Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music - Growing Up in Santa Cruz

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July 17 @ 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Gateway School’s July Jamboree

Join Gateway School for our July Jamboree! Field games, gladiator battles, water play, arts, crafts, games, and more! Izzy's icees and tacos. Free community…

July 29

Santa Cruz Shakespeare Family Days

Santa Cruz Shakespeare Family Days Santa Cruz Shakespeare is hosting Family Days with performances of Much Ado About Nothing on July 29 and Aug.…

Tue, Jul. 28

Cabrillo Festival Performance

A concert of works performed by the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra penned by four under-30 composers and conducted by emerging conductors. FREE! This year in residence are four early-career composers, Oswald Huỳnh, Kai Kubota-Enright, Paul Novak, and Zoe Verduin, participating in the Festival’s prestigious Conductors/Composers Workshop. Composers are mentored by artists in residence and will have their pieces performed by the Festival…

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA

Sun, Aug. 2

2026 Cabrillo Festival

Led by Conductor-in-Residence Octavio Más-Arocas, the beloved free Family Concert features Paul Dooley‘s The Conductor’s Spellbook, an interactive musical adventure introducing audiences of all ages to the orchestra through playful storytelling, alongside Gala Flagello‘s vibrant fanfare Bravado. A “Tour of the Orchestra” invites curious minds of all ages to explore the instruments that bring the music to life. In a…

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA