Santa Cruz County Live Music Weekend Roundup: May 6-9

🎶Live Music Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup of concerts and live entertainment for the Mother’s Day weekend Friday, May 6through Sunday, May 9, 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 9

🎻25th Anniversary Parkfield Bluegrass Festival
Parkfield, California
Thursday-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

🎶The Jazz Cruzers
Mountain Market on Summit Road 🍒🍅
Friday, May 9 | 2:30 – 5:30
Loma Gazebo, 23845 Summit Rd, Los Gatos

🎶Jerry B. Logan & The Trio
San Gregorio General Store
Friday, May 9 | 5:00 – 7:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶Bundy Browne
Highway 1 Brewing
Friday, May 9 | 5:00 – 7:00
5720 Cabrillo Hwy, Pescadero

🎶Jack Mullins
Alice’s Restaurant
Friday, May 9 | 5:00 – 7:30
17288 Skyline Blvd, Woodside

🎶Walter & Friends
Kissed by an Angel Wines
Friday, May 9 | 5:30 – 7:00
75 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley
ItaliaFire Food Truck

🎶Medicine Road w/ Patti Maxine
Discretion Brewing
Friday, May 9 | 5:30 – 7:30
2703 41st Ave Ste. A, Soquel

🎶Samba Cruz Duo
Sanderlings at Seascape Beach Resort
Friday, May 9 | 5:30 – 7:30
One Seascape Resort Drive, Aptos

🎶Voodoo Jukebox Band
Stockwell Cellars
Friday, May 9 | 5:30 – 8:30
1100 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz
Sleight of Hand Pizza 🍕

🎶Mexican Music
Aroma Restaurant
Friday, May 9 | 5:30 – 8:30
9600 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🎶Marin County Breakdown
Steel Bonnet Brewing
Friday, May 9 | 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

🎶Ronnie Kaho’ali’i & Ka La’i O Mele” w/ Alex “Ohu” Medeiros & Ian Wilson
Pono Hawaiian Grill
Friday, May 9 | 6:00 – 8:30
120 Union St., Santa Cruz

🎶Dave D’oh Solo
Capitola Wine Bar and Merchants
Friday, May 9 | 6:00 – 9:00
115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

🎶Eyes Like Lanterns
Davenport Roadhouse
Friday, May 9 | 6:00 – 9:00
1 Davenport Ave, Davenport

🎶Funk Mission Satellite DJ Party
Shanty Shack
Friday, May 9 | 6:00 – 9:00
138 Fern St., Santa Cruz

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

🎶Jefferson’s Revival
El Vaquero Winery
Friday, May 9 | 6:00 – 9:00
2901 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville
$10 Cover | 831 Potatoes Food Truck

🍷The Prisoner Wine Co. Vine to View Dinner
Chaminade Resort & Spa
Friday, May 9 | 6:30 – 9:00
One Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz
Tix: chaminade.com

🎶Laurie Lewis and Nina Gerber
Kuumbwa Jazz
Friday, May 9 | 7:00
320-2 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz
Tix: kuumbwajazz

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

💃Janet Rachel Johns 2025 Santa Cruz County Artist of the Year
Crocker Theater
Friday, May 9 | 7:00 – 9:00
6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos
Info & Tix: scparks.com

🎶Eric Morrison & The Mysteries
Abbott Square Market
Friday, May 9 | 7:00 – 9:30
118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

🎶Flypaper Blues
The Cats Los Gatos
Friday, May 9 | 7:00 – 10:00
17533 Santa Cruz Hilwy, Los Gatos

🎶Pattie Gilbert & The Wanderlust w/ Dave Miller & Peter Stroet
Over the Hill Gang Saloon
Friday, May 9 | 7:00 – 10:00
3530 Portola Dr., Santa Cruz

🎶Extra Large + Harbor High Fundraiser
Woodhouse Blending & Brewing
Friday, May 9 | 7:00 – 10:00
119 Madrone St., Santa Cruz

🎶The Joint Chiefs
Sevy’s at Seacliff Inn
Friday, May 9 | 7:00 – 10:00
7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos

🎶Alex Lucero Duo
Vino by the Sea
Friday, May 9 | 7:00 – 10:00
55 Municipal Wharf, Ste. B, Santa Cruz

🎶The Tone Wheels
Brookdale Lodge
Friday, May 9 | 7:00 – 10:00
11570 Highway 9, Brookdale

