COMBO TEZETA

RUMBO TUMBA is the electroacoustic music project of Argentine multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Facundo Salgado, who has captivated audiences worldwide for over 12 years, touring more than 30 countries on all continents.

Rumbo Tumba is a craftsman of organic loops, performing, recording, and mixing a variety of handcrafted South American instruments in real time. The live show features an impressive array of wooden instruments with which he constructs a unique natural sound and an atmosphere that transports listeners to the purest places in nature. Loop-based compositions highlight the beauty of traditional folk roots and delicately employ cutting-edge digital tools to project South American folklore into the future.

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $42.70
Advance tickets: www.tickets.worldclassmusic.live
Artists website: www.rumbotumba.com
Event website: www.worldclassmusic.live
YouTube: www.youtu.be

Stephen Malkmus is a singer and guitarist in the groups Pavement, The Jicks, and the Hard Quartet and was a member of Silver Jews. A graduate of the University of Virginia and a tennis enthusiast, he lives in Chicago.

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $55
Advance tickets: www.folkyeah.com
Event website: www.folkyeah.com

with Special Guests Plague Vendor

After fronting the Sex Pistols, John Lydon formed post-punk originators Public Image Ltd (PiL). Widely regarded as one of the most innovative bands of all time, their music and vision earned them 5 UK Top 20 Singles and 5 UK Top 20 Albums.

With a shifting line-up and unique sound – fusing rock, dance, folk, pop and dub – Lydon guided the band from their debut album ‘First Issue’ in 1978 through to 1992’s ‘That What Is Not’, before a 17 year hiatus. Lydon reactivated PiL in 2009, touring extensively and releasing three critically acclaimed albums ‘This is PiL’ in 2012 followed by ‘What The World Needs Now…’ in 2015 and ‘End of World’ in 2023.

PiL continue to challenge and thrive.

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $54
Advance tickets: www.eventbrite.com
Event website: www.folkyeah.com

Supporting Save our Shores

Dive into the Depths of the 13th Annual Ocean Film Festival World Tour

The Ocean Film Festival World Tour, now in its 13th year, is set to make a splash across the globe in 2026, returning with a powerful and visually stunning line-up of films that celebrate the ocean from every angle — above the surface, beneath the waves, and deep into the stories that connect us all to the sea.

This year’s tour promises an unforgettable night out for ocean lovers, featuring six remarkable films from around the globe.  From high-stakes adventure and record-breaking journeys to intimate portraits of marine life and environmental restoration, the 2026 program is packed with breathtaking cinematography, inspiring characters, and a deep respect for the ocean and the communities shaped by it.

One of the standout films in the 2026 program is The Raftsmen, an epic story of courage and endurance. Twelve unlikely adventurers from seven different countries come together to attempt a feat few would dare imagine — crossing the world’s largest ocean on three handmade wooden rafts, guided only by the sun and stars. Battling storms, starvation, and the psychological toll of life at sea, their six-month journey remains the longest raft expedition ever completed. Now, fifty years later, the original 16mm footage has been beautifully restored into 4K, allowing modern audiences to witness the sheer scale of this once-in-a-lifetime ocean odyssey.

Jemima Robinson, Founder and CEO of the Ocean Film Festival World Tour, says the 2026 season continues the festival’s mission to share ocean stories that move, inspire and connect audiences.

THE RAFTSMEN (tour edit) Australia : 48 minutes

Twelve misfits from seven countries unite on an explorer’s crazy dream. Their aim is to cross the world’s largest ocean on three handmade wooden rafts with only the stars and sun to guide them. Battling storms, sharks and psychological demons, their epic six months at sea remains the world’s longest ever raft journey. Now, fifty years on, their original 16mm footage has been beautifully remastered into 4K and the surviving raftsmen finally share their incredible story.

THE KELP COLLECTOR Australia : 5 minutes

After decades dedicated to a career in science, Sandy Webb has found a new passion in retirement: meticulously collecting and cataloguing the diverse algae species that inhabit the waters of Port Phillip Bay near her Williamstown home. With the precision of a scientist and the eye of an artist, she transforms her marine discoveries into exquisite pressed seaweed specimens. This intimate portrait reveals how Sandy's dedication to documenting local marine life connects her more deeply to the coastal environment she calls home.

