Santa Cruz County Live Music Weekend Roundup: May 2-4

🎶Live Music Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup of concerts and live entertainment for the weekend of Friday, May 2 through Sunday, May 4, 2025! We’ve rounded up all the great music we could find at Santa Cruz County’s best eateries and music venues plus local festivals and fairs. Enjoy! 🎶🍷 🍺🎻💃

Friday, May 2

🎶The Revolving Doors
San Gregorio General Store
Friday, May 2 | 5:00 – 7:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶Celebrating Creativity – 50th Anniversary Exhibit Premiere & Conversation
Kuumbwa Jazz
Friday, May 2 | 5:00
320-2 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz
Tix: kuumbwajazz

🎶Untangled Band
The Sawmill
Friday, May 2 | 5:00 – 7:00
15520 Highway 9, Boulder Creek

🎶Helen Casabona
Highway 1 Brewing
Friday, May 2 | 5:00 – 7:00
5720 Cabrillo Hwy, Pescadero

🎶Brian Jones
Alice’s Restaurant
Friday, May 2 | 5:00 – 7:30
17288 Skyline Blvd, Woodside

🎶DebraLee Darling & Her Brad Habit
Kissed by an Angel Wines
Friday, May 2 | 5:30 – 7:00
75 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley
ItaliaFire Food Truck

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

🎶Dave “Nomad” Miller
Chaminade Resort & Spa
Friday, May 2 | 5:30 – 8:30
One Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz

🎶Eric Pelletier + Artist Janet Trenchard
Stockwell Cellars
Friday, May 2 | 5:30 – 8:30
1100 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz
Fonda Felix’s Empanada Food Truck

🎶Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen
Om Gallery
Friday, May 2 | 5:30 to 8:30
1201 Pacific St., Santa Cruz

🎶The Kerry Sheepdogs Celtic
Steel Bonnet Brewing
Friday, May 2 | 6:00 – 8:00
20 Victor Square, Scotts Valley
Cali Caracas 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

🎶Pomaika’i Hawaiian Band
Pono Hawaiian Grill
Friday, May 2 | 6:00 – 8:30
120 Union St., Santa Cruz

🎶Rev & Renwick Trio
Aroma Restaurant
Friday, May 2 | 6:00 – 9:00
9600 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🎶River Mouth Grateful Jams, Bob Dylan, Beatles
Shanty Shack
Friday, May 2 | 6:00 – 9:00
138 Fern St., Santa Cruz

🎶Hard Drive
Slough Brewing Collective/Buena Vista
Friday, May 2 | 6:00 – 9:00
65 Hangar Way D, Watsonville
Tacos El Jerry Food Truck

🎶Billy Reese
South Point Seascape
Friday, May 2 | 6:00 – 9:00
10 Seascape Village, Aptos

🎶Alex Lucero Band [Sold Out]
El Vaquero Winery
Friday, May 2 | 6:00 – 9:00
2901 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville

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

🎶La Familia Salsa, Cumbia, Reggae, Merengue & Bachata
Abbott Square Market
Friday, May 2 | 7:00 – 10:00
118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

🎶Bay Area Special
The Cats Los Gatos
Friday, May 2 | 7:00 – 10:00
17533 Santa Cruz Hilwy, Los Gatos

🎶Brotherhood of Freaks☮️
Woodhouse Blending & Brewing
Friday, May 2 | 7:00 – 10:00
119 Madrone St., Santa Cruz

🎶B-Movie Kings
Sevy’s at Seacliff Inn
Friday, May 2 | 7:00 – 10:00
7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos

🎶Cake by the Ocean
Vino by the Sea
Friday, May 2 | 7:00 – 10:00
55 Municipal Wharf, Ste. B, Santa Cruz

🎶Edge of the West
Brookdale Lodge
Friday, May 2 | 7:00 – 10:00
11570 Highway 9, Brookdale

🎶Grails w/ Expensive Shit
Felton Music Hall
Friday, May 2 | 8:00
6275 Highway 9, Felton
Tix: feltonmusichall

🎶Fuse w/ Ted Welty, Don Caruth, Rob Ouse & Ryan Price
The Crow’s Nest
Friday, May 2 | 8:00
2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz
$7 Door

🎶Line Dancing
Bruno’s Bar and Grill
Friday, May 2 | 8:00 – 11:00
230 Mt Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley

🎶Peoples’ Disco w/ Supreme La Rock
Moe’s Alley
Friday, May 2 | 8:00
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz
Tix: moesalley

🎶The Jamissaries + Alex Bahler’s B-Day Bash☮️
Henflings Tavern
Friday, May 2 | 8:00 – 11:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🎶The Shady Rest Band
Joe’s Bar
Friday, May 2 | 8:30 – 11:55
13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek

