UC Santa Cruz Arts Events
Public arts events across the UC Santa Cruz campus: student and faculty concerts at the Music Center, theater and dance productions, the New Play Festival, gallery exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences and film screenings. Most are open to the public and many are free.
Coming up at UC Santa Cruz Arts Events
More in Santa CruzInternational Karaoke Night
Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room · 7:00 PM
Barnstorm Presents: meet me in the belly of the whale, by playwright Gillian O’Leary
Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater · 7:30 PM
New Play Festival
Second Stage · 7:30 PM
Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá
Institute of the Arts and Sciences · 12:00 PM
Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still
Institute of the Arts and Sciences · 12:00 PM
International Education Week Kickoff Fair
Namaste Lounge · 7:00 PM
Music Ensemble Showcase Concert—Percussion, Flute, Classical Guitar, Horn Quartet, and Celtic ensembles
Music Center Recital Hall · 7:00 PM
Drop-in Figure Drawing
Elena Baskin Visual Arts Center · 7:00 PM
Slug Night Live: Student Org Edition
UC Santa Cruz Arts Events · 5:00 PM
UCSC Wind Ensemble
Music Center Recital Hall · 7:30 PM
UCSC Orchestra—Copland's Billy the Kid and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Music Center Recital Hall · 7:30 PM
Barn Dance at the Hay Barn
Hay Barn · 3:00 PM
Community Tuesday at the UCSC Arboretum
Arboretum · 9:00 AM
UCSC Jazz Combos
Music Center Recital Hall · 7:30 PM
Fall 2026 Open Studios
Elena Baskin Visual Arts Center · 12:00 PM
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