🎶Covenhoven
Lille Aeske Arthouse
Friday, May 9 | Doors 7:00 | Show 8:00
13160 Central Ave, Boulder Creek
Tix: lilleaeske

🎶Neal Francis w/ Color Green
Felton Music Hall
Friday, May 9 | 8:00
6275 Highway 9, Felton
Tix: feltonmusichall

🎶Journey USA Tribute to Journey
Featuring Original Members of Great White
Rio Theatre
Friday, May 9 | 8:00
1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz
Tix: riotheatre

🎶The Swag Tones
The Crow’s Nest
Friday, May 9 | 8:00
2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz
$7 Door

🎶High Wire
Henflings Tavern
Friday, May 9 | 8:00 – 11:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🎶Robert Hager & The Wolfpak
Joe’s Bar
Friday, May 9 | 8:30 – 11:55
13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek

🎶Taylor Rae w/ Spencer James
Moe’s Alley
Friday, May 9 | 9:00
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz
Tix: moesalley

🎶Mike + Maxo + Sideshow
The Catalyst Club Atrium
Friday, May 9 | 9:00
1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Tix: catalystclub

🎶The Pharcyde + The BASSment + J.Lately
The Catalyst Club
Friday, May 9 | 9:00
1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Tix: catalystclub

🎶Prendelo Puro Pinche Party
The Blue Lagoon
Friday, May 9 | 9:00
923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz

🎶Lapses + A Million Miles Away + The Op
The Crepe Place
Friday, May 9 | 9:00
Tix: $10 | thecrepeplace

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

Saturday, May 10

🎶Sugar by the Pound + Camp Joy Annual Plant Sale🌷
Saturday, May 10 | 9:00 – 1:00
131 Camp Joy Rd, Boulder Creek

🌻🍅Scotts Valley Farmers Market
Saturdays | 9:00 – 1:00
5060 Scotts Valley Dr., Scotts Valley

🍅🌻Westside Farmers Market
Saturdays | 9:00 – 1:00
Mission St. Extension @ Western Dr., Santa Cruz

🎶La Otra Banda + Cement Ship & Friends + DJ
Tannery Arts Spring Art Market & Festival
Saturday, May 10 | 10:00 – 5:00
1050 River St., Santa Cruz
Info: tanneryartcenter.org

🎶The Squirrels of Wisdom
San Gregorio General Store
Saturday, May 10 | 11:00 – 1:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶B Natural School of Rock
Woodhouse Blending & Brewing
Saturday, May 10 | 12:00 – 4:00
119 Madrone St., Santa Cruz

🎶Intoxicans Spin Vinyl + Makers Market La Mama Misfit
Fruition Brewing
Saturday, May 10 | 1:00 – 4:00
918 East Lake Ave., Watsonville

🎶Andy Fuhrman
Davenport Roadhouse
Saturday, May 10 | 1:00 – 4:00
1 Davenport Ave, Davenport

🎶Jim McGowan
Highway 1 Brewing
Saturday, May 10 | 1:00 – 4:00
5720 Cabrillo Hwy, Pescadero

🎶The Harmony Grits
San Gregorio General Store
Saturday, May 10 | 2:00 – 5:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶Bluzio & Mother’s Day Market
Kissed by an Angel Wines
Saturday, May 10 | 2:00 – 6:00
75 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley
Crepes by Erin of Cruz Coffee

🎻The Peralta Consort Baroque Concert
Music by Telemann, Bach, Vivaldi & Handel
Boulder Creek United Methodist
Saturday, May 10 | 2:30
12855 Boulder St., Boulder Creek

🎻Sugar by the Pound
Roberts Ranch Vineyard
Saturday, May 10 | 3:00 – 5:00
875 Roberts Rd., Ben Lomond
Tix: robertsranchvinyard.com

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

🎶DJ Dario + Capitola Sig & Stroll
Capitola Wine Bar and Merchants
Saturday, May 10 | 4:00 – 7:00
115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

🎶The Paperback Ryders
Stockwell Cellars
Saturday, May 10 | 4:00 – 7:00
1100 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz

🎶Love Creek + Glow & Gulp Art & Sip Event
Steel Bonnet Brewing
Saturday, May 10 | 5:00 – 8:30
20 Victor Square, Scotts Valley
Music Free | $20 Glow & Gulp

🎶Noach Tangeras
Aroma Restaurant
Saturday, May 10 | 5:00 – 8:00
9600 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🎶Sweet Voodoo
El Vaquero Winery
Saturday, May 10 | 5:00 – 8:00
2901 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville
Reservations: (831) 607-8118 | elvaquerowinery
$10 Cover | Off The Hook Sushi Food Truck

