Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park, 144 School St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA

Join us for an old fashioned family campfire this summer! Bring a picnic dinner and lawn chairs, and enjoy making your own fresh tortillas on the comal. Listen to some live music by Peter Weiss & the Earth Rangers, and come together around the campfire for an evening of silly skits, fun stories, and classic campfire songs with the best view of Santa Cruz! 5:30 - 6:45 Live music, picnic and tortilla-making6:45 - 8pm Campfire songs & storiesThis event is FREE, call (831) 425-5849 for more information, or email us at [email protected] if you have any questions.

How did an isolated settlement clothe the hundreds of people who lived there? Take an in-depth look at the cloth industry of Mission Santa Cruz. We will follow the path of wool from the sheep to the shirt and have the chance to try your hand at a drop spindle and spin your own wool. This event is FREE.  Rain or Shine. The Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park is located on School St. off Mission and Emmet Street in Santa Cruz. Please call (831) 425-5849 for more information or email us at [email protected] . 

Join us for an old fashioned family campfire this summer! Bring a picnic dinner and lawn chairs, and enjoy making your own fresh tortillas on the comal. Listen to some live music, and come together around the campfire for an evening of silly skits, fun stories, and classic campfire songs with the best view of Santa Cruz! 5:30 - 6:45 Live music, picnic and tortilla-making6:45 - 8pm Campfire songs & storiesThis event is FREE, call (831) 425-5849 for more information, or email us at [email protected] if you have any questions.

Come and learn how Mission Santa Cruz participated in a world economy back in the early 1800’s, and the roles the native people played in the hide & tallow industry. Watch a demonstration of how a branding iron works on leather, and get involved by dipping your own candle to take home.This is a FREE event, no reservation required. Rain cancels. The Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park is located on School St. off Mission and Emmet Street in Santa Cruz. Please call (831) 425-5849 for more information.

Come see how the oldest building the county was made. In this demonstration we’ll look at the materials used by the Ohlone to build their homes, and then at the materials used by the Spanish in the building of Mission Santa Cruz. You will get a chance to get your hands dirty and make your own mini adobe brick to take home!This event is FREE, no registration required. Rain cancels. Please call (831) 425-5849 for more information or email us at [email protected] .

Join us for an old fashioned family campfire this summer! Bring a picnic dinner and lawn chairs, and enjoy making your own fresh tortillas on the comal. Listen to some live music by Robby & Friends, and come together around the campfire for an evening of silly skits, fun stories, and classic campfire songs with the best view of Santa Cruz! 5:30 - 6:45 Live music, picnic and tortilla-making6:45 - 8pm Campfire songs & storiesThis event is FREE, call (831) 425-5849 for more information, or email us at [email protected] if you have any questions.

How did an isolated settlement clothe the hundreds of people who lived there? Take an in-depth look at the cloth industry of Mission Santa Cruz. We will follow the path of wool from the sheep to the shirt and have the chance to try your hand at a drop spindle and spin your own wool. This event is FREE.  Rain or Shine. The Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park is located on School St. off Mission and Emmet Street in Santa Cruz. Please call (831) 425-5849 for more information or email us at [email protected] . 

Join us for a guided tour through Santa Cruz’s oldest building, the only remaining example of indigenous housing from the California Missions. Learn about the daily life of people who lived here, and ways in which the Spanish Mission system drastically impacted local native people’s culture and landscape. This is a FREE event open to the public, no reservations required. Call (831) 425-5849 for more information.

1pm at the Santa Cruz Mission State Park (meet at the Visitor Center) Join us for a guided tour through Santa Cruz’s oldest building, the only remaining example of indigenous housing from the California Missions. Learn about the daily life of people who lived here, and ways in which the Spanish Mission system drastically impacted local native people’s culture and landscape. This is a FREE event open to the public, no reservations required. Call (831) 425-5849 for more information.