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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260806T173000
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SUMMARY:Free Beach BBQ Parties and Concerts
DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday throughout the summer\, enjoy a family-friendly party on the beach at no charge! There will be local bands and DJs performing on the outdoor stage\, providing music for dancing and socializing. There will be BBQ food and drinks for purchase all in a beachside setting providing stunning views of the ocean and Walton Lighthouse. Parking is limited in the area\, so consider enjoying a free water taxi ride from other parking areas!  \n2026 Lineup:  \n\nMay 21\, 2026: Sambada\nMay 28\, 2026: Space Heater\nJune 4\, 2026: James Durbin & The Lost Boys\nJune 11\, 2026: Ancestree\nJune 18\, 2026: Jive Machine\nJune 25\, 2026: Cake by the Ocean\nJuly 2\, 2026: Ripatti Rose Band\nJuly 9\, 2026: Extra Large\nJuly 16\, 2026: Fishhook\nJuly 23\, 2026: Harry & The Hitmen\nJuly 30\, 2026: Matt Masih & The Messengers\nAugust 6\, 2026: The Houserockers\nAugust 13\, 2026: The Joint Chiefs\nAugust 20\, 2026: La Familia\nAugust 27\, 2026: Alex Lucero Band\nSeptember 3\, 2026: Sambada
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/free-beach-bbq-parties-and-concerts-5/2026-08-06/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Harbor Beach\, 2222 E Cliff Dr.\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95062\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food & Drink,Live Music & Dance,Outdoor,Regional Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Crow&#8217%3Bs Nest":MAILTO:strickland.design@earthlink.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260807T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260807T200000
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SUMMARY:Summer Carnival
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy games with prizes all along downtown Boulder Creek! There will be a kid zone\, photo booth\, vendors and more!
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/summer-carnival/
LOCATION:Boulder Creek\, Boulder Creek\, CA\, 95006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food & Drink,Market,Outdoor,Regional Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="First Friday Boulder Creek":MAILTO:firstfridaybouldercreek@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260807T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260807T200000
DTSTAMP:20260723T032800Z
CREATED:20260723T032800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260723T032800Z
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SUMMARY:Seaweed Summer
DESCRIPTION:Seaweed Summer highlights the beauty\, ecology\, and hidden life of seaweeds found along the Santa Cruz shoreline. \nEnjoy food\, drinks\, hands-on activities\, and opportunities to learn from naturalists about the important role seaweed plays in marine ecosystems\, from habitat building to climate resilience. Explore interactive tables\, creative art-making\, and community organizations sharing ocean-inspired work. \nAs always\, the First Friday of the month means that the museum is free all day\, and evening festivities take place from 5:00–8:00 PM outside in Tyrrell Park.
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/seaweed-summer/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History\, 1305 East Cliff Drive\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95062\, United States
CATEGORIES:Educational,Nature,Regional Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History":MAILTO:info@santacruzmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T130000
DTSTAMP:20260723T032707Z
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SUMMARY:Plankton Walk
DESCRIPTION:You will be going out to the Santa Cruz Wharf to collect the plankton and take data on the physical conditions. You will then go to a lab at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Center to look closely at your subjects (plankton) under the microscopes. These are the microscopic organisms that produce half the oxygen you breathe (phytoplankton) and the zooplankton\, that form the base of the food chain.
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/plankton-walk/
LOCATION:Sanctuary Exploration Center\, 35 Pacific Avenue\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Educational,Nature,Regional Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History":MAILTO:info@santacruzmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T150000
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SUMMARY:Agricultural History Project
DESCRIPTION:Bring your friends\, family and neighbors and come out to enjoy good old-fashioned activities such as spinning wool\, cheese making\, wooden cow milking and ice cream making! You can even drive a tractor and go on a hayride.  \nLocal Santa Cruz County 4-H clubs will be hosting their Annual Spring Fair.  \nThis action-packed day is admission free\, and donations are gladly accepted. It’s fun for the whole family!  \nActivities include:\nFarm Animals to see and pet\nIce cream making the old-fashioned way\nButter churning\nFresh cheese making\nRope making\nHay wagon rides with tractors\nWooden cow milking\nHay cutting from real oats\, wheat and barley\nKids (real) tractor driving\nPuppet Show\nOld-fashioned hoops\nCrafts\nand so much more!  \n2025 Schedule: \nMarch 8th – Birds\, Bees & Butterflies\nApril 12th – Easter on the Farm with Egg Hunt\nMay 10th – Springtime on the Farm\nJune 14th – Olden Days on the Farm\nJuly 12th – Summertime Fun on the Farm\nAugust 9th – Round-Up at the Ranch\nSeptember 13th – Visit Yesterday’s Farm during the Santa Cruz Fair\nOctober 11th – Tractor-or-Treat\nNovember 8th – Harvest on the Farm\nDecember 13th – Holidays on the Farm
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/santa-cruz-county-fairgrounds-agricultural-history-project-11/2026-08-08/
LOCATION:Agricultural History Project Center and Museum\, 2601 East Lake Avenue\, Hwy 152\, Watsonville\, CA\, 95076\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Friendly,Heritage,Regional Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Agricultural History Project":MAILTO:john@aghistoryproject.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T173000
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SUMMARY:Youth Festival Performance
DESCRIPTION:Hear the future of new music in this free chamber concert of original works programmed\, produced\, performed and presented by our adventurous 16–24-year-old Youth Ensemble. FREE!
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/youth-festival-performance/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium\, 307 Church Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Festival,Regional Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music":MAILTO:info@cabrillomusic.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T203000
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CREATED:20260716T174456Z
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SUMMARY:Country Line Dancing
DESCRIPTION:Have you never done line dancing before? Never fear! Wendy will lead you through a variety of line dances. Go enjoy lively dancing and a fun time. All ages and experience levels are welcome. Beer\, wine\, sodas and snacks will be available for purchase.
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/country-line-dancing/
LOCATION:Park Hall Ben Lomond\, 9339 Mill Street\, Ben Lomond\, 95005
CATEGORIES:Dance,Regional Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260809T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260809T170000
DTSTAMP:20251104T232624Z
CREATED:20251104T052904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T232624Z
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SUMMARY:Antiques Faire
DESCRIPTION:The Santa Cruz Antique Faire is on the 2nd Sunday of every month from 9am-5pm\, weather permitting. Vendors offer an eclectic blend of antiques and unique items\, vintage clothing\, collectibles and more! Visit the Antique Faire on Lincoln Street between Pacific and Cedar.
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/downtown-santa-cruz-antiques-faire-11/2026-08-09/
LOCATION:Downtown Santa Cruz Antique Faire\, Lincoln Street (between Pacific and Cedar)\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Market,Outdoor,Regional Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260809T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260809T210000
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SUMMARY:Music Festival Grand Finale
DESCRIPTION:The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music season concludes with a luminous program looking toward collective possibility\, resilience\, and belonging. \nAscending Creatures (West Coast premiere) by Festival newcomer\, Eunike Tanzil\, draws inspiration from the coordinated flight of birds\, exploring the interplay between individuality and unity through motion and sound. Through interlocking musical lines and evolving textures\, Tanzil emphasizes the power of collective movement. \nLisa Bielawa’s Pulse (West Coast premiere)\, featuring violinist Tessa Lark\, unfolds as a driving\, heartbeat-like concerto\, weaving rhythmic intensity and American musical threads into a shared sense of motion and momentum. Drawing on Lark’s deep roots in Appalachian fiddle traditions\, the work evokes the spirit of folk dance and storytelling\, blending vernacular musical language with Bielawa’s contemporary orchestral voice. \nCelebrating marriage equality with both joy and remembrance\, Rainbow Promise (U.S. premiere) honors the struggle that made it possible. Composed by Elena Kats-Chernin\, the piece rings with a spirit of pure celebration and joy\, but not without offering reflection on the struggle that made such celebration possible. \nSean Shepherd‘s Wanderlust (West Coast premiere) closes the season with an homage to movement and belonging by “an exciting composer of the new American generation” (New York Times). A self-proclaimed “well-treated vagabond\,” Shepherd composed Wanderlust as an homage to his cosmopolitan experiences across the U.S.\, the U.K.\, and Europe\, representing both his paradoxical\, palpable sense of rootlessness and his desire to sink roots\, pulling inspiration from disparate places and searching for the idea of home. \nPOST-SEASON REFLECTION—following the Grand Finale \nFormer (1993-1995) U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove joins the Festival for a special closing reflection\, performing original poetry honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. alongside Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings. This will be the poetry’s West Coast premiere\, offering a profound coda to a season of remembering\, reckoning\, and imagining what comes next.