STONE BITER: SAVING THE ARCTIC SEA FORESTS Norway: 20 minutes

When an Italian photographer moves to Northern Norway, he carries a dream: to explore the icy Arctic waters and film the iconic wolffish amongst lush kelp forests. But beneath the surface, he finds a stark reality - an ocean floor stripped bare, where the once-thriving sea forests have nearly vanished.

As Ismaele learns to navigate the cold, unfamiliar sea, he unravels the mystery of the missing kelp. Along the way, he meets scientists, volunteers, and local experts who refuse to give up on the ocean they love. Together, they’re building a new kind of movement rooted in resilience, restoration, and hope.

ANTARCTICA: DOMAIN ONE Argentina: 27 minutes

Narrated by surfing legend Kelly Slater, this stunning documentary follows two Argentinian brothers on an extraordinary expedition to the end of the Earth. United by their passion for riding waves and protecting our oceans, the Gauchos del Mar embark on a sailing, trekking, and surfing adventure through Antarctica's breathtaking landscapes.

This is more than a film about adventure. It's a powerful rallying cry for the conservation of our planet's last great frontier – and a reminder that what happens in Antarctica affects us all. Will you answer the call?

A DRAGON’S DANCE Australia: 5 minutes

Beneath the waves of Australia's Great Southern Reef, a creature of myth and wonder performs an ancient ritual. This mesmerising short film follows the enchanting lifecycle of the leafy sea dragon, one of the ocean's most extraordinary and elusive inhabitants. Cloaked in nature's most intricate disguise, these delicate dragons drift through their kelp kingdom with a grace that defies their struggle to survive.

Prepare to be spellbound by nature's most elegant dancer.

TAINÁ

Brazil: 15 minutes

The life story of Tainá Hinckel, a prominent Brazilian professional surfer, unfolds through dives into her memories, woven together with intimate talks, old photographs, and letters written to herself. From her small town childhood to the challenges of being a woman in surfing, Tainá faces her greatest dream and challenge: competing for her first Olympic Game in one of the most dangerous waves in the world's surfing, at Teahupoo in Tahiti.

Show time: 7:00 PM, doors 6:00 PM
Tickets: $22
Advance tickets: www.eventbrite.com
Event website: www.oceanfilmfestivalworldtour.com

A film by Kolohe Andino / Jacob Vanderwork · One night only

FUDŌ is a 35-minute surf film shot on RED and 16mm across Indonesia, Australia, Hawaii, Mexico and California.

Eight surfers, each assigned a single color that runs through everything in their section — boards, wetsuits, the trucks, the sand and the people on it. Nothing in frame is that color by accident.

The film takes its name from Fudō Myōō, the figure who sits in fire and does not move. A woman builds his sign across the length of the picture, and then burns it.

Directed and produced by Kolohe Andino.

Starring Rasta Robb, Hayden Rodgers, Cole McCaffery, Makai Bray, Jackson Taylor, Rico Haybittle and Taj Burrow.

Music from Massive Attack, Boy Harsher, Marie Davidson, DjRUM, Goose, Aloka, Headache and Nasser.

Eight cities. One night in each, before it streams.

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $20
Advance tickets: www.steko22.com

Since its inception in 1992, Built to Spill founder Doug Martsch intended his beloved band to be a collaborative project, an ever-evolving group of incredible musicians making music and playing live together. “I wanted to switch the lineup for many reasons. Each time we finish a record I want the next one to sound totally different. It’s fun to play with people who bring in new styles and ideas,” says Martsch. “And it’s nice to be in a band with people who aren’t sick of me yet.”