🎶DEBÍ TIRAR MÁS FIESTAS: Bad Bunny Night🐰
The Catalyst Club Atrium
Friday, May 2 | 9:00
1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Tix: catalystclub

🎶Funk the First All Vinyl DJ Party
The Blue Lagoon
Friday, May 2 | 9:00
923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz

🎶Witch Ripper + Chase the Monster + Barf
The Crepe Place
Friday, May 2 | 9:00
Tix: $10 Advance | thecrepeplace

🎶Meez
The Sand Bar
Friday, May 2 | 9:00
211 Esplanade, Capitola

Saturday, May 3

🌷Bonny Doon Spring Tea + Fair
Higher Grounds Coffee
Saturday, May 3 | 10:00 – 4:00
7065 Bonny Doon Rd, Santa Cruz

🌷Santa Cruz Bonsai Kai & the Santa Cruz Orchid Society
Show & Sale
Saturday, May 3 | 10:00 – 5:00
Capitola Mall, in the former Sears location
1855 41st Avenue, Capitola

🍄Santa Cruz Mountain Mushroom Festival
Mike Hammer & The Nails + Sass & Harmony + Trianna Feruza
Saturday May 3 | 10:00 – 5:00
Roaring Camp
5401 Graham Hill Rd., Felton
Tix: scmmfest

🎶The NAPsters
San Gregorio General Store
Saturday, May 3 | 11:00 – 1:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎻May Day Music Festival
Pie Ranch, Pacific Coast Highway, Pescadero
Saturday, May 3 + Camping & Sunday, May 4 | 11:00 – 5:00
Marty O’Reilly Trio // Whiskerman // Mariee Siou //Lyndsay Stone// MSE// Gill Landry // Jamie Drake // Joe Kaplow// Dead Nettle
Tix: eventbrite.com/e/may-day-2025-tickets-1219588505049

🌸Beltaine 2025: The Mystic Union Ritual & Potluck
George Washington Memorial Grove
Saturday, May 3 | 12:00
1292 Branciforte Drive, Santa Cruz
Register: (831) 469-0336 or info@communityseed.org

🎶Vinny Johnson Blues Band
Highway 1 Brewing
Saturday, May 3 | 1:00 – 5:00
5720 Cabrillo Hwy, Pescadero

🎶The Frontmen
San Gregorio General Store
Saturday, May 3 | 2:00 – 5:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶Sing Out For Pete’s Sake: Singalong Celebrating the Life of Pete Seeger
Kuumbwa Jazz
Saturday, May 3 | 3:00
320-2 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz
Tix: kuumbwajazz

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

🎶7th Wave
Kissed by an Angel Wines
Saturday, May 3 | 4:00 – 6:30
75 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley
The Griddler Food Truck

🎶Dave Pera
Stockwell Cellars
Saturday, May 3 | 4:00 – 7:00
1100 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz

🎶”Metal de Mayo” w/ Power Aged + PG-13 & T. Rollin Trio
Steel Bonnet Brewing
Saturday, May 3 | 5:00 – 8:00
20 Victor Square, Scotts Valley

🎶Sharon Allen & The Dusty Boots
El Vaquero Winery
Saturday, May 3 | 5:00 – 8:00
2901 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville
Reservations: (831) 607-8118 | elvaquerowinery
$10 Cover | Tacos El Jesse

🎶Glory Wave Fundraiser 🏄‍♀️
Pono Hawaiian Grill
Saturday, May 3 | 5:00 – 9:00
120 Union St., Santa Cruz

🎶This Close: Remembering Erik Rozite
Discretion Brewing
Saturday, May 3 | 5:30 – 7:30
2703 41st Ave Ste. A, Soquel
slvpost.com/erik-rozite-acoustic-shadows-dirt-rakers

🎶Ellie Mabanza World Music
Aroma Restaurant
Saturday, May 3 | 5:30 – 8:30
9600 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

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

🎶Helen Casabona
Loma Mar Outpost
Saturday, May 3 | 6:00 – 8:00
150 Pescadero Creek Rd, Loma Mar

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

🎶Moto w/ Elie Mabanza & Ryan Price
Shanty Shack Brewing
Saturday, May 3 | 6:00 – 9:00
138 Fern St., Santa Cruz

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

🎶Djangatos Gypsy Jazz🎻
Capitola Wine Bar and Merchants
Saturday, May 3 | 6:00 – 9:00
115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

🎶Postman Jack & The Special Deliveries + U No Who
Apple Jack’s
Saturday, May 3 | 6:00 – 10:00
8790 La Honda Rd, La Honda

🎶Pawn Shop Soul Funk, Jazz Fusion & Latin Soul
Abbott Square Market
Saturday, May 3 | 7:00 – 9:30
118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