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/music-festival-grand-finale/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium\, 307 Church Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Festival,Performance Art,Regional Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music":MAILTO:info@cabrillomusic.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260810T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260810T220000
DTSTAMP:20260612T195404Z
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SUMMARY:Hosted Board Game Night
DESCRIPTION:Hosted Mic’d Board Games  5 – 8\nTrivia 8 – 10 \nThe Game Night Collective is a Santa Cruz-based board game community that creates welcoming\, hosted tabletop events where people can discover new games\, meet new friends\, and enjoy structured game nights without needing prior experience. \nUnlike a typical board game meetup where players are expected to know games or organize themselves\, The Game Night Collective provides a curated experience. Each event includes a library of 30+ board games\, guided game teaching\, hosted featured games\, community announcements\, raffles\, and opportunities to connect with other players. Whether you arrive alone or with a group\, the goal is to make it easy to sit down and start playing. \nThe flagship event takes place every Monday at The CRUZ Room\, where attendees can enjoy open gaming\, learn two featured games taught by founder Courtney Laschkewitsch\, participate in trivia\, browse the Merch Chest\, and become part of Santa Cruz’s growing tabletop gaming community. \nAt its core\, The Game Night Collective exists to bring people together through board games. It combines the structure and consistency of a trivia company with the creativity\, strategy\, and social connection of modern tabletop gaming\, creating a space where newcomers and experienced gamers alike can feel welcome.
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/hosted-board-game-night/2026-08-10/
LOCATION:The Cruz Room\, 1520\, Santa Cruz\, 95060
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Educational,Family Friendly
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Game Night Collective":MAILTO:claschkewitsch@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260810T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260810T220000
DTSTAMP:20260716T174945Z
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SUMMARY:Hosted Board Game Night
DESCRIPTION:The Game Night Collective provides a curated experience. Every Monday night with a library of 30+ board games\, guided game teaching\, hosted featured games\, and prizes! Whether you arrive alone or with a group\, the goal is to make it easy to sit down and start playing. \nHosted mic’d board games 5 – 8\nTrivia 8 – 10
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/hosted-board-game-night-5/
LOCATION:The Cruz Room\, 1520\, Santa Cruz\, 95060
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Educational,Family Friendly,Regional Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Game Night Collective":MAILTO:claschkewitsch@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260811T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260811T220000
DTSTAMP:20260204T090651Z
CREATED:20260204T090621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T090651Z
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SUMMARY:Board Game Playtesting
DESCRIPTION:Come to Peoples Coffee\, the official Santa Cruz location for the Southmost events for the Golden Gate Gamemakers! Come join us as a branch under GGG known as Game Designers of Santa Cruz! \nIt’s a relaxed chance to try new board games and card games\, get feedback on your own prototypes if you are a game designer\, and get advice on the games industry. New designers and interested players welcome! \nPlease be courteous to other designers and stay to test their games if you are bringing your prototype to be tested. \nWe run a small raffle thru the sign in sheet each night for participants to win new and used board game prizes. \nThis is also Peoples Coffees first events they have held! They are generously keeping all services of food and drink available through the entire 6pm to 10pm event! They normally close at 5:30. Thank you Peoples Coffee! For all of our events at Peoples\, affogatos (ice cream and espresso) are half off! \nWe now have a Game Library located inside Peoples for anyone to use any time they are open! \n**Cost**\nThis is a completely free event! Attendees are encouraged to buy some delicious drinks and food from Peoples Coffee. \n**Parking / Travel**\nYou can park in the main parking lot in front of Peoples Coffee. There is a also side parking behind Peoples\, and around the residential area. You are also free to park across the street near Salsas Taco Bar. \nSee GGG’s full code of conduct here. \nUp-to-date details and our many other events can be found at meetup.com/playgoldengate \nPoint of contact and organizer: Courtney Laschkewitsch
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/board-game-playtesting-at-peoples-coffee-in-santa-cruz/2026-08-11/
LOCATION:Peoples Coffee\, 1200 17th Ave #130\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95062\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults 65+,All Ages,Arts and Culture,Educational,Family Friendly,Food & Drink,Special Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Game Designers of Santa Cruz":MAILTO:courtney@starflyergames.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260815T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260815T120000
DTSTAMP:20250921T054352Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250921T054352Z
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SUMMARY:Saturdays in the Soil
DESCRIPTION:We are coming together as a community to steward Tyrrell Park through the City’s Adopt-A-Park program. At the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History\, you gain new wisdom about local ecology\, native plants\, and sustainable gardening while connecting with nature outdoors. It’s time to get your hands dirty! Join us and volunteer in the Museum’s Garden Learning Center and Pilkington Creek.