Following several albums and EPs on Pacific Northwest independent labels, including the unmistakably canonical indie rock classic, There’s Nothing Wrong With Love, released on Sub Pop offshoot Up Records in 1994, Martsch signed with Warner Brothers from 1995 to 2016. He and his rotating cast of cohorts recorded six more, inarguably great albums during that time – Perfect From Now On, Keep It Like a Secret, Ancient Melodies of the Future, You In Reverse, Untethered Moon, There Is No Enemy. There was also a live album, and a solo record, Now You Know. While the band’s impeccable recorded catalog is the entry point, Built to Spill live is an essential FORCE of its own: heavy, psychedelic, melodic and visceral tunes blaring from amps that sound as if they’re powered by Mack trucks.

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $40
Advance tickets: www.eventbrite.com
Event website: www.builttospill.com
Event website: www.folkyeah.com

Join Grammy nominated, multi-instrumentalist Jai Uttal for an evening of celebration, kirtan and a very special concert with his world music band, The Pagan Love Orchestra. Performing old and new songs, touching on many moods and colors, Jai & friends return to Santa Cruz and invite you to dance, sing, cry, laugh and celebrate together!

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $35
Advance tickets: www.pulseproductions.net
Event website: www.jaiuttal.com

The American Motherhood Tour

Brought to you by Moms First, "No Country for Mothers" explores the culture wars surrounding American motherhood and why both the “girl boss” and “trad wife” labels ultimately distract us from the real issue: the lack of support for American families.

Following activist Reshma Saujani, the film charts a growing national movement to reunite moms across divisions and win the kind of historic support families actually need.

Show time: 7:00 PM, doors 6:00 PM
Tickets: $ FREE
Advance tickets: www.mobilize.us
Event website: www.momsfirst.us

Snailrocks.com is the official website for Snail, an American rock band know for their Billboard charting single "The Joker". Launched before September 2020. Snail has toured nationally, sharing stages with acts including Santana, Thin Lizzy, Styx & The Doobie Brothers. Snail was the biggest Rock Band in Santa Cruz years ago and coined the phrase the band that built the Catalyst!

Band Member Names.
Bob O'Neil-- Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Ken Kraft-- Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Vocals.
Craig Owens-- Bass Guitar, Vocals
Trey Sabatelli-- Drums, Percussion, Vocals

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $50
Advance tickets: www.eventbrite.com
Event website: www.snailrocks.com

Over the course of three decades, Shawn Colvin has established herself as a captivating performer and a revered storyteller, well-deserving of the commendation of her peers and the devoted audiences who have been inspired by her artistry. 

As she enters her third decade as a songwriter and performer, she continues to reaffirm her status as a vital voice in music. We welcome Shawn back to the Rio Theatre, August 8th!

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $40 Gen, $60 Gold Circle
Advance tickets: www.pulseproductions.net
Event website: www.shawncolvinmusic.com

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $42
Advance tickets: www.eventbrite.com
Artists website: www.jamesmcmurtry.com
Event website: www.folkyeah.com

Screening plus Panel including Bruce Lipton

Frequency: The Secret of Everything is an urgent exploration into technologies that could transform how we heal, connect, and thrive.

Filmmakers Kaia Roman and Zappy Zapolin investigate emerging frequency technologies alongside leading voices whose work challenges conventional views of health, consciousness, and the nature of reality.

The screening will be followed by a panel of experts from the film including :

Kaia Roman, the film's local creator (and author of The Joy Plan)
Dr. Bruce Lipton, the cell biologist and bestselling author ofThe Biology of Belief author and long-time Santa Cruz resident, who opens the evening with an introductory talk
Foster Gamble and Kimberly Carter Gamble, creators of the world-renowned Thrive documentaries Moderated by Andrew Freeman, moved to Santa Cruz in 1996 and founded a visionary school for kids, Coherence Education, which teaches what we wish we learned as kids, and prepares them to thrive in the Age of AI.

The evening: doors open at 6:00, Bruce Lipton's introduction at 6:30, the film, then a Q&A panel with Bruce Lipton, Foster Gamble and Kimberly Carter Gamble, and filmmaker Kaia Roman.