🎶Yala Lati Spring Concert & Community Sing
German Cultural Center
Saturday, May 3 | 7:00
320 Plymouth St., Santa Cruz
Tix: Eventbrite

🎶The Messiahs
The Ugly Mug Cafe
Saturday, May 3 | 7:00 – 9:00
4640 Soquel Ave., Soquel
Reservations: (408) 499-9441 | crbrundle@gmail.com

🎥The Trail Running Film Festival
Rio Theatre
Saturday, May 3 | 7:00 – 9:30
1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz
Tix: riotheatre

🎶The Swag Tones
Brookdale Lodge
Saturday, May 3 | 7:00 – 10:00
11570 Highway 9, Brookdale

🎶Casanostra
Woodhouse Blending & Brewing
Saturday, May 3 | 7:00 – 10:00
119 Madrone St., Santa Cruz

🎶Kid Kameleon & The Lounge Lizards
Vino by the Sea
Saturday, May 3 | 7:00 – 10:00
55 Municipal Wharf, Ste. B, Santa Cruz

🎶Blanc Bandera
Slough Brewing Collective/Buena Vista
Saturday, May 3 | 7:00 – 10:00
65 Hangar Way D, Watsonville
Bobbyz Catering Food Truck

🎶Jazz Rock Revue
The Cats Los Gatos
Saturday, May 3 | 7:00 – 10:00
17533 Santa Cruz Hwy, Los Gatos

🎶Santa Cruda
Sevy’s at Seacliff Inn
Saturday, May 3 | 7:00 – 10:00
7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos

🎻Santa Cruz Symphony: Mozart’s Requiem
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Saturday, May 3 | 7:30 – 9:30
307 Church St., Santa Cruz
Tix: santacruztickets

🎶Belly Dancing Showcase
The Crepe Place Garden
Saturday, May 3 | 7:30
1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz
Free Show | Reserve Your Table: thecrepeplace

🎶Noeline Hofmann w/ Kade Hoffman
Felton Music Hall
Saturday, May 3 | 8:00
6275 Highway 9, Felton
Tix: feltonmusichall

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

🎶Late Night Cereal w/ Yeshe Jackson + Fox & The Hounds
Henflings Tavern
Saturday, May 3 | 8:00 – 11:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🎶Sunday Driver w/ Billy Reese
The Crow’s Nest
Saturday, May 3 | 8:00
2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz
$8 Door

🎶Cougar Unleashed + Kitten Kornher Cat Rescue Fundraiser 🐾
Joe’s Bar
Saturday, May 3 | Fundraiser 6:00 | Music 8:30 – 11:55
13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek

🎶SambaDá
Moe’s Alley
Saturday, May 3 | 9:00
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz
Tix: moesalley

🎶Guardin + Serperson + Kennedyxoxo
The Catalyst Club
Saturday, May 3 | 9:00
1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Tix: catalystclub

🎶Touch’d Too Much AC/DC Tribute
The Sand Bar
Saturday, May 3 | 9:00
211 Esplanade, Capitola

🎶Los Darks + Aztlan + Bazooka Sharks + More
The Blue Lagoon
Saturday, May 3 | 9:00
923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz
No Cover | 21+

Sunday, May 4

🌷Santa Cruz Bonsai Kai & the Santa Cruz Orchid Society
Show & Sales
Sunday, May 4 | 10:00 – 4:00
Capitola Mall, in the former Sears location
1855 41st Avenue, Capitola

🎻Bois Rouge Cajun Band + Ginny Mitchell & Deby Benton Grosjean + Alison Steel
12th Annual Santa Cruz Mountains Makers Market
Hallcrest Vineyards & Tasting Room
Sunday, May 4 | 10:00 – 5:00
379 Felton Empire Rd., Felton

🍄Santa Cruz Mountain Mushroom Festival
The Apricots + Yeobo + Papiba & Friends
Sunday, May 4 | 10:00 – 5:00
Roaring Camp
5401 Graham Hill Rd., Felton
Tix: scmmfest

🎻May Day Music Festival Hosted by Lille Aeske Arthouse
Pie Ranch, Pacific Coast Highway, Pescadero
Sunday, May 4 | 11:00 – 5:00
Marty O’Reilly Trio // Whiskerman // Mariee Siou //Lyndsay Stone// MSE// Gill Landry // Jamie Drake // Joe Kaplow// Dead Nettle
Tix: eventbrite.com/e/may-day-2025-tickets-1219588505049

🎶Spock & The Siren
San Gregorio General Store
Sunday, May 4 | 11:00 – 1:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶El Sol Santa Cruz
Brookdale Lodge
Sunday, May 4 | 12:00 – 3:00
11570 Highway 9, Brookdale