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/saturdays-in-the-soil/2026-08-15/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History\, 1305 East Cliff Drive\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95062\, United States
CATEGORIES:Nature
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ORGANIZER;CN="Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History":MAILTO:info@santacruzmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260818T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260818T210000
DTSTAMP:20260716T174705Z
CREATED:20260716T174705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260716T174705Z
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SUMMARY:InterAct Open Mic with Featured Poet Kate O'Neill
DESCRIPTION:InterAct Open Mic at Satori Arts. FREE community poetry jam featuring  Kate O'Neill\n\n\nAre you ready to get your poetry on? Join us on August 18\, 2026 at Satori Arts for InterAct\, a FREE open mic night\, from 7-9 pm\, featuring poet Kate O’Neill. \nKate O’Neill has been working for social change since Earth Day 1970. She holds degrees in Education (Ed.D. Harvard\, ’97) and Creative Writing (MFA\, IAIA\, ’18) and has served as a community college professor for more than three decades. Her poems have appeared in Poetry Ireland Review\, Journal of War\, Literature and the Arts\, Taos Journal of Poetry\, Skylight 47 and in numerous anthologies. Her works include a full-length book: Harp in Hand: Poems of Ireland (3: A Taos Press\, 2026) and a chapbook Flap & Dust: Poems of Resistance (Bookleaf\, 2026) both forged in belonging\, resistance and a sense of spirit. She holds dual United States-Irish citizenship and lives with her wife and family in Northern New Mexico. \nCome share your spoken word work or poetry with the community\, or come out to support our local readers! Sign up to read starting at 6:30 pm. Limited seating. For more information\, visit https://www.satoriarts.org/upcoming-events. \n1st and 3rd Tuesdays. \nFree. \nSatori Arts\, 815 Almar\, #9\, Santa Cruz (warehouse building near the back\, follow signs)
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/interact-open-mic-with-featured-poet-kate-oneill/
LOCATION:Satori Arts\, 815 Almar Avenue\, #9\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Regional Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260819T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260819T200000
DTSTAMP:20260723T033620Z
CREATED:20260723T033620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260723T033620Z
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SUMMARY:Steve Hawk
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Steve Hawk\, the longest serving editor of Surfer (1991-1998)\, who will share his thrilling new novel Nearshore\, a mix of literary suspense and coastal noir which follows an unlikely trio on the California coast who investigate a nuclear terrorist act. \nHawk will be in conversation with Charles Duhigg at this event.
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/steve-hawk/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Avenue\, Santa Cruz\, 95060
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Regional Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bookshop Santa Cruz":MAILTO:holly.bookshopsc@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260822T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260822T230000
DTSTAMP:20260723T032827Z
CREATED:20260723T032827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260723T032827Z
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SUMMARY:Boulder Creek Fire Department Summer BBQ Dinner & Dance
DESCRIPTION:The Boulder Creek Volunteer Fire Department holds its annual Summer BBQ Dinner & Dance on Saturday\, August 22. Firefighters serve a tri-tip and chicken dinner in the apparatus bay\, and three live bands (Kentucky Mule\, Barnstormers\, Bootleg Country Band) play out back with dancing until 11 p.m. There’s a bounce house and face painting for kids. Tickets are $30 for dinner and dance\, free for kids under 5. Proceeds buy rescue and medical equipment for the all-volunteer department. Tickets and details: bcfd.com
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/boulder-creek-fire-department-summer-bbq-dinner-dance/
LOCATION:Boulder Creek Fire Department\, 13230 Central Avenue\, Boulder Creek\, 95006
CATEGORIES:Family Friendly
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ORGANIZER;CN="Boulder Creek Fire Department":MAILTO:adrienne@bouldercreeklocal.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260901T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260901T210000
DTSTAMP:20260716T174627Z
CREATED:20260716T174627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260716T174627Z