Show time: 6:00 PM, doors 5:00 PM
Tickets: $39.50
Advance tickets: www.eventbrite.com
Event website: www.thefrequencymovie.com

Cosponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz

Event: Bookshop Santa Cruz presents: Ocean Vuong | EMPEROR OF GLADNESS
Cosponsored by The Humanities Institute
Cost: GA: $26.58 | Student: $10.00
Date & Time: Tuesday, July 21st, 7:00 PM
More info & Tickets: https://bookshopsantacruz.com/emperor-of-gladness 

"Heartbreaking, heartwarming yet unsentimental, and savagely comic all at the same time."  — The Guardian

Ocean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive

The hardest thing in the world is to live only once...

One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him to take another path. Bereft and out of options, he quickly becomes her caretaker. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond, one built on empathy, spiritual reckoning, and heartbreak, with the power to transform Hai's relationship to himself, his family, and a community on the brink.

Following the cycles of history, memory, and time, The Emperor of Gladness shows the profound ways in which love, labor, and loneliness form the bedrock of American life. At its heart is a brave epic about what it means to exist on the fringes of society and to reckon with the wounds that haunt our collective soul. Hallmarks of Ocean Vuong's writing—formal innovation, syntactic dexterity, and the ability to twin grit with grace through tenderness—are on full display in this story of loss, hope, and how far we would go to possess one of life's most fleeting mercies: a second chance.

OCEAN VUONG is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collections Night Sky with Exit Wounds and Time Is a Mother, as well as the New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. A recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the American Book Award, he was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and currently splits his time between western Massachusetts and New York City. The Emperor of Gladness is his latest novel.

Show time: 7:00 PM, doors 6:00 PM
Tickets: $26.58
Advance tickets:www.buytickets.at/bookshopsantacruz
Event website: www.bookshopsantacruz.com

They say it ain’t where you’re from, it’s where you’re at. But for Angus Dowling, Jack ‘Cool-Breeze’ Crowther and Dr Elliot ‘Love Wisdom’ O’Reilly, the character of their home, Australia’s idyllic Gold Coast, permeates every atom of the dreamlike, joyful, psychedelic music they create together as Babe Rainbow. “The old Aquarius hippie connection is everywhere around here,” singer Angus says. “We tap into it, and absorb it all.” And their new album, Slipper Imp And Shakaerator, is their most “homegrown” project yet – a suite of maverick, zephyr-light acid-pop following its own north star and chasing subtle, slippery, subterranean grooves to delirious destinations. 

The trio grew up in Rainbow Bay, later relocating to nearby Byron Bay. An area of breathtaking natural beauty, where the waves are always strong, the magic mushrooms grow freely, and old, abandoned farm buildings abound. It was and remains the perfect locale for young dudes to play their music as loud as they want. “We were 16 and 17 years old, working at Tropical Fruit World in Duranbah, cruising around the kiosks and listening to the Nuggets compilations,” remembers Angus, of the group’s earliest days. “Jack and I met in the Australian youth choir as junior songbirds years before that, and he was still the only technical musical guy I knew, but I had the feeling we could all play this music we loved in our own way. We lived on an avocado farm up around then, in the macadamia orchard of the property. And it was so much fun making random noise while surrounded by the mangoes and the bush.”

The trio jammed tirelessly in those abandoned shacks, and as their sound began to develop, they booked shows in Brisbane, the nearest city, a two-hour drive away. While playing Brisbane, they crossed paths with King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, who began to book the embryonic Babe Rainbow as opening band at their shows. “This is before Gizz’s ‘stadium-rock’ period,” Dowling grins.

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $33.60
Advance tickets: www.eventbrite.com
Artists website: www.baberainbow.com
Event website: www.folkyeah.com

Poi Rodgers

Dan Tyminski has left his mark in nearly every corner of modern music. His voice famously accompanies George Clooney’s performance of the classic song, “I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow,” in the film, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? and his vocal collaboration with Swedish DJ Avicii on “Hey Brother” was a global smash. His diverse solo projects and years of work with Alison Krauss and Union Station have yielded troves of award-winning music. But the live shows of the Dan Tyminski Band are the true gems of this storied career.

