Santa Cruz County Live Music Weekend Roundup: January 1 – 4, 2026

🎶 A comprehensive listing of live music in the Santa Cruz Mountains & Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup of concerts and entertainment for the weekend of Thursday, January 1st through Sunday, January 4th, 2026! Check out the “Hot Ticket Alert” so you can snap up your tix before the rush! Enjoy all there is to do in Santa Cruz County! 🎶🍷 🍺🎻💃

Featured image: 🎶 B-Movie Kings at Cork and Fork Saturday, January 3 | 6:00 – 9:00

Thursday, January 1, 2026 New Year’s Day

🎶 Steve Abrams Jazz Pajama Party
📍 Chaminade Resort & Spa
Thursday, January 1 | 11:00 – 2:30
One Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz

🎶 John Michael Sings Sinatra
📍 The Sand Bar
Thursday, January 1 | 3:00 – 5:00
211 Esplanade, Capitola

🎶 The Lost Coast Duo
📍 Highway 1 Brewing
Thursday, January 1 | 3:00 – 6:00
5720 Cabrillo Hwy, Pescadero

🎶 Woody Bell
📍 Chaminade Resort & Spa
Thursday, January 1 | 5:30 – 8:30
One Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz

🎶 Billy Reese
📍 Davenport Roadhouse
Thursdays | 6:00 – 8:00
1 Davenport Ave, Davenport

🎶 Trianna Feruza & The Heavy Hitters
📍 Shanty Shack Brewing
Thursday, January 1 | 6:00 – 9:00
138 Fern St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Trivia On Tap hosted by Santa Cruz Public Library
📍 Steel Bonnet Brewing
Thursday, January 1 | 6:30 – 8:00
20 Victor Square, Scotts Valley

🎻 Traditional Irish Session
Rosie McCann’s Irish Pub & Restaurant
1st & 3rd Thursdays | 7:00 – 10:30
1220 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

🎤 Karaoke w/ Kurt Montgomery🎄
📍 Henflings Tavern
Thursday, January 1 | 7:30 – 11:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🎶 Big Bad Wolf
📍 The Crow’s Nest
Thursday, January 1 | 8:00
2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz
$6 Door

Friday, January 2

🎶 Harry Burks & MoJoe Bac
📍 Steel Bonnet Brewing
Friday, January 2 | 5:30 – 7:30
20 Victor Square, Scotts Valley
Girasol Pizza Food Truck

🎶 Aidan Wing & Friends
📍 San Gregorio General Store
Friday, January 2 | 5:00 – 7:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶 Sir Real & The Hallucinations w/ Nigel Webb, Nick Peters & Ryan Triolo
📍 Alice’s Restaurant
Friday, January 2 | 5:00 – 7:30
17288 Skyline Blvd, Woodside

🎶 Paperback Ryders
📍 Kissed by an Angel Wines
Friday, January 2 | 5:30 – 7:30
75 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley

🎶 Local Honey
📍 Discretion Brewing
Friday, January 2 | 5:30 – 7:30
2703 41st Ave Ste. A, Soquel

🎶 The Flint Band
📍 Stockwell Cellars
Friday, January 2 | 5:30 – 8:30
1100 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz

🎶 Alecia Haselton
📍 Chaminade Resort & Spa
Friday, January 2 | 5:30 – 8:30
One Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz

🎶 Preacher Boy Blues
📍 Aptos Street BBQ
Fridays | 6:00 – 8:00
8059 Aptos St, Aptos

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

🎶 Aloha Friday w/ Ka La’i O Mele
📍 Pono Hawaiian Grill
Friday, January 2 | 6:00 – 8:30
120 Union St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Burnout Rockin’ Country
📍 Abbott Square Market
Friday, January 2 | 6:00 – 9:00
725 Front Street & 118 Cooper Street, Santa Cruz

🎶 Coast Ridge Ramblers
📍 Davenport Roadhouse
Friday, January 2 | 6:00 – 9:00
1 Davenport Ave, Davenport

🎶 Billy Reese Solo
📍 Cork and Fork
Friday, January 2 | 6:00 – 9:00
1955 41st Avenue Suite B-8, Capitola

💃 Velvet Underpants Tribute to The Velvet Underground
📍 Shanty Shack Brewing
Friday, January 2 | 6:00 – 9:00
138 Fern St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Alex Lucero Solo
📍 El Vaquero Winery
Friday, January 2 | 6:00 – 9:00
2901 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville
Reservations: (831) 607-8118 | elvaquerowinery
$10 Advance | $15 Door | Food Truck

🎶 Puffball Collective ☮️
📍 Woodhouse Blending & Brewing
Friday, January 2 | 6:30 – 9:30
119 Madrone St., Santa Cruz

💃 Bay Bop Jazz Band
📍 Mid-County Senior Center
Friday, January 2 | 7:00 – 9:00
829 Bay Ave., Capitola
$10 Door

🎶 Bourbon Brothers
📍 Vino by the Sea
Friday, January 2 | 7:00 – 10:00
55 Municipal Wharf, Ste. B, Santa Cruz

