Santa Cruz County Live Music Weekend Roundup: August 1-3

🎶Live Music Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup of concerts and live entertainment for Friday, August 1 through Sunday, August 3, 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. Enjoy all there is to do in Santa Cruz County! 🎶🍷 🍺🎻💃

Friday, August 1

🎷 Jazz at the Library
Santa Cruz Public Library
Friday, August 1 | 12:00 – 1:00
224 Church St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Postman Jack & The Special Deliveries
San Gregorio General Store
Friday, August 1 | 5:00 – 7:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶 Mike Ofiesh
Alice’s Restaurant
Friday, August 1| 5:00 – 7:30
17288 Skyline Blvd, Woodside

🎶 Alwa Gordon / Silvandgold & Friends
Midtown Fridays Summer Block Party
Friday, August 1 | 5:00 – 8:30
1111 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

🎶 The Linkhorns + Art by Melinda Jones
First Friday at Lille Aeske Arthouse
Friday, August 1 | 5:00 – 9:00
13160 Central Ave, Boulder Creek

🍓 Watsonville Strawberry Festival Kickoff Party & Carnival
Watsonville Plaza
Friday, August 1 | 5:00 – 9:00
350 Main St, Watsonville
watsonville.gov/1117/Watsonville-Strawberry-Festival

🎶 Debralee Darling & Her Brad Habit
Kissed by an Angel Wines
Friday, August 1 | 5:30 – 6:30
75 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley

🎶 Local Honey
Discretion Brewing
Friday, August 1 | 5:30 – 7:30
2703 41st Ave Ste. A, Soquel

🎶 Jimmy Dillon of the Robert Cray Band
Chaminade Resort & Spa
Friday, August 1 | 5:30 – 8:30
One Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz

🎶 Vintage Point
Steel Bonnet Brewing
Friday, August 1 | 6:00 – 8:00
20 Victor Square, Scotts Valley
Scrumptious Fish & Chips Food Truck

🎶 Live Blues
Aptos Street BBQ
Nightly | 6:00 – 8:00
8059 Aptos St, Aptos

🎶 Lloyd Whitley Blues Trio
Mission Street BBQ
Fridays | 6:00 – 8:00
1618 Mission St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Victor Ohana Family Band
Pono Hawaiian Grill
Friday, August 1 | 6:00 – 8:30
120 Union St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Rev & Renwick Trio
Aroma Restaurant
Friday, August 1 | 6:00 – 9:00
9600 Highway 9, Ben Lomond
Reservations: (831) 609-6596

🎶 Fusion Cuisine
Shanty Shack Brewing
Friday, August 1 | 6:00 – 9:00
138 Fern St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Andy Fuhrman
Davenport Roadhouse
Friday, August 1 | 6:00 – 9:00
1 Davenport Ave, Davenport

🎶 The Puffball Collective
Woodhouse Blending & Brewing
Friday, August 1 | 7:00 – 10:00
119 Madrone St., Santa Cruz

🎶 The Swag Tones
Vino by the Sea
Friday, August 1 | 7:00 – 10:00
55 Municipal Wharf, Ste. B, Santa Cruz

🎶 Jive Machine
Abbott Square Market
Friday, August 1 | 7:00 – 10:00
118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

🎶 Haz Bin
The Cats Los Gatos
Friday, August 1 | 7:00 – 10:00
17533 Santa Cruz Hwy, Los Gatos

🎶 B-Movie Kings
Sevy’s at Seacliff Inn
Friday, August 1 | 7:00 – 10:00
7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos

🎶 Spun w/ Ted Welty
The Lounge at Brookdale Lodge
Friday, August 1 | 7:00 – 10:00
11570 Highway 9, Brookdale

🎶 Lynyrd Skynyrd + Nick Tyrrel
The Mountain Winery
Friday, August 1 | 7:30
14831 Pierce Rd, Saratoga
Tix: mountainwinery

🎶 Surf Trash + The Happy Return
The Catalyst Club Atrium
Friday, August 1 | 7:30
1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Tix: catalystclub

🎶 Cas Haley w/ Eureka Sound
Felton Music Hall
Friday, August 1 | 8:00
6275 Highway 9, Felton
Tix: feltonmusichall

🎶 Andy Pankakes + Pure Maple + Cement Ship
The Crepe Place
Friday, August 1 | 8:00
1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz
$10 Door

🎶 Ken Margolis Band
Henflings Tavern
Friday, August 1 | 8:00 – 11:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🎶 Vito and Friends
Joe’s Bar
Friday, August 1 | 8:30 – 11:55
13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek

