Oct
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Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO) will offer free fares on all METRO services, including local fixed routes, Highway 17 Express and ParaCruz, on Wednesday…
Santa Cruz Scene: What's happening in Santa Cruz County
From the waves to the redwoods, it's all happening here.
Santa Cruz Scene (santacruzscene.com) is a free daily calendar of in-person events across Santa Cruz County, California.
See what's on this weekend →In-person only, on purpose. Everything here is something you can actually show up to. No screens, no streams.
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Fri, Oct 9, 2026 · 7:00 PM
The Kick Off - Sonivore Listening Lounge
📍 Sonivore · Downtown Santa Cruz · $25
THE KICK OFF is a one-night fundraiser for the Sonivore Listening Lounge at 701 Front Street. DJs, live performances, visual art by Made Fresh Crew…
Art & Culture
Music
📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
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★ Featured
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 · UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Afrobeats Nite at the IAS
Join us for a night of dancing, joy, and community organized by Afrobeats Nite Santa Cruz featuring DJ Mai Girl and DJ Monk Earl. In…
Education
📍 Westside
★ Featured
Sat, Oct 10, 2026 · Rio Theatre for the Performing Arts
Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour Adventure Night
Rio Theatre & Sante Adairius Midtown Portal team up to support Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship Join us for the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival…
Art & Culture
📍 Midtown
Coming up
Tue, Oct 6, 2026 · Rio Theatre for the Performing Arts
Kishi Bashi:: Rio Theatre Santa Cruz 10/6
(((folkYEAH!))) presents KISHI BASHI Rio Theatre Santa Cruz, CA October 6, 2026 Doors 7pm / Show 8pm All Ages
Music
📍 Midtown
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Tue, Oct 6, 2026 · Woodhouse Blending & Brewing
Free Elements!
Free Elements • Live at Woodhouse Join us Tuesday evening for Free Elements , bringing their Cali-style lounge rock to the Woodhouse stage. Laid-back grooves…
Music
📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
☀️ Happening today
Tuesday, October 6Tuesday's a good day for puttering: Community Day at the UCSC Arboretum is free and open all morning, and the libraries are busy with practical stuff, backgammon at Aptos & Seacliff, tech help at Garfield Park and La Selva Beach, quilting up in Boulder Creek. If you've got a toddler in tow, swing by Toddler Time @ Live Oak at the Midtown branch. And tonight, Kishi Bashi plays the Rio Theatre, so grab tickets before they're gone.
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Oct
7
7pm sign-ups · Weekly pinball competition for players of all skill levels.
Community
📍 Westside
Oct
7
Dave Shaw (Santa Cruz, USA): Planet Local Sharing Circle
📍 UC Santa Cruz
🕒 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM · See listing
Hosted by Local Futures In our next Planet Local Sharing Circle, we’ll be joined by Dave Shaw, founder of the Right Livelihood Center at UC…
Education
📍 UCSC
Oct
7
Stop by the Watsonville Family YMCA for a free health screening. You can learn more about your risk for conditions like diabetes or high blood…
Oct
7
Horses are deeply attuned to nonverbal cues; our posture, breath, and inner state shape how they respond. When we’re centered, they notice. This gentle, horse…
Oct
7
Dignity Mobile Wellness Clinic and Santa Cruz Public Libraries are partnering to offer services that support the health of patrons with weekly Wednesday visits to…
Oct
7
Experience the Bio-Vibe Table at SoulCare Studios, a gentle, non-invasive wellness experience using sound frequencies and soothing vibrations to encourage relaxation, release tension, and support…
Wellness
📍 Aptos & Seacliff
Oct
7
Grab a free cup of coffee* and chat with Provost Aims at Coffee with the Provost! Most Wednesdays through the Fall Quarter! 9:00-11:00am Meet us…
Oct
7
Start your Wednesday morning with movement, mindfulness, and authentic Himalayan yogic wisdom at Soul Care Studios. 🧘✨ Join Yogi Laxman Panthi for a weekly Vinyasa…
Oct
7
What Got You Here WILL Get You There - Approaching the Job Search Over 55
📍 Capitola Branch Library
🕒 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM · See listing
This 6-session series is an opportunity to evaluate your skills, talents and experiences through a new lens. Are you 55+ and want or need to…
Oct
7
A STEM and technology event with a hands-on, creative approach.