Show time: 7:00 PM, doors 6:00 PM
Tickets: $55 Gen, $65 Gold Circle
Advance tickets: www.snazzyproductions.com
Artists website: www.dantyminski.com
Event website: www.poirogers.com

An evening with Lucinda Williams and her band

“My dad, as a poet, always told me to never censor myself – that’s one of his cardinal rules of creative writing,” says multiple-Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams. “That became my motto which I’ve stuck by all these years.” Miller Williams’ advice clearly is born out on Lucinda’s powerful eighteenth studio album, the provocative World’s Gone Wrong. “I felt a sense of urgency in making this record,” she adds.

Filled with gut-wrenching topical songs, the album’s ten tracks were written and recorded in a blast of collaborative creativity as Lucinda and her cowriters ­– primarily husband/manager/co-producer Tom Overby and guitarist Doug Pettibone – grappled with events transpiring during the spring of 2025. A whole other album had been in the works, but that “urgency” to address our current cataclysmic situation motivated Lucinda and company to cut World’s Gone Wrong in direct response. “Music is a powerful weapon,” she points out. “I want this record to make people aware, wake them up. I like to push people’s buttons.”

Lucinda, Pettibone, and Overby returned to co-producer Ray Kennedy’s Room & Board Studio in Nashville to cut the tracks with her newly configured band: guitarist Marc Ford (Black Crowes), drummer Brady Blade (Emmylou Harris), and her longtime bassist David Sutton. On the gripping title track, they’re joined by guest vocalist Brittney Spencer and keyboardist Rob Burger on Hammond B3. Its title inspired by the 1931 Mississippi Sheiks song (repurposed by Dylan in ‘93), the lyrics give voice to the lives of baffled everyday Americans:  a nurse and a car salesman “workin’ long hours” and “lookin’ for comfort in a song.”

Throughout the album, Lucinda is at her most direct, not mincing words via those distinctive, one-of-a-kind vocals. The ominous “Something’s Gotta Give” (also featuring Spencer) is punctuated by Pettibone’s and Ford’s fiery two-guitar interplay – a clarion call that “evil has come to play/you can feel it everywhere.” On the country-blues “Low Life,” co-written with members of Big Thief, Mickey Raphael’s dulcet harmonica livens up this ode to a juke joint where weary souls find relief. Lucinda and her band played the song onstage with Raphael during Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Fest, and “audiences really responded to that one,” Lucinda recalls. After their August 2 tour stop in Saratoga Springs, they reconvened with Raphael at New York’s iconic Electric Lady Studio to cut the vibrant track.

The blues-rockin’ “Sing Unburied Sing,” inspired by Jesmyn Ward’s 2017 award-winning novel of a haunted South, offers soaring background vocals by Maureen Murphy and Siobhan Kennedy. A gutbucket blues, “Black Tears” features Reese Wynan’s Hammond B3 accenting a down-and-dirty dual guitar attack. Accompanied by a serpentine slide guitar, “Punchline” eviscerates “false gods and deceivers/playin’ on our deepest fears” and “people being taught to hate.” Personifying the voice of liberty itself, in “Freedom Speaks” Lucinda reminds us that “apathy will blind you,” urging us to “stand up and fight.” The punk-blues “How Much Did You Get for Your Soul?” is a sequel of sorts to the piercing “Man Without a Soul,” from Lucinda’s critically acclaimed Good Souls Better Angels (2020). Backed by Murphy’s churchy vocals, Lucinda paraphrases biblical scripture, delivering a bit of fire-and-brimstone that’s sorely needed.

The sole cover song on the album, Bob Marley’s formidable “So Much Trouble in the World,” features the inimitable vocals of national treasure Mavis Staples. “It’s the first time I’ve cut a Bob Marley song,” says Lucinda, who’s released a series of albums of songs by the Fab Four (2024’s Lucinda Williams Sings the Beatles from Abbey Road) and Tom Petty (2020’s Runnin’ Down the Dream), as well as blues and country classics. “I was self-conscious about it at first, because the song is so great and it had already been recorded the best it’s ever going to be. But then when Mavis Staples came in to do vocals….” Together, they nailed it.

The hymnlike “We’ve Come Too Far to Turn Around,” featuring Norah Jones on piano and harmonies, is a heartbreaking closer, yet there is an aspirational quality too. “Norah’s voice lifts the song up,” says Lucinda. “Her part is subtle, kind of quiet, but it adds a whole level of something to the song.” That “something” permeates the entirety of World’s Gone Wrong, giving courage to listeners who are – as the title track says – “lookin’ for comfort in a song.”