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SUMMARY:InterAct Open Mic w/ David Allen Sullivan and Ignatius Valentine Aloysius
DESCRIPTION:InterAct Open Mic at Satori Arts. FREE community poetry jam featuring  David Allen Sullivan and Ignatius Valentine Aloysius\n\n\nAre you ready to get your poetry on? Join us on Sept. 1\, 2026 at Satori Arts for InterAct\, a FREE open mic night\, from 7-9 pm\, featuring David Allen Sullivan and Ignatius Valentine Aloysius as they read from their latest book\, Everything I Touch Is—& Isn’t—You. \nIn Everything I Touch Is—& Isn’t—You\, David Allen Sullivan and Ignatius Valentine Aloysius engage in a daring poetic conversation\, weaving poems from one another’s lines and inventing new collaborative forms. Written in a time of political fracture\, the poems insist on attention\, tenderness\, and survival. The collection moves through grief\, love\, politics\, and bearing witness\, dissolving the boundaries between self and other to reveal a shared\, living voice. \nFormer Santa Cruz county poet laureate\, David Allen Sullivan won the Mary Ballard Chapbook poetry prize for Take Wing. His book Black Butterflies over Baghdad was selected for the Hilary Tham Capital Collection by Tim Seibles. He teaches at Cabrillo College\, where he edits the Porter Gulch Review with his students. \nIgnatius Valentine Aloysius earned his MFA in Creative Writing from Northwestern University\, Chicago\, where he teaches. He is the author of the literary novel Fishhead. Republic of Want (Tortoise Books\, 2020)\, & his prose and poetry have appeared in many journals. Ignatius is the current host & curator of the long-running reading series Sunday Salon Chicago. He serves as Co-Chair of the Curatorial Board at Ragdale Foundation\, where he is also a Board of Trustees member. \nCome share your spoken word work or poetry with the community\, or come out to support our local readers! Sign up to read starting at 6:30 pm. Limited seating. For more information\, visit https://www.satoriarts.org/upcoming-events. \n1st and 3rd Tuesdays. \nFree. \nSatori Arts\, 815 Almar\, #9\, Santa Cruz (warehouse building near the back\, follow signs)
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/interact-open-mic-w-david-allen-sullivan-and-ignatius-valentine-aloysius/
LOCATION:Satori Arts\, 815 Almar Avenue\, #9\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Regional Events
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SUMMARY:InterAct Open Mic with Featured Poet Gregory M. Speed Sr.
DESCRIPTION:InterAct Open Mic at Satori Arts. FREE community poetry jam featuring  Gregory M. Speed Sr.\n\n\nAre you ready to get your poetry on? Join us on September 15\, 2026 at Satori Arts for InterAct\, a FREE open mic night\, from 7-9 pm\, featuring poet Gregory M. Speed Sr. \nGregory M. Speed Sr.  was born and raised in North Carolina. A poet and spoken word artist. Former U.S. Army soldier\, current staff member at UCSC. Proud father and grandfather. Has been writing poetry for the past 14 years. Has a book published via Amazon\, “Hidden (Perfectly) In Plain Sight”. Greg is honored to share his art with you. \nCome share your  poetry\, prose\, spoken word work\, memoir\, essay\, lyrics with the community\, or come out to support our local readers! Sign up to read starting at 6:30 pm. Limited seating. For more information\, visit https://www.satoriarts.org/upcoming-events. \n1st and 3rd Tuesdays. \nFree. \nSatori Arts\, 815 Almar\, #9\, Santa Cruz (warehouse building near the back\, follow signs)
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/interact-open-mic-with-featured-poet-gregory-m-speed-sr/
LOCATION:Satori Arts\, 815 Almar Avenue\, #9\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Regional Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260926T120000
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SUMMARY:Oktoberfest Santa Cruz
DESCRIPTION:Oktoberfest Santa Cruz is the longest running independent-neighborhood Oktoberfest event in Santa Cruz County. We will be celebrating of 27th Anniversary! \nOur event is a celebration of German-Bavarian culture. Messiah Lutheran Church on Santa Cruz’s west side has been hosting the event since it’s inception. We are a family friendly event with lots of children’s and family friendly activities. \nCome and enjoy………..\n* Homemade German Food.\n* The largest selection of German beers and wines in the county.\n* Live German polka music featuring The Thirsty Nine!\n* Family activities including a Petting Zoo w/ Face painting and Balloons\, Noon to 2 PM.\n* Adult German Costume Contest 3 PM. \nAdmission is FREE!! Adult meals are $20. Children’s meals (ages 12 and under) Free! \nFor more information call 831-423-8330 or visit us on the web at Oktoberfest Santa Cruz.com