Oct
7
This 6-session series is an opportunity to evaluate your skills, talents and experiences through a new lens.
Oct
7
TOTALLY TOTEMS: HANDBUILDING (1/4)
📍 Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
🕒 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM · See listing
Noelle Lightbourne
Oct
7
A free weekly dance jam for babies and their caregivers at The 418 Project in Santa Cruz, with movement, music, and play in a joyful…
Oct
7
A bilingual lap-sit storytime for babies and toddlers, with songs, rhymes, and books in English and Spanish.
Oct
7
Roaring Camp Railroads: Redwood Forest Steam Train
📍 Roaring Camp Railroads
🕒 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM · $26.45
Travel over trestles, through towering redwood groves and up a winding narrow-gauge grade to the summit of Bear Mountain as conductors narrate the history of…
Oct
7
Cyber-Seniors Digital Literacy Series
📍 Santa Cruz Public Libraries
🕒 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM · See listing
A 12 week series on Wednesdays from 10:30AM-12PM that introduces foundational digital literacy concepts and teaches useful digital skills. Classes conducted in-person with an instructor…
Oct
7
Preschool Storytime @ the Garfield Park Branch Library
📍 Santa Cruz Public Libraries
🕒 10:30 AM · See listing
Join us at the Garfield Park Branch Library for Storytime!
Oct
7
Join Career Success to chat about what it means to get to know other people in a new setting, and how to develop your conversation…
Education
📍 UCSC
Oct
7
Produce Pop-Up is a twice-weekly organic farmstand open to all members of the UC Santa Cruz community. The program is dedicated to increasing access to…
Oct
7
Meow-wow! Learn about cats and kittens with special guests from the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter.
Oct
7
Join Aquarium staff for some bilingual, ocean-learning fun through stories, songs, and movement followed by a craft. Special guests from the Monterey Bay Aquarium will…
Oct
7
Toddler & Preschool Storytime at Boulder Creek
📍 Santa Cruz Public Libraries
🕒 11:00 AM · See listing
Come join us for stories, songs, and lots of fun for toddlers, preschoolers and their caregivers in our beautiful Boulder Creek Library Branch every Wednesday…
Oct
7
Join Aquarium staff for some bilingual, ocean-learning fun through stories, songs, and movement.
Oct
7
A bilingual storytime for toddlers with stories, songs, and rhymes in English and Spanish, promoting early literacy and language skills.
Oct
7
Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still
📍 UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences
🕒 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM · FREE
Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS , features new and recent installations, videos, and sculptures highlighting the…
Oct
7
Love Apple Farms in Scotts Valley is holding their first ever free-entry pumpkin patch and winter plant sale. Featuring a haunted greenhouse, gorgeous flower and…
Oct
7
Moving in Harmony with Life - Self-care Exercises for Vitality and Balance
📍 Hummingbird Valley Retreat Center
🕒 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM · FREE
Instructors: Alexandra Johnson, MD, Kevin Johnson and Dena Ehrlich We spend much of our time being sedentary, lost in our minds. Yet each movement you…
Oct
7
UCSC: Victor “Marka27” Exhibition
📍 UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences
🕒 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM · FREE
“Ni de aquí, ni de allá” (“neither from here, nor there”), is a phrase commonly used by bilingual, bicultural communities. In the exhibition the phrase…
Oct
7
Join us for free Pilates at the Library! All levels welcome. Bring your own mat and water. Enjoy a fun, energizing workout led by volunteer…
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