🎶Velour + Super Greens
Shanty Shack Brewing
Saturday, May 10 | 5:00 – 9:00
138 Fern St., Santa Cruz

🎶Bay Bop w/ Matt Wolfe
Discretion Brewing
Saturday, May 10 | 5:30-7:30
2703 41st Ave, Soquell

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

🎶Open Mic Night
Loma Mar Outpost
Saturday, May 10 | 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

🎶Buffalo Blues Trio
Davenport Roadhouse
Saturday, May 10 | 6:00 – 9:00
1 Davenport Ave, Davenport

🎶Soul Service
Slough Brewing Collective/Buena Vista
Saturday, May 10 | 6:00 – 9:00
65 Hangar Way D, Watsonville
Pasta Amore Food Truck

🎶Aardvark Grateful Jams☮️
Apple Jack’s
Saturday, May 10 | 6:00 – 10:00
8790 La Honda Rd, La Honda

🎶Goobebeh + Mars Makai + I’ve Never Been Here Before + Pighati
Subrosa Community Space
Saturday, May 10 | 6:30 – 10:00
703 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz
$10 Door | notaflof

🎶Alternative Zen Blues Trial
Abbott Square Market
Saturday, May 10 | 7:00 – 9:30
118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

🎶Grupo Yndio, Grupo Vennus Aguililla Michoacán
The Grove
Saturday, May 9 | 7:00
400 Beach St, Santa Cruz
Tix: beachboardwalk.com/events

🎶Animo Cruz
Pono Hawaiian Grill
Saturday, May 10 | 7:00 – 10:00
120 Union St., Santa Cruz

🎶Robert Anthony Band
Over the Hill Gang Saloon
Saturday, May 10 | 7:00 – 10:00
3530 Portola Dr., Santa Cruz

🎶Pickle Mafia
Brookdale Lodge
Saturday, May 10 | 7:00 – 10:00
11570 Highway 9, Brookdale

🎶Lake Eagles
Vino by the Sea
Saturday, May 10 | 7:00 – 10:00
55 Municipal Wharf, Ste. B, Santa Cruz

🎶Frank Thibeaux
The Cats Los Gatos
Saturday, May 10 | 7:00 – 10:00
17533 Santa Cruz Hwy, Los Gatos

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

💃☮️Calculated Movements
A Dance Performance For Democracy and Against Injustice
Scotts Valley Performing Arts Center Theater
Saturday, May 10 | 7:30
251 Kings Village RoadScotts Valley
Info and Tix: indivisible.com

🎶Valerie: A Tribute to Amy Winehouse
Rio Theatre
Saturday, May 10 | 8:00
1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz
Tix: riotheatre

🎶Diggin Trails + Tom V
The Crepe Place
Saturday, May 10 | 9:00
1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz
Tix: $10 | thecrepeplace

🎶The Purple Ones – Insatiable Tribute to Prince
Felton Music Hall
Saturday, May 9 | 8:00
6275 Highway 9, Felton
Tix: feltonmusichall

🎶WredHorse
Henflings Tavern
Saturday, May 10 | 8:00 – 11:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🎶Burnin Vernon
The Crow’s Nest
Saturday, May 10 | 8:00
2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz
$8 Door

🎶Sin Sisters Burlesque & Drag – 14th Anniversary Show
Kuumbwa Jazz
Saturday, May 10 | 8:30
320-2 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz
Tix: kuumbwajazz

🎶The Nineteens
Joe’s Bar
Saturday, May 10 | 8:30 – 11:55
13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek

🎶Dub Congress & Friends, Kava Jah & The Remedy, DJ Robert Rankin
A Musical Tribute to Nathan Martisius
Moe’s Alley
Saturday, May 10 | 9:00
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz
Tix: moesalley

🎶Tame Impala Night
The Catalyst Club Atrium
Saturday, May 10 | 9:00
1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Tix: catalystclub

🎶Jake Nielson & Triple Threat
The Sand Bar
Saturday, May 10 | 9:00
211 Esplanade, Capitola

Sunday, May 11

🍅🌻Live Oak Farmers Market
Sundays | 9:00 – 1:00
15th Ave & E Cliff Dr., Santa Cruz

