 11 AM | San Gregorio General Store – San Gregorio

The Trolley Drops • 1 PM | Abbott Square Market – Santa Cruz

Yuji Tojo • 1 PM | Davenport Roadhouse – Davenport

Blue Flamingo Quartet • 2 PM | San Gregorio General Store – San Gregorio

Reefer Madness • 2 PM | Santa Cruz Veterans Memorial Building – Santa Cruz | Musical comedy

The Back Porch Boys • 3 PM | Discretion Brewing – Soquel | 3–5 PM; blues & roots

Bluegrass Jam • 3 PM | The Crepe Place – Santa Cruz | Hosted by Northern California Bluegrass Society

Rize the People • 3 PM | Woodhouse Brewing – Santa Cruz | Community Celebration

Henflings Sunday Pro Jam • 5 PM | Henflings Tavern – Ben Lomond

Dennis Dove Pro Jam • 7:30 PM | The Sand Bar Capitola – Capitola

Richard Thompson with Zara Phillips • 8 PM | Rio Theatre – Santa Cruz

Midnight North • 8 PM | Felton Music Hall – Felton

Standup Comedy • 9 PM | Crow’s Nest – Santa Cruz | Recurring weekly

Want to be added to the list? Add your weekly events to the comments below or email: julie@slvpost.com