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Art & museums

Mountainfilm on Tour Santa Cruz

Rio Theatre · 7:00 PM

Music

Santa Cruz Symphony: Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium · 7:00 PM

Music

The Tom Ralston Band - Celebrating Santa Cruz Connections

Kuumbwa Jazz Center · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Barnstorm Presents: meet me in the belly of the whale, by playwright Gillian O’Leary

Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater · 7:30 PM

Free1 more date through Nov 15
Theater & dance

New Play Festival

Second Stage · 7:30 PM

Free1 more date through Nov 15
Music

ISAIAH RASHAD: Lil Sunny's Awful Road Trip

The Catalyst · 8:00 PM

From $52.38
Music

ISAIAH RASHAD M&G + VIP UPGRADES

The Catalyst · 8:00 PM

Music

Moe's Alley Presents: Jon Spencer w/ Genre Is Death + DJ Archive 65

Moe's Alley · 9:00 PM

From $30.31
Festivals & markets

Downtown Santa Cruz Makers Market

Downtown Santa Cruz Holidays · 10:00 AM

Art & museums

Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá

Institute of the Arts and Sciences · 12:00 PM

Art & museums

Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still

Institute of the Arts and Sciences · 12:00 PM

Music

Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn

Henry J. Mello Center · 2:00 PM

Food & drink

Fall Wine Walk

Downtown Santa Cruz (starts at Oswald) · 2:00 PM

Music

Moe's Alley Presents: Drag The River 30th Anniversary Tour w/ Thanks Buddy

Moe's Alley · 4:00 PM

From $24.65
Music

Grateful Sunday with Matt Hartle and the Hartle Gold Band

The Crepe Place · 6:00 PM

From $15
Music

The California Honeydrops: Sweet Like That Tour 2026

The Catalyst · 9:00 PM

From $45.95

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Places in Santa Cruz

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