🎶 Little Big Band
The Crow’s Nest
Friday, August 1 | 9:00
2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz
$7 Door

🎶 Random Rab w/ Nisene
Moe’s Alley
Friday, August 1 | 9:00
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz
Tix: moesalley

📽️ FREE Movies on the Beach
Friday Nights | 9:00
Santa Cruz Main Beach
August 1: Despicable Me 4

Red40 + Songs for Sabotage + The Kill Poets
The Jury Room
Friday, August 1 | 9:00
712 Ocean St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Funk the First All Vinyl DJs
The Blue Lagoon
Friday, August 1 | 9:30
923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz

Saturday, August 2

🎶 The NAPsters
San Gregorio General Store
Saturday, August 2 | 11:00 – 1:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶 Claddagh Duo
Loma Mar Outpost
Saturday, August 2 12:00 – 2:00
8150 Pescadero Creek Rd, Loma Mar

🎶 Vino & Vinyl: I Want My 80’s w/ 12pm-3pm w/ DJ EZ DUZIT
The Mountain Winery in Adele’s Garden
Saturday, August 2 | 12:00 – 3:00
14831 Pierce Rd, Saratoga
Tix: mountainwinery

🍓 Watsonville Strawberry Festival
Watsonville Plaza
Saturday, August 2 | 12:00 – 5:00
350 Main St, Watsonville
watsonville.gov/1117/Watsonville-Strawberry-Festival

🎶 Live Blues
Aptos Street BBQ
Saturdays | 1:00 – 4:00
8059 Aptos St, Aptos

🎶 Dafunkus
Highway 1 Brewing
Saturday, August 2 | 1:00 – 4:00
5720 Cabrillo Hwy, Pescadero

🍺 Santa Cruz Mountains Brewfest
Roaring Camp Railroads
Saturday, August 2 | 1:00 – 9:00
The Brothers Comatose + Poor Man’s Whiskey + Wolf Jett
Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours w/ Patti Maxine
Bad Maps + Sweet Sally + VIP Tasting Train w/ Wild Iris
5401 Graham Hill Rd., Felton
Tix: scmbrewgrass

🎶 Peter Filice
Cooper-Garrod Vineyards at Garrod Farms
Saturday, August 2 | 2:00 – 4:00
22645 Garrod Rd, Saratoga
Reservations: gerrodfarms

🎶 The Whiskey Hill Billies
San Gregorio General Store
Saturday, August 2 | 2:00 – 5:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶 Vinny & Leroy Blues
BrewTopia
Saturday, August 2 | 2:00 – 5:00
115 San Jose Ave, Ste H, Capitola

🎶 Bob Burnett
MJA Vineyards Westside Tasting Room
Saturdays | 3:30 – 6:30
Ingalls St., Santa Cruz

🎶 FeFe Party All Metal Celebration of Life & Benefit for Papa Chulo Felix
Ten Bands Including Pop Bottle Bombers Reunion
The Blue Lagoon
Saturday, August 2 | 4:00
923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz
$10 Door

🎶 The Swag Tones
Kissed by an Angel Wines
Saturday, August 2 | 4:00 – 6:30
75 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley

🎶 The Fangers
Stockwell Cellars
Saturday, August 2 | 4:00 – 7:00
1100 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz

🎶 Kerry Sheepdogs Celtic
Steel Bonnet Brewing
Saturday, August 2 | 5:00 – 7:00
20 Victor Square, Scotts Valley
Sleight of Hand Pizza Food Truck

🎶 Poi Rogers + Animal Shelter Benefit
El Vaquero Winery
Saturday, August 2 | 5:00 – 8:00
2901 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville
Reservations: (831) 607-8118 | elvaquerowinery
$10 Cover | Food Truck

🎶 Chris Lynch
Discretion Brewing
Saturday, August 2 | 5:30 – 7:30
2703 41st Ave Ste. A, Soquel

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

🎶 Live Blues
Mission Street BBQ
Saturdays | 6:00 – 8:00
1618 Mission St., Santa Cruz

🎶 7th Wave
Capitola Wine Bar and Merchants
Saturday, August 2 | 6:00 – 9:00
115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

🎶 John Michael Band
Pono Hawaiian Grill
Saturday, August 2 | 6:00 – 9:00
120 Union St., Santa Cruz

🎶 DJ Clay Bandy
Savannah-Chanelle Vineyards
Saturday, August 2 | 6:00 – 9:00
23600 Congress Springs Rd, Saratoga
Doors 5:30 | $20 Cover Non-Memebers

🎶 Joe Leonard Jazz Trio
Aroma Restaurant
Saturday, August 2 | 6:00 – 9:00
9600 Highway 9, Ben Lomond
Reservations: (831) 609-6596