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

🎻Spock & The Siren
San Gregorio General Store
Sunday, May 4 | 2:00 – 5:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶Ted Welty Solo
Capitola Wine Bar and Merchants
Sunday, May 4 | 2:00 – 5:00
115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

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

🎶Yala Lati Spring Concert & Community Sing
German Cultural Center
Sunday, May 4 | 3:00
320 Plymouth St., Santa Cruz
Tix: Eventbrite

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

🎶Jeffrey A. Meyer Band
Fruition Brewing
Sunday, May 4 | 3:00 – 5:00
918 East Lake Ave., Watsonville

🎶The Trolley Drops Jug Band
Abbott Square Market
Sunday, May 4 | 3:00 – 5:00
118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

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

🎶Nick Disalvo
Joe’s Bar
Sunday, May 4 | 4:00 – 7:00
13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek

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

🎶Slow Coast Band
El Vaquero Winery
Sunday, May 4 | 4:00 – 7:00
2901 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville
Reservations: (831) 607-8118 | elvaquerowinery
$10 Cover | Mattia Pizza

🎶Yuko Uno
Chaminade Resort & Spa
Sunday, May 4 | 5:00 – 8:00
One Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz

🎶Sunday Pro Jam w/ John Michael
Henflings Tavern
Sunday, May 4 | 5:00 – 9:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🎶Plateau Jazz Band + Swing Dance
Pono Hawaiian Grill
Sunday, May 4 | 5:30 – 8:00
120 Union St., Santa Cruz

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

🎶The Uke Sisters
The Cats Los Gatos
Sunday, May 4 | 6:00 – 8:30
17533 Santa Cruz Hwy, Los Gatos

🎶Grateful Sundays w/ Matt Hartle & Friends✌️☮️
The Crepe Place Garden
Sundays | 6:00 – 9:00
1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz
$10 Door

🎶Ground Cover + Happy Society + Please Save My Earth + Adam and the Sandlers
Subrosa Community Space
Sunday, April 4 | 6:00 – 10:00
703 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz
$10-15 Door | notaflof

🤣Stand Up Comedy Open Mic
Shanty Shack Brewing
Sundays | 7:00 – 9:00
Sign-Ups Start at 6:30
138 Fern St., Santa Cruz

🎶The Halluci Nation + El Ojo Feo
Moe’s Alley
Sunday, May 4 | 7:00
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz
Tix: moesalley

🎶John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band
Kuumbwa Jazz
Sunday, May 4 | 7:00
320-2 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz
Tix: kuumbwajazz

🎶 Dennis Dove Open Jam
The Sand Bar
Sunday, May 4 | 7:30
211 Esplanade, Capitola

🎶Pity Party Girls Club + The Hayds + Pillowprince
The Catalyst Club Atrium
Sunday, May 4 | 8:00
1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Tix: catalystclub

🤣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
No Cover

Hot Ticket Alert

🎻Tony McManus Scottish Fingerstyle Guitar
Ugly Mug Cafe
Tuesday, May 6 | 7:00
4640 Soquel Ave., Soquel
Tix: celticsociety.org

🎻25th Anniversary Parkfield Bluegrass Festival
Parkfield, California
Friday-Sunday, May 8-11
Seth Mulder & Midnight Run // Bushwick Mountain Boys // Showman & Coole // The Price Sisters // Mountain Highway // Water Tower // The Honeysuckle Possums // Blue Birds on a Wire
Tix: parkfieldbluegrass

🔥John Craigie + The Coffis Brothers
Henflings Tavern
Thursday, May 15 | 8:00 – 11:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond
Tix Go Live May 6 @ 10:00 am: https://bit.ly/JohnCraigieCoffisBros

🎻Strawberry Music Festival
Nevada County Fairgrounds
May 21-26
Grass Valley, CA
Tix: strawberrymusic

🎶The Stinkfoot Orchestra 14-Piece Frank Zappa Tribute ft. Napoleon Murphy Brock
Santa Cruz Veterans Hall
Friday, May 23 | 8:00 – 11:00
842 Front St., Santa Cruz
Tix: mountainmusicproductions

🌻China Cats Grateful Dead Tribute☮️
Santa Cruz Veterans Hall
Saturday, May 24 | 8:00 – 11:00
842 Front St, Santa Cruz
Tix: mountainmusicproductions

🎻Redwood Mountain Faire
Roaring Camp Meadow
May 31 & June 1st
Felton, CA
Tix: redwoodmountainfaire

The SLV Post Weekend Roundup of Music

The weekend roundup of live music is compiled by Julie Horner for the San Lorenzo Valley Post newspaper and is posted every Friday on Facebook: @SLVPostNews and on SLV Post’s website. See something we missed? Share your event to the Santa Cruz Mountains Entertainment News Facebook group: @santacruzmountains | Email: julie@slvpost

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