🎶 Pacific Grown
📍 Over the Hill Gang Saloon
Friday, January 2 | 7:00 – 10:00
3530 Portola Dr., Santa Cruz

🎶 Karaoke w/ KJ Chris
📍 The River Run at Brookdale Lodge
Friday, January 2 | 7:00 – 10:00
11570 Highway 9, Brookdale

🎶 Claudio Melega
📍 Sevy’s at Seacliff Inn
Friday, January 2 | 7:00 – 10:00
7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos

🎶 Down Home Blues Duo
📍 Britannia Arms
Fridays | 7:30
110 Monterey Ave., Capitola

🎶 John Michael Band
📍 The Crow’s Nest
Friday, January 2 | 8:00
2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz
$7 Door

🎶 Moonalice
📍 Felton Music Hall
Friday, January 2 | 8:00
6275 Highway 9, Felton
Tix: feltonmusichall

🎶 Supernaut + Dead Engine + Red 40
📍 The Crepe Place
Friday, January 2 | 8:00
1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz
$10 Door

💃 Line Dancing
📍 Bruno’s Bar and Grill
Friday, January 2 | 8:00 – 10:00
230 Mt Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley

🎶 Eyes Like Lanterns
📍 Henflings Tavern
Friday, January 2 | 8:00 – 11:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🎶 Kevin Hamm Band
📍 Joe’s Bar
Friday, January 2 | 8:30 – 11:55
13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek

🎶 Noise Pollution – The AC/DC Experience
📍 Moe’s Alley
Friday, January 2 | 9:00
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz
Tix: moesalley

🎶 Beach Cowboys
📍 The Sand Bar
Friday, January 2 | 9:00 – 11:30
211 Esplanade, Capitola

Saturday, January 3

🎶 Buffalo Blues Trio
📍 The Crepe Place Garden Stage
Saturday, January 3 | 11:00
1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

🎶 Daniel Paul
📍 San Gregorio General Store
Saturday, January 3 | 11:00 – 1:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

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

🎶 This Way Up
📍 San Gregorio General Store
Saturday, January 3 | 2:00 – 5:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶 Josh Skelly
📍 Discretion Brewing
Saturday, January 3 | 3:00 – 5:00
2703 41st Ave Ste. A, Soquel

🎶 Kid Kameleon & The Lounge Lizards
📍 Kissed by an Angel Wines
Saturday, January 3 | 4:00 – 6:00
75 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley

🎶 Lloyd Whitley Blues Trio
📍 Stockwell Cellars
Saturday, January 3 | 4:00 – 7:00
1100 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz

🎶 The Jamissaries + Aardvark Grateful Jam Night ☮️
Special Guest Matt Hartle
📍 Shanty Shack Brewing
Saturday, January 3 | 4:00 – 9:00
138 Fern St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Jolt w/ Ted Welty, Daniel Lewis, Rob Ouse & John Michael
📍 El Vaquero Winery
Saturday, January 3 | 5:00 – 8:00
2901 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville
Reservations: (831) 607-8118 | elvaquerowinery
$10 Advance | $15 Door | Pressed Patty Food Truck

🎶 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

🍍Joe Ferrara
📍 Pono Hawaiian Grill
Saturday, January 3 | 6:00 – 8:30
120 Union St., Santa Cruz

🎶 B-Movie Kings
📍 Cork and Fork
Saturday, January 3 | 6:00 – 9:00
1955 41st Avenue Suite B-8, Capitola

🎶 Casanostra World Music
📍 Abbott Square Market
Saturday, January 3 | 6:00 – 9:00
725 Front Street & 118 Cooper Street, Santa Cruz

🎶 Dave “Nomad” Miller
📍 Davenport Roadhouse
Saturday, January 3 | 6:00 – 9:00
1 Davenport Ave, Davenport

🎶 Mak Nova w/ Robert Jackson, Elie Mabanza & Kai Thomas-Nasef
📍 Woodhouse Blending & Brewing
Saturday, January 3 | 6:30 – 9:30
119 Madrone St., Santa Cruz

🎶 The Joint Chiefs Band
📍 Vino by the Sea
Saturday, January 3 | 7:00 – 10:00
55 Municipal Wharf, Ste. B, Santa Cruz

🎶 Renee & Bruno
📍 Sevy’s at Seacliff Inn
Saturday, January 3 | 7:00 – 10:00
7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos

🎶 Sundance Kid
📍 Over the Hill Gang Saloon
Saturday, January 3 | 7:00 – 10:00
3530 Portola Dr., Santa Cruz

🎶 Vito & Friends
📍 The River Run at Brookdale Lodge
Saturday, January 3 | 7:00 – 1:00
11570 Highway 9, Brookdale

🎶 Chicago Bill & The Next Blues Band
📍 The Crow’s Nest
Saturday, January 3 | 8:00
2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz
$8 Door

🎶 Richard Tripps + The OOO-Maus + Skyler
📍 The Crepe Place
Saturday, January 3 | 8:00
1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz
$10 Door