🎶 7th Wave
Capitola Wine Bar and Merchants
Saturday, August 2 | 6:00 – 9:00
115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

🎶 Rick Springfield + John Waite, Wang Chung & Paul Young
The Mountain Winery
Saturday, August 2 | 7:00 | Doors 5:00
14831 Pierce Rd, Saratoga
Tix: mountainwinery

🎶 Aza
Abbott Square Market
Saturday, August 2 | 7:00 – 10:00
118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

🎶 Santa Cruda
Sevy’s at Seacliff Inn
Saturday, August 2 | 7:00 – 10:00
7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos

🎶 Chicago Bill & The Next Blues Band
The Lounge at Brookdale Lodge
Saturday, August 2 | 7:00 – 10:00
11570 Highway 9, Brookdale

🎶 Dying Suns + Mutt + Brother M
The Crepe Place
Saturday, August 2 | 8:00
1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz
$10 Door

🎶 Morillo + Drmwvr + Chloe Duran
Felton Music Hall
Saturday, August 2 | 8:00
6275 Highway 9, Felton
Tix: feltonmusichall

🎶 Hard Drive Band
Henflings Tavern
Saturday, August 2 | 8:00 – 11:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🎶 Fossil Farm
Joe’s Bar
Saturday, August 2 | 8:30 – 11:55
13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek

🎶 Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra
Jesse Wagner w/ The Bracers
Moe’s Alley
Saturday, August 2 | 9:00
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz
Tix: moesalley

🎶 Bluebucksclan + 1100 Himself + Mitchell
The Catalyst Club
Saturday, August 2 | 9:00
1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Tix: catalystclub

🎶 Fishhook
The Crow’s Nest
Saturday, August 2 | 9:00
2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz
$8 Door

🎶 Karaoke
Hold Fast Lounge
Saturdays | 9:00
529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

🎶 Touch’d Too Much
The Sand Bar
Saturday, August 2 | 9:00
211 Esplanade, Capitola

Sunday, August 3

🎶 WoodMill Trio w/ Dave Miller, Sean Woodward & Paul Stevens
Wee Kirk Farmers Market
Sunday, August 3 | 9:00 – 1:00
9500 Central Ave., Ben Lomond

🎶 Norton Money
San Gregorio General Store
Sunday, August 3 | 11:00 – 1:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶 Paperback Ryders + Native Outlaw BBQ
The Lounge at Brookdale Lodge
Sunday, August 3 | 12:00 – 3:00
11570 Highway 9, Brookdale

🍓 Watsonville Strawberry Festival
Watsonville Plaza
Sunday, August 3 | 12:00 – 5:00
350 Main St, Watsonville
watsonville.gov/1117/Watsonville-Strawberry-Festival

🎶 John Michael Sings Sinatra
BrewTopia
Sundays | 1:00 – 4:00
115 San Jose Ave, Ste H, Capitola

🎶 The Trolley Drops
Abbott Square Market
Sunday, August 3 | 1:00 – 4:00
118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

🎶 Eden Edell
Cooper-Garrod Vineyards at Garrod Farms
Sunday, August 3 | 2:00 – 4:00
22645 Garrod Rd, Saratoga
Reservations: gerrodfarms

🎶 Joe Leonard Jazz Trio
Silver Mountain Vineyards 🍷
Sunday, August 3 | 2:00 – 4:00
269 Silver Mountain Dr., Miller Cutoff, Los Gatos

🎶 Ticket to the Limit
San Gregorio General Store
Sunday, August 3 | 2:00 – 5:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶 Reggae on the Roof
Bruno’s Bar and Grill
Sunday, August 3 | 2:00 – 5:00
230 Mt Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley

🎶 Andy Fuhrman & Friends
MJA Vineyards Westside Tasting Room
Sundays | 2:30 – 5:30
Ingalls St., Santa Cruz

🎶 The Back Porch Boys Blues
Discretion Brewing
Sunday, August 3 | 3:00 – 5:00
2703 41st Ave Ste. A, Soquel

🪕🎶 Bluegrass Jam
The Crepe Place Garden
Sundays | 3:00 – 5:30
1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

🎶 Yuko Uno
Joe’s Bar
Sunday, August 3 | 4:00 – 7:00
13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek

🎶 Ken Margolis & Friends
Shanty Shack Brewing
Sunday, August 3 | 4:00 – 7:00
138 Fern St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Jeffrey Halford & The Healers
El Vaquero Winery
Sunday, August 3 | 4:00 – 7:00
2901 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville
Reservations: (831) 607-8118 | elvaquerowinery
$10 Cover | Food Truck

