Santa Cruz County Live Music Roundup: Wednesday, July 2

🎶Live Music Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup of concerts and live entertainment for Wednesday, July 2, 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! Enjoy! 🎶🍷 🍺🎻💃

🪇 Mariachi Alma de Mexico
Santa Cruz Farmers Market
Wednesday, July 2 | 1:30 – 4:00
224 Church St., Downtown Santa Cruz

🎶 Ryan Price
BrewTopia
Wednesdays | 3:00 – 6:00
115 San Jose Ave, Ste H, Capitola

🎶 Karaoke
Apple Jack’s
Wednesdays | 3:30 – 11:00
8790 La Honda Rd, La Honda

✌️☮️ Indivisible Weekly Peaceful Protest
Santa Cruz Town Clock
Wednesdays | 4:00 – 6:00
North Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz

🎶 Rick Rasay Island Music
Pono Hawaiian Kitchen & Tap Capitola
Wednesdays | 5:00 – 7:00
3744 Capitola Rd, Santa Cruz

🎶 Wine Down Wednesdays
Capitola Wine Bar and Merchants
Wednesdays | 5:00 – 7:00
115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

🎶 7th Wave
Chaminade Resort & Spa
Wednesday, July 2 | 5:30 – 8:30
One Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz

🎶 Cork and Fork Open Mic Jammers
Over the Hill Gang Saloon
Wednesdays | 6:00 – 8:00
3530 Portola Dr., Santa Cruz

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

🎶 B-Movie Kings
Capitola Twilight Concert Series 🏖️
Wednesday, July 2 | 6:00 – 8:00
Capitola Beach-Esplanade Park, 108 Monterey Ave., Capitola

🎶 Karaoke
Pono Hawaiian Grill Santa Cruz
Wednesdays | 6:00 – 8:30
120 Union St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Animo Cruz
Bruno’s Bar and Grill
Wednesday, July 2 | 6:00 – 9:00
230 Mt Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley

🎶 3peaceX Roots Rock
Apple Jack’s
Wednesday, July 2 | 6:00 – 10:00
8790 La Honda Rd, La Honda

🧐 Trivia
Abbott Square Market
Wednesdays | 6:30 – 8:30
118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

🎶 DJs Doug EP + Brewbone @ Burner Happy Hour
Castaways
Wednesday, July 2 | 6:30 – 10:30
3613 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz

💃 English Country Dance
Live Oak Grange
1st Wednesdays | 7:00
1900 17th Ave., Santa Cruz

🎶 Ripatti & Rose
The Crow’s Nest
Wednesday, July 2 | 7:00
2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz
$3 Cover

🎶 Shin Chida + Angst Hase Pfeffer Nase + S*Glass + Secret Handshake
SubRosa Community Space
Wednesday, July 2 | 7:00 – 10:00
703 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz
$10 Door | notalof

💃 Parlor Tricks Ragtime Speakeasy
Woodhouse Blending & Brewing
Wednesday, July 2 | 7:00 – 10:00
119 Madrone St., Santa Cruz

🤣 Comedy Night
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
Wednesdays | 7:30
402 Ingalls St., Santa Cruz

🎲 Flingo! Mountain Bingo
Henflings Tavern
Wednesdays | 7:30 – 11:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🎶 John Turkey’s Nightmares + Tom Henry + Good Dog Nigel
Bernal Equinox + George Jr & The 911s
The Crepe Place
Wednesday, July 2 | 8:00
1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

🎶 Billy Reese Capitola Twilight Concert Series Afterparty 🏖️
Britannia Arms
Wednesdays | 8:00
110 Monterey Ave., Capitola

🎶 Towse – Irish Folk Pop
Joe’s Bar
Wednesday, July 2 | 8:00 – 11:00
13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek

🧜 Magicians and Acrobats
Colonnade Stage, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Mondays | Tuesdays | Wednesdays | 8:30 – 9:30
400 Beach St., Santa Cruz

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

Featured image: Mariachi Alma de Mexico at the Santa Cruz Farmers Market, Wednesday, July 2 | 1:30 – 4:00

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