And that’s what Lucinda fans have come to depend on over the past 45 years – since her sophomore effort comprised of originals, Happy Woman Blues, in 1980. With a back catalog of remarkable albums, including 1998’s game-changing Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, three Grammy awards and countless accolades, including Time Magazine naming her America’s Best Songwriter in 2001, Williams is one of our most revered artists, beloved for her singular vocals and extraordinary songs. And in these troubling times, we need the light she shines on World’s Gone Wrong more than ever before.

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $60
Advance tickets:www.ticketweb.com
Event website: www.folkyeah.com

Save The Waves Film Festival is proud to return to our hometown and host the WORLD PREMIERE in Santa Cruz!

Save The Waves Film Festival returns for another global tour, bringing together communities for a night of adventurous and inspiring films for a good cause.

What is the “Save The Waves Film Festival”?

Save The Waves Film Festival is the world’s only international surf and environmental film fest. Started in 2008, STWFF is a film tour and fundraiser hosted by nonprofit Save The Waves Coalition.

This year’s lineup of short films features surf breaks from California, Ghana, Portugal, the Azores, Canary Islands, Indonesia, Australia, Peru, and Mexico.

STWFF is also a showcase for surf ecosystem conservation, with new films about those who are the frontlines of coastal protection.

Tickets and proceeds support Save The Waves’ environmental programs.

EVENING SCHEDULE

6:00pm - Doors Open & Welcome
7:00pm - Shorts Session 1
7:45pm - Intermission
8:30pm - Shorts Session 2
9:20pm - End of Evening

Show time: 7:00 PM, doors 6:00 PM
Tickets: $23.18
Advance tickets:www.eventbrite.com
Event website: www.savethewaves.org

Grandaddy: CELEBRATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF The Sophtware Slump

Grandaddy formed in Modesto, CA in 1992, with the group eventually consisting of Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch, Tim Dryden, Jim Fairchild and Kevin Garcia. The band initially broke through with 1997's Under the Western Freeway and the NME - praised single "Summer Here Kids." The band's sound,” atmospheric electronics meet warped Americana”, crystallized on 2000's Sophtware Slump, which was met with breathless hype and earned the band "Next Big Thing" status. Tireless rounds of in ternational touring and mountains of fawning press led to 2003's Sumday , increasing album sales, more touring, more press, TV appearances, and a slot on the main stage at the Glastonbury festival. The band produced another EP, and an album entitled Just Li ke the Fambly Cat, before disbanding in 2006. Following a brief live reunion in 2012, Grandaddy fully returned in 2017 with Last Place , their first album in over a decade, which was embraced by fans and acclaimed by critics. A sold - out tour was cut short by the unexpected death of Kevin Garcia, and all future plans were canceled indefinitely. In 2025, Grandaddy will rise again for its first North American tour in over 20 years in celebration of the 25 th Anniversary of their landmark album The Sophtware S lump. KGAR 4EVR

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $47.25
Advance tickets: www.eventbrite.com
Event website: www.grandaddymusic.com

Dive into the heartfelt melodies as Valerie: A Tribute to Amy Winehouse pays sincere homage to one of the most influential and distinctive voices of the 21st century.

Grammy Winner:
- 2008 Best New Artist
- 2008 Song of the Year
- 2008 Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- 2008 Record of the Year
- 2012 Best Pop/Duo Group Performance

In 2009, Guinness World Records recognized Winehouse as having the Most Grammy Awards Won by a British Female artist. Rolling Stone also listed her among the Top 100 Greatest Singers of All Time (#83). Her album "Back to Black" is one of the best-selling albums of the 21st century, with over 16 million copies sold.

Fronted by the talented Elsa Cedeno, a seasoned performer with over a decade of experience captivating audiences, our band brings Amy’s unforgettable music back to life.

