Featured Events in Santa Cruz in March 2025 (August Updated)

URBAN WAVE Vol. #1 Se llevará a cabo en el Bar Ay Mamá . Calle Sta. Cruz del Valle 1014-A, Col. Filla Fontana. Inicio 8:30pm // Evento 100% familiar y gratuito. ¡RESERVA AHORA! WhatsApp: 33 2332 8600 Information Source: eventbrite

Bobby Moderow, Jr. is a renowned slack key guitar and falsetto artist. Born and raised on the island of O'ahu, he was a member of the prestigious Honolulu Boy Choir from ages 9 to 12. At 18 he become a protégé of the renowned late slack key guitar master Raymond Kane. Moderow studied with Uncle Raymond for three years, and later embarked on a solo career, performing at the original Roy's restaurant for 12 years. Three years after starting at Roy's, Moderow created the group Maunalua. With his Maunalua brothers, Moderow has released four albums, winning a total of six Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards. They have performed all over the world, including at the inaugural luʻau for President Obama; the 150th anniversary of the Smithsonian; and solo several times at the Grammy® Museum. Moderow believes that education is a huge part of entertaining - education through entertainment - so he also teaches. The award-winning artist Makana was one of his students, and he has taught elementary school children at the Grammy® Museum for the past few years. He is currently teaching at the University of Hawai'i West Campus on O'ahu. Moderow returned to his solo roots with the 2019 release of his debut solo album, Inspired . The album contains a mixture of original songs inspired by the Hawaiian culture and his friends and family, and covers of other songs that inspire him, both Hawaiian and Country. Moderow continues to perform with his Maunalua brothers while performing an increasing number of solo gigs throughout Hawaiʻi and the continental United States. Information Source: Living Pono Project | eventbrite

Open to all levels of experience and artistic backgrounds, this exclusive event held within the new workshop space at Tumbleweed Found, provides an introduction to mixed media techniques utilizing re-purposed objects and salvaged materials to create the medium of Assemblage. (offered to adults 18+)Instuctor Dianne Hoffmanis a professional mixed media artist from San Francisco. Her sought after assemblage works are staged within signature vignette-style boxes that provide a visual context for playful metaphors, song lyrics, segmented phrases and emotive sentiments.For this intimate group workshop, Dianne will share methods and techniques to conceptualize allegorical narratives, design and develop wall mounted housing structures for them to be told from, and manifest personal interpretations through found objects to “take the stage.”Topics include: -Tools, Glues, Adhesives and Altering Activators -Turning your stories & ideas into artful compositions -Arrangement, Construction and Presentation $150 registration fee covers 4 hours of instruction and creative time with use of provided tools, adhesives and selected objects. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own personal artifacts, items/objects and small staging boxes to combine with provided materials. Space is limited so that individual attention and personalized direction can be provided to each participant. Pre-Registration is required to secure your spot. Information Source: Dianne Hoffman | eventbrite