🎶Jim McGowan
San Gregorio General Store
Sunday, May 11 | 11:00 – 1:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶Mom-osa Brunch w/ Flowers & Live DJs
Woodhouse Blending & Brewing
Sunday, May 11 | 11:00 – 2:00
119 Madrone St., Santa Cruz
$15 on Eventbrite | woodhousebrews.com

🎶Steve Abrams
Chaminade Resort & Spa
Sunday, May 11 | 11:00 – 2:00
One Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz

🎶The Surf Creeps + Mother’s Day Artisan Faire
Abbott Square Market
Sunday, May 11 | 12:00
118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

🎶7th Wave
Brookdale Lodge
Sunday, May 11 | 12:00 – 3:00
11570 Highway 9, Brookdale

🎶Jenny O’Leary & Joe Leonard Jazz
Capitola Wine Bar and Merchants
Sunday, May 11 | 1:00 – 4:00
115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

🎶Courthouse Ramblers Bluegrass🪕
Davenport Roadhouse
Sunday, May 11 | 1:00 – 4:00
1 Davenport Ave, Davenport

🎻The Claddagh Band
San Gregorio General Store
Sunday, May 11 | 2:00 – 5:00
7615 Stage Rd., San Gregorio

🎶Sabelle
Over the Hill Gang Saloon
Sunday, May 11 | 2:00 – 5:00
3530 Portola Dr., Santa Cruz

🎶Dan Frechette
Chaminade Resort & Spa
Sunday, May 11 | 2:30 – 5:30
One Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz

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

💃Contra Dance w/ Slick’s Picks No. 6 Fiddlin’ Band
Sunday, May 11 | 2:30 – 5:30
Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange
1911 17th Ave, Santa Cruz

🎶Wild Iris
Discretion Brewing
Sunday, May 11 | 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

🎶 D Plus w/ Dan Robbins, Trianna Feruza, Rowan Graves, and Ron Work
Woodhouse Blending & Brewing
Sunday, May 11 | 3:30 – 6:00
119 Madrone St., Santa Cruz

📚Isabel Allende | MY NAME IS EMILIA DEL VALLE
Rio Theatre
Sunday, May 11 | 4:00
1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz
Tix: riotheatre

🎶Noach Tangeras
Joe’s Bar
Sunday, May 11 | 4:00 – 7:00
13118 Highway 9, Boulder Creek

🎶Daniel Paul Nelson + Cheese & Chocolate Pairing
Vino by the Sea 🧀🍷
Sunday, May 11 | 4:00 – 7:00
55 Municipal Wharf, Ste. B, Santa Cruz

🎶Diamonds in the Rough John Prine Tribute
El Vaquero Winery
Sunday, May 11 | 4:00 – 7:00
2901 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville
Reservations: (831) 607-8118 | elvaquerowinery
$10 Cover | Riot BBQ Food Truck

🎶Ryan Price
Shanty Shack Brewing
Sunday, May 11 | 4:00 – 7:00
138 Fern St., Santa Cruz

🎶Santa Cruz Jazz Society Backbeat Jam
All-Star Anchors Rick Walker, Robert Jackson, Etienne Franc
Pono Hawaiian Grill
2nd & 4th Sundays | 4:00 – 7:00
120 Union St., Santa Cruz

🎶Sunday Pro Jam w/ “Chicago” Bill Bouchard
Henflings Tavern
Sunday, May 11 | 5:00 – 9:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

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

🎶Joe Ferrara
The Cats Los Gatos
Sunday, May 11 | 5:30 – 8:30
17533 Santa Cruz Hwy, Los Gatos

🎶Grateful Sundays w/ Matt Hartle & Friends✌️☮️
Special Guests Caltucky Psychedelic Newgrass
The Crepe Place Garden
Sunday, May 11 | 6:00 – 9:00
1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz
$10 Door

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

🎶 Don Caruth Open Jam
The Sand Bar
Sunday, May 11 | 7:30
211 Esplanade, Capitola

🎶Shordy Shordy + Gritty Lex + Poiison + Deuce Uno
The Catalyst Club
Sunday, May 11 | 9:00
1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Tix: catalystclub

🤣Comedy Night w/ Nic Trevino
Henflings Tavern
2nd & 4th Sundays | 9:00
9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond

🤣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

🎻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
Benefits Santa Cruz Mountains Nonprofits
Roaring Camp Meadow
May 31 & June 1st
Felton, CA
Tix: redwoodmountainfaire

🎻50th Annual Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival
Nevada County Fairgrounds
June 12-15
Grass Valley, CA
Tix: fathersdayfestival

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 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 | Or email: julie@slvpost

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