🎶 Ten O’ Clock Lunch Band
Vino by the Sea
Sunday, August 3 | 4:00 – 7:00
55 Municipal Wharf, Ste. B, Santa Cruz

🎶 Lloyd Whitley Blues Trio
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
Sundays | 4:30 – 7:00
402 Ingalls St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Wolf Jett
Los Gatos Civic Center Lawn
Sunday, August 3 | 5:00 – 7:00
110 E. Main Street

🎶 Sunday Pro Jam w/ Host Eddie Hayes
Henflings Tavern
Sunday, August 3 | 5:00 – 9:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🎶 Live Blues
Mission Street BBQ
Sundays | 6:00 – 8:00
1618 Mission St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Mark Van Haren
The Cats Los Gatos
Sunday, August 3 | 6:00 – 8:30
17533 Santa Cruz Hwy, Los Gatos

🎶 No Grateful Sundays This Week✌️☮️
The Crepe Place Garden
Sundays | 6:00 – 9:00
1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

🤣 Open Mic Comedy
Shanty Shack
Sundays | 7:00 – 9:00
138 Fern St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Don Caruth Open Pro Jam
The Sand Bar
Sunday, August 3 | 8:00
211 Esplanade, Capitola

🎻 Primus
Quarry Amphitheater UCSC
Sunday, August 3 | 8:00
1156 High St, Santa Cruz
Tix: ticketweb

💃 DJ Dance Party
Colonnade Stage, Santa Cruz Boardwalk
Saturdays & Sundays | 8:30 – 9:30
400 Beach St., Santa Cruz

🤣 Comedy Night
The Crow’s Nest
Sundays | 9:00
2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz
$10 Door

💀 ::THE BOX:: Darkwave Dance Party
The Blue Lagoon
Sundays | 9:30
923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Hot Ticket Alert

🎻 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Through August 8
711 Center St, Santa Cruz
Tix: cabrillomusic.org

🎭 Santa Cruz Shakespeare
Audrey Stanley Grove in Santa Cruz’s DeLaveaga Park
Through August 31
501 Upper Park Road, Santa Cruz
Tix: santacruzshakespeare.org

🎻 31st Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival
San Benito Historical Park
August 7 – 10 | Camping, Jamming, Multiple Bands
8300 Airline Hwy, Tres Pinos
Tix: ncbs.us/events/gof/gof-tickets

🎻 KBCZ Music Festival
Ripatti Rose Band + Ancestree + Billy Reese Band + The Swag Tones
Saturday, August 9 | 1:00 – 7:00
Garrahan Park, Boulder Creek
Info: kbcz.org

🎶 Damian “Jr. Gong” & Stephen Marley w/ J BOOG
Quarry Amphitheater UCSC
Thursday, August 14 | 7:00
1156 High St, Santa Cruz
Tix: ticketweb

🪕 Santa Cruz Jug Band Festival
The Rivertown Skifflers + The Trolley Drops + Quake City Jug Band + Washboard Rhythm Co
Abbott Square Market
Sunday, August 17 | 11:00 – 5:00
118 Cooper St., Santa Cruz

🎶 The Roots and The Soul Rebels Ft. Goapele
Quarry Amphitheater UCSC
Thursday, August 28 | 7:00
1156 High St, Santa Cruz
Tix: ticketweb

🎻🍷 Bonny Doon Art & Wine Festival
Velour + Lefty Rosa + Bonny Ukes of Doon + More
Saturday, September 6 | 2:00 – 7:00
Crest Ranch
12200 Empire Grade, Bonny Doon
Tix: bonnydoonartandwinefestival

🎶 Young the Giant with Cassandra Coleman
Quarry Amphitheater UCSC
Tuesday, September 9 | 7:00
1156 High St, Santa Cruz
Tix: ticketweb

🎶 David Outlaw Band
Woodhouse Blending & Brewing
Saturday, September 16 | 4:00 – 7:00
119 Madrone St., Santa Cruz

🎻🍷 Ripatti Rose Band
Lester Estate Wines 🍷
Sunday, October 5 | 2:00
2000 Pleasant Valley Rd., Aptos
Reservations: lesterestatewines

💀🎃 China Cats Halloween Spooktacular
Grateful Dead Dance Party
Santa Cruz Vets Hall
Friday, October 31 | 8:00 – 11:00
Tix: mountainmusicproductions

Featured image: Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra + Jesse Wagner w/ The Bracers at Moe’s Alley
Saturday, August 2 | 9:00

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: https://slvpost.com/category/live-music/

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