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/oktoberfest-santa-cruz/
LOCATION:Messiah Lutheran Church\, 801 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:InterAct Open Mic: Readings from Winter In America
DESCRIPTION:InterAct Open Mic at Satori Arts. FREE community poetry jam featuring  readings from Winter In America (Still Anthology\n\n\nAre you ready to get your poetry on? Join us on October 6\, 2026 at Satori Arts for InterAct\, a FREE open mic night\, from 7-9 pm\, featuring Roxi Power\, co-editor  of the anthology Winter in America (Still:. \nA reading hosted by co-editor Roxi Power of local poets published in the anthology\, Winter in America (Still: Poets\, Writers\, and Artists Respond to a Fractured World (Carbonation Press\, 2026). This large\, full-color anthology is a sequel to the 2025 volume and\, according to a review by Misfit Magazine: “a much-needed update of Carolyn Forché’s classic anthology\, Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness.” Along with Forché\, 200 contributors respond in the sequel to a world still fractured by post-election events. \nCome share your spoken word work or poetry with the community\, or come out to support our local readers! Sign up to read starting at 6:30 pm. Limited seating. For more information\, visit https://www.satoriarts.org/upcoming-events. \n1st and 3rd Tuesdays. \nFree. \nSatori Arts\, 815 Almar\, #9\, Santa Cruz (warehouse building near the back\, follow signs)
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/interact-open-mic-readings-from-winter-in-america/
LOCATION:Satori Arts\, 815 Almar Avenue\, #9\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Regional Events
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SUMMARY:InterAct Open Mic: Anthology Reading– How to Get Home in the Dark
DESCRIPTION:InterAct Open Mic at Satori Arts. FREE community poetry jam and Anthology Launch Reading– How to Get Home in the Dark\n\n\nAre you ready to get your poetry on? Join us on October 20\, 2026 at Satori Arts for InterAct\, a FREE open mic night\, from 7-9 pm\, featuring the anthology launch reading of How to Get Home in the Dark: Poems on Mental Health and Healing  \nCome and share poems from the heart. Emilie Lygren\, Nancy Miller Gomez\, Farnaz Fatemi\, and other local poets will read from How to Get Home in the Dark\, a new anthology featuring established and emerging writers who take inventory of what impacts their mental health\, what has contributed to their healing and growth\, and offer short poems for hard days. \nEmilie Lygren is a poet and outdoor educator who has taught writing in classrooms\, research stations\, graduate programs\, parks\, libraries\, and beyond. She has also written two books of poetry and dozens of resources on science education and social emotional learning. Emilie lives in San Rafael\, CA. \nNancy Miller Gomez (she/her) is the author of Inconsolable Objects (YesYes Books\, 2024)\, winner of the 2025 Paterson Prize in Poetry. She served as the Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County\, California\, for 2025 and 2026 and received a 2025 Laureate Fellowship Award from The Academy of American Poets.  \nFarnaz Fatemi is an Iranian American writer\, former Santa Cruz County Poet Laureate\, Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow\, and founding member of The Hive Poetry Collective. Her book\, Sister Tongue رهاوخ†نابز†\, won the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize.  \nCome share your spoken word work or poetry with the community\, or come out to support our local readers! Sign up to read starting at 6:30 pm. Limited seating. For more information\, visit https://www.satoriarts.org/upcoming-events. \n1st and 3rd Tuesdays. \nFree. \nSatori Arts\, 815 Almar\, #9\, Santa Cruz (warehouse building near the back\, follow signs)
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/interact-open-mic-anthology-reading-how-to-get-home-in-the-dark/
LOCATION:Satori Arts\, 815 Almar Avenue\, #9\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Regional Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261103T190000
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SUMMARY:InterAct Open Mic with Readings from Magpie On the Gallows Contributors
