Must-see entertainment in Santa Cruz

  • Catalyst

    Santa Cruz

    Over the years, this stage for local bands has seen big-time national acts perform, from Queens of the Stone Age to Snoop Dogg. Expect loads of punk…

  • Kuumbwa Jazz Center

    Santa Cruz

    Hosting jazz luminaries since 1975, this nonprofit theater is for serious jazz cats snapping their fingers for famous-name performers in an electrically…

  • Moe's Alley

    Santa Cruz

    In a way-out industrial wasteland, this joint puts on live sounds almost every night: jazz, blues, reggae, roots, salsa and acoustic world-music jams.

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