🤣 Comedy Night
📍 Bruno’s Bar and Grill
Saturday, January 3 | 8:00 – 9:30
230 Mt Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley

🎶 Fox & The Hounds
📍 Henflings Tavern
Saturday, January 3 | 8:00 – 11:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🎶 Sean and The Skinwalkers
📍 Joe’s Bar
Saturday, January 3 | 8:30 – 11:55
13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek

🎶 Touch’d Too Much AC/DC Tribute
📍 The Sand Bar
Saturday, January 3 | 9:00 – 11:30
211 Esplanade, Capitola

🎶 Marlon Asher w/ Eric Cotton & One Love Bomb + DJ Spleece
📍 Moe’s Alley
Saturday, January 3 | 9:00
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz
Tix: moesalley

Sunday, January 4

🏈 Football on the Big Screen
📍 The River Run at Brookdale Lodge
Sundays | 10:00 – 10:00
11570 Highway 9, Brookdale

🎶 Joe Kaplow
📍 San Gregorio General Store
Sunday, January 4 | 11:00 – 1:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶 Yuji Tojo
📍 Davenport Roadhouse
Sunday, January 4 | 1:00 – 4:00
1 Davenport Ave, Davenport

🎶 John Michael Sings Sinatra
📍 BrewTopia
Sundays | 2:00 – 5:00
115 San Jose Ave, Ste H, Capitola

🎶 Across the Holler
📍 San Gregorio General Store
Sunday, January 4 | 2:00 – 5:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶 The Back Porch Boys
📍 Discretion Brewing
Sunday, January 4 | 3:00 – 5:00
2703 41st Ave Ste. A, Soquel

🎶 Lloyd Whitley Blues Trio
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
Third Sundays | 3:30
402 Ingalls St., Santa Cruz

🎶 Jolt Tribute to The Doors & The Who
📍 El Vaquero Winery
Sunday, January 4 | 5:00 – 8:00
2901 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville
Reservations: (831) 607-8118 | elvaquerowinery
$10 Advance | $15 Door | Food Truck

🎶 Robert Hagar & The Wolf Pack
📍 Vino by the Sea
Sunday, January 4 | 4:00 – 7:00
55 Municipal Wharf, Ste. B, Santa Cruz

🎶 52 Pickup
Chaminade Resort & Spa
Sunday, January 4 | 5:00 – 8:00
One Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz

🎶 Sunday Pro Jam w/ Chicago Bill
📍 Henflings Tavern
Sundays | 5:00 – 9:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

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

✌️☮️ Grateful Sunday w/ Matt Hartle & Friends
📍 The Crepe Place Garden Stage
Sundays | 6:00 – 9:00
1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz
$15 Door | Rain Or Shine!

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

🎶 Sunday Pro Jam w/ John Michael
📍 The Sand Bar
Sunday, January 4 | 7:30 – 11:30
211 Esplanade, Capitola

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

Hot Ticket Alert

🤸 Flynn Creek Circus “The Bridge”
📍 Capitola Mall Under the Big Top
Daily Through January 4 | Various Times
1855 41st Ave., Capitola
Tix: flynncreekcircus

🪕 Jamgrass Jubilee w/ Broken Compass Bluegrass & Painted Mandolin
📍 The Rio Theatre
Saturday, January 17 | 7:30 – 10:30
1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz
Tix: riotheatre

🎶 A Todd Snider Tribute w/ Michael Gaither, Jackson Emmer, Andy Fuhrman
Ralph Anybody, Kevin Kavanaugh, Ginny Mitchell & Many More
📍 Kuumbwa Jazz
Saturday, January 31 | 7:00
320-2 Cedar Street
Santa Cruz
Tix: kuumbwajazz

☃️ Winter Warmer Festival
📍 Roaring Camp Railroads🚂
Saturday, March 7, 2026 | 2:00 – 8:00
Grahame Lesh & Friends + Hot Buttered Duo + Alex Lucero Band + More
5401 Graham Hill Rd., Felton
Tix: winterwarmer831.com

🎶 May Day Music & Art Festival 2026!
📍 Pie Ranch
Saturday, May 2, 2026 | 10:00 AM
Sunday, May 3, 2026 | 9:00 PM
Marty O’Reilly Trio // Levitation Room// Vetiver// Kelly McFarling// Sugar Candy Mountain // Bolero!// Skyway Man// Dead Nettle// Joe Kaplow// Two Runner// Lucas Lawson// Flat Sun Society// Hannah Mayree// Sweet Lew // Good Friends //Camellia Boutros // Max MacLaury // Hot Brother // Curve Sharpens // Richmond Special + MORE!
Tix: lilleaeske.com/events-calendar/

The SLV Post Weekend Roundup of Music

The roundup of live music is compiled by hand by humans: Julie Horner for the San Lorenzo Valley Post newspaper and posted on Facebook: @SLVPostNews and on the SLV Post’s website: https://slvpost.com/category/entertainment/

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.com