DESCRIPTION:InterAct Open Mic at Satori Arts. FREE community poetry jam featuring  editor and contributor readings from Magpie On the Gallows anthology.\n\n\nAre you ready to get your poetry on? Join us on Nov 3\, 2026 at Satori Arts for InterAct\, a FREE open mic night\, from 7-9 pm\, featuring readings from editor and contributors of Magpie On the Gallows  anthology. \nMagpie on the Gallows: Poems on the Art of Bosch and Bruegel collects famous and newly minted poems on the art of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel the Elder. These painters from the Northern Renaissance are startlingly relevant today\, with their critiques of authorities\, exposure of church hypocrisies\, and assault on holier-than-thou judgments. Though the artworks were created in the 1500s — featuring surrealistic scenes from dreams and nightmares\, illustrations of ancient proverbs\, and close examination of natural landscapes and peasant life — they still mesmerize. \nCombining well-known poems by Sylvia Plath\, W. H. Auden\, William Carlos Williams\, Sandra Gilbert\, Czesław Miłosz\, and Robert Hass with work by some of today’s finest poets — Mosab Abu Toha\, Charles Simic\, Kimiko Hahn\, Kaveh Akbar\, Rae Armantrout\, and Traci Brimhall\, among others — this anthology will delight fans of the artists\, readers of poetry\, and anyone trying to comprehend our mad (and maddening!) world. \nJoin co-editor David Allen Sullivan and contributors Dion O’Reilly\, Addie Mahmassani\, Wilma Marcus Chandler\, Jessica Breheny\, Nancy Miller Gomez\, Taylor Gorman\, Ken Weisner and Maggie Paul as they read from the anthology. \nCome share your spoken word work or poetry with the community\, or come out to support our local readers! Sign up to read starting at 6:30 pm. Limited seating. For more information\, visit https://www.satoriarts.org/upcoming-events. \n1st and 3rd Tuesdays. \nFree. \nSatori Arts\, 815 Almar\, #9\, Santa Cruz (warehouse building near the back\, follow signs)
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/interact-open-mic-with-readings-from-magpie-on-the-gallows-contributors/
LOCATION:Satori Arts\, 815 Almar Avenue\, #9\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Regional Events
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SUMMARY:InterAct Open Mic with Featured Poet Lisa Allen Ortiz
DESCRIPTION:InterAct Open Mic at Satori Arts. FREE community poetry jam featuring  Lisa Allen Ortiz\n\n\nAre you ready to get your poetry on? Join us on November 17\, 2026 at Satori Arts for InterAct\, a FREE open mic night\, from 7-9 pm\, featuring poet Lisa Allen Ortiz. \nLisa Allen Ortiz is the author of two poetry collections: Stem winner of the 2021 Idaho Prize judged by Ilya Kaminsky and Guide to the Exhibit\, winner of the 2016 Perugia Press Prize. She is also co-translator with Sara Danielle Rivera of The Blinding Star\, Selected Poems by Blanca Varela which one the 2022 Northern California Book Prize for Poetry in Translation. \nCome share your spoken word work or poetry with the community\, or come out to support our local readers! Sign up to read starting at 6:30 pm. Limited seating. For more information\, visit https://www.satoriarts.org/upcoming-events. \n1st and 3rd Tuesdays. \nFree. \nSatori Arts\, 815 Almar\, #9\, Santa Cruz (warehouse building near the back\, follow signs)
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/interact-open-mic-with-featured-poet-lisa-allen-ortiz/
LOCATION:Satori Arts\, 815 Almar Avenue\, #9\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Regional Events
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SUMMARY:InterAct Open Mic with Featured Poet Veronica Kornberg
DESCRIPTION:InterAct Open Mic at Satori Arts. FREE community poetry jam featuring Veronica Kornberg\n\n\nAre you ready to get your poetry on? Join us on Dec. 15\, 2026 at Satori Arts for InterAct\, a FREE open mic night\, from 7-9 pm\, featuring poet Veronica Kornberg. \nA Bay Area poet\, Veronica Kornberg splits her time between Portola Valley and Pescadero. She is the recipient of the Morton Marcus Poetry Prize\, and the Wandering Aengus Book Award in Poetry. Her poems have appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review\, New Ohio Review\, Poet Lore\, Catamaran\, Plume\, and Calyx\, among other journals. Her first full-length collection\, Strange Gift\, was published in April 2026. When she’s not writing\, she’s on her knees in the dirt\, converting an acre of ice plant into a habitat garden of native coastal scrub.  \nCome share your spoken word work or poetry with the community\, or come out to support our local readers! Sign up to read starting at 6:30 pm. Limited seating. For more information\, visit https://www.satoriarts.org/upcoming-events. \n1st and 3rd Tuesdays. \nFree. \nSatori Arts\, 815 Almar\, #9\, Santa Cruz (warehouse building near the back\, follow signs)
URL:https://growingupsc.com/event/interact-open-mic-with-featured-poet-veronica-kornberg/
LOCATION:Satori Arts\, 815 Almar Avenue\, #9\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Regional Events
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