Slingshot

Slingshot plays the Historic Brookdale Lodge on Friday, May 26 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. With a big map and no planned destination, this trio of seasoned improvisers from the jazz and jam band worlds use song and structure the way spacecraft use planets: not to land and stay, but to SLINGSHOT around and be propelled back out into the… Read More

The China Cats

The China Cats play live at the Santa Cruz Memorial Veterans Hall on Saturday, June 24 from 7:30 to 10:30 pm. Come out and shake your bones! Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/china-cats-veterans… Come experience the spirit of being at a Grateful Dead show with the China Cats! Performing with the same lineup for over 12 years the China Cats delight Dead fans with… Read More

Richard Smith: Hallcrest Vineyards Concert Series

Hallcrest Vineyards and Snazzy Productions present master guitarist Richard Smith in concert outdoors at Hallcrest Vineyards in Felton. This show kicks off the new concert series at the vineyard. Fretboard fireworks, legendary melodies, standards, rags, classics, pop. From the Beatles to Bach to fiddle tunes, fingerpicker, Richard Smith has been touring internationally for decades. Virtuoso guitar playing, a smattering of… Read More

Anthony Arya and Friends

Anthony Arya and his band perform at the Historic Brookdale Lodge on Friday, June 30 from 8:00 to 11:00 pm. Anthony Arya is a folk/rock performing and recording artist from Santa Cruz, California. In Fall 2018, at age 15, Anthony was a contestant on Season 15 of NBC’s The Voice. Shortly after he released his debut album Going To California.… Read More

Medicine Road

Medicine Road plays outdoors in the Brookdale Beer Garden at the Historic Brookdale Lodge on Saturday, May 20 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. Band leader Pablo Eagle writes, “Medicine Road will create a healing swirl of love and affection that will open all our hearts and bring peace to our moment in time, for which no camera was ever built… Read More

Fireside Friday w/ Jazz the Dog

Live music at Big Basin Vineyards Estate Winery every Friday from 5:00 to 9:00 pm. bigbasinvineyards.com/events/fireside-fridays May 5th- Jazz the Dog & Panchos Empanadas May 12th- Fort Vine & Epoch Eats Food Truck May 19th- David Hunt Cameron & Good Dogs May 26th- Dan Freschette & Panchos Empanadas June 2nd- Michael Gaither June 9th- Poi Rogers June 16th- Scott Cooper… Read More

Mokili Wa

The Brookdale Lodge invites the community to celebrate Mother’s Day with the sweet world sounds of Elie Mabanza and Mokili Wa on Sunday, May 14 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Mokili Wa, meaning “world, listen,” is a supergroup composed of artists from Africa and the Bay Area who create a fusion of music styles into one unique sound. “The… Read More

DJ Starcata

DJ Starcata performs at the Historic Brookdale Lodge on Saturday, May 13 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. Sound alchemist Tim Stubbs is “DJ Starcata” playing hip-hop, dub-step, underground bass, and EDM to keep the party going all night long. Artist sights and sounds: soundcloud.com/starcata IG: @starcatamusic #livemusic #brookdalelodge #santacruzmountains #events #concerts #santacruz #danceparty #slvpost #entertainment #hiphop #dubstep #dj #edm #experimentalbassmusic #undergroundbassmusic Read More

Floratura “Bucket of Seeds” Album Release Party

Celebrate the release of “Bucket of Seeds” at Felton Music Hall. The project started as Tatiana & Treetop, the names of the two founders, who started the band after many years of playing and writing music together. The band is now called Floratura, a name a derived from the romance languages *Fioritura* – a flourishing embellishment of a melody. Hailing… Read More

Dave D’oh

Cocktail hour with Dave D’oh at Joe’s Bar, Sunday, May 14 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm. Dave D’oh is the stage name of Santa Cruz musician Dave Muldawer.  He first jumped into the local music scene back in 2010 with the rock band The D’oh Bros.  While continuing to play with the band, Dave ventured out as a solo musician… Read More