PETER ASHER: A MUSICAL MEMOIR OF THE 60'S AND BEYOND Date moved from October 6, 2024to March 9, 2025. Our most sincere apologies, but for medical reasons it has become necessary for the Peter Asher concert scheduled first for May 24, then October 6 at the Kuumbwa Jazz center to be rescheduled to Sunday, March 9, 2025. Peter is having another procedure on his throat, as a precautionary measure, following up on the delicate work on his vocal chords he had earlier this year. This is a less serious procedure than the previous, being undertaken to prevent any chance of a greater issue down the line. As you can see in Peter's message, he is fine but this is a necessary preventative measure. He looks forward to seeing you in full flight in March, and as a thank you is for your patience is bringing a 7 piece band this time! “…as Mr. Asher regaled a delighted audience with stories… he conjured history in the making, before it was set in stone.” – Stephen Holden, New York Times “…the exuberant Mr. Asher knew anyone who rocked and everyone who mattered.” –Wall Street Journal “An all-around charming and delightful fellow — he reminisces about his whole career and it is highly entertaining” – Steve Martin “Everybody should go and see it — I’ve seen it myself twice” – Linda Ronstadt The Man, The Myth, The Legend! ...and a true friend! Great wit and music. A true storyteller! What more could you possibly want? Don’t miss this! --Hans Zimmer We first came to know him through the global smash “World Without Love” as one half of the British Invasion duo Peter & Gordon. He returns--now a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire-- in “Peter Asher: A Musical Memoir of the 60s and Beyond” which brings a multimedia experience to the stage, hosted by the two-time Grammy winner for Producer of the Year. Peter Asher moved effortlessly from his role with Peter & Gordon to Music Executive with the Beatles’ Apple Records, then famously- (as in cover of Rolling Stone magazine level famous)- to Producer and Manager, handling the careers of James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt and a host of others. Books abound, documentaries with half-truths (and worse) are all too common, but, now, finally, Mr. Asher tells first hand his tales from the eye of the cultural hurricane in this intimate evening. “Memoir” includes film footage and photos from Peter’s considerable personal archive, brought to life with a storyteller’s gift, transporting audiences back to the heart of 60s popular culture. Icons such as Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Marianne Faithful, Yoko Ono, Carole King, James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt are among the cast of characters in this narrative – along (of course) with the greatly missed Gordon Waller. The evening is filled with the music of Peter & Gordon, including “I Go to Pieces,” “True Love Ways,” and “Lady Godiva.” The songs given to Peter & Gordon by Paul McCartney are also front and center: “Woman,” “I Don’t Want to See You Again,” Nobody I Know,” and “World Without Love,” all of which were US Top 40 hits. Peter presents these timeless classics along with other old favourites from that golden era. The show brings the audience through the earliest days of Peter’s journey all the way to the present day, and projects including his SiriusXM radio show on the Beatles Channel, From Me to You . Peter's book based on the show, The Beatles A to Zed was released by MacMillan on October 29, 2019; the book is already in it's third printing. Peter remains a sought after producer, and Memoir delves into that part of his life as well. The Peter Asher-produced CD by Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, The Long Awaited Album , was released September 22, 2017, with a stand-alone single, California' released in January of 2020. They are among several production efforts Steve Martin has asked Mr. Asher to oversee, including a 2018 PBS TV special with Martin Short and the Steep Canyon Rangers. Covered also is Peter’s production of the “Love Has Come for You” CD by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell — the title track a Grammy Winner in 2014- and the stage show based on it, “Bright Star,” which garnered 5 Tony nominations in its run on Broadway in 2016. A project celebrating Elton John’s songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin saw the light of day in 2018, Revamped ; among the highlights was Ed Sheeran's take on Candle in The Wind , produced by Mr. Asher. The celebratory collection was a follow up to the Peter Asher-produced special edition of “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” -released in March 2014 – which featured Ed Sheeran, Imelda May, Fall Out Boy, and others covering songs from that classic album. Peter takes you behind the curtain of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, where he inducted two old friends, the Rolling Stones’ first manager Andrew Loog Oldham and the Beatles’ Manager Brian Epstein. The PBS special “Buddy Holly: Listen to Me -The Ultimate Buddy Party” is still being aired regularly, and its sister CD, “Listen to Me: Buddy Holly” remains a favorite. His work on soundtracks ( Amazing Spider-Man 2,” “Man Of Steel,” “Rush.”, etc), alongside the legendary Hans Zimmer, is touched on also, as well as the 2017 Hans Zimmer Live! tour of the USA and Europe that Mr. Asher Directed. On August 6, 2021 Compass Records' Red House imprint released the Peter Asher produced Why Wait! from Kate Taylor. James' Sister Kate is backed by Albert Lee, Danny Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, Waddy Wachtel, Victoria Asher, Scarlet Rivera and more...Many of the same cast are on the new album by the Bangles' Susanna Hoffs... Mr. Asher produced the album, released in April 2023 release. Now, in its thirteenth year, “Memoir” continues to thrill, as the reviews attest. On a more personal note, friends such as Liza Minelli, Eric Idle, Paul Shaffer, Ray Davies, Bill Wyman, Ken Follett, Edie Brickell, Billy Connolly, Jeff Lynne, Paul Simon, Bob Balaban, Joan Collins, Steve Martin, Ed Sheeran, Tony Shalhoub, Linda Ronstadt, and Michael Feinstein have been among the audiences in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and London that have given standing ovations to “Peter Asher: A Musical Memoir of the 60s and Beyond.” TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE Information Source: Keith Putney Productions | eventbrite

Two Santa Cruz comedians are recording their first comedy album, on the same night! Doors: 7pm Show: 7:30pm This a recording for an album. Please, no heckling. Information Source: DNA's Comedy Lab | eventbrite