Amy Winehouse was a marvel of modern music, blending jazz, soul, and rhythm and blues into songs that spoke to all audiences. Her deeply personal lyrics and unique style won her legions of fans and critical acclaim, securing her place as a musical icon.

Valerie: A Tribute to Amy Winehouse channels Amy's raw emotional power and signature style, ensuring that each performance is an experience that delivers goosebumps. With a voice that echoes the depth and passion of Amy herself, Elsa leads the audience through the highs and lows of Winehouse's impressive discography. From the defiant energy of "Rehab" to the soulful depths of "Back to Black," we bring Amy Winehouse's unforgettable vibes to life. Our performances feature a mix of her iconic hits and rare covers, capturing the essence of her legendary sound.

Join us in celebrating the legacy of Amy Winehouse. Our shows are more than concerts; they are a bridge connecting Amy’s soulful expressions to those who still hold her music dear. Experience the nostalgia, the emotion, and the soul—experience Amy Winehouse with us.

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $45
Advance tickets: www.eventbrite.com
Event website: www.valerieamyband.com
Event website: www.instagram.com

Harbor Film Society Presents

Harbor High School's Media Arts Department (M.A.D.) in conjunction with Harbor High School Film Society is proud to present the 16th Annual MAD Film Fest.

Show time: 6:30 PM, doors 5:30 PM
Tickets: $15
Advance tickets: www.sites.google.com

This project unites sarod player Alam Khan, son of the late maestro Ali Akbar Khan, with celebrated South African guitarists Derek Gripper and Guy Buttery, building on a foundation of improvisational discovery.

Gripper and Buttery's signature guitar styles provide a rich, flowing foundation for Khan’s breathtakingly expressive sarod. It’s an unlikely yet perfect fusion that bypasses the usual symmetry of global music collaborations in favor of a more intimate story of friendship and shared intuition.

The project anchors the weight of two heritage traditions—Khan’s North Indian sarod and Gripper’s classical guitar meets West African kora style—with Buttery’s organic, self-taught finger-style providing flights of 21st century wizardry.

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $39
Advance tickets: www.tickets.worldclassmusic.live
Artists website: www.worldclassmusic.live

& The Road Runners

An undisputed expert in the fine art of making hit music, Jim Messina’s legacy spans five decades, three super groups, a vibrant solo career and scores of producing and engineering credits. With Kenny Loggins, Loggins & Messina released eight hit albums, had scores of hit songs and sold over 16 million albums. After a series of celebrated solo acoustic tours, Jim formed a band made of acclaimed musicians who have played with him at various points in his career. His latest release, In the Groove, includes selected hits from all three of Jim’s previous bands, as well as several of his solo works.

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $35 gen, $50 Gold Circle
Advance tickets: www.pulseproductions.net
Artists website: www.jimmessina.com

Presented by Moe's Alley

Moe's Alley presents The Brothers Comatose! 

Friday, May 8, 2026
Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm
$30 in advance / $35 day of the show
All ages

Tickets on sale Friday, Jan. 16th at 10am PT
* All sales are final
* Avoid scammers! Only purchase tickets from moesalley.com or ticketweb.com
* Tickets requested by email will be delivered 3 days prior to the event
* Will Call tickets will be available at the door on the day of the event

THE BROTHERS COMATOSE
Fusing old school string band instrumentation with rock and roll exuberance, The Brothers Comatose cement their status as standard bearers of a thriving, innovative West Coast roots movement on their intoxicating new album, Golden Grass. Recorded with co-producers Greg Holden and Tim Bluhm, the collection is as diverse and enthralling as the California landscape itself—at times carefree and breezy, at times wild and rugged—with lush, organic arrangements full of rich vocal harmonies and driving guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and upright bass. While the record marks the group’s first release with newest member Addie Levy, the result is quintessential Brothers Comatose: a warm, joyful reflection on identity and the ties that bind from a band that knows exactly who they are (and exactly where they come from).

Founded by Ben and Alex Morrison in 2008, The Brothers Comatose first emerged from San Francisco with their 2010 debut, Songs From The Stoop, which helped earn dates with the likes of Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Greensky Bluegrass, and Trampled By Turtles. In the decade-and-a-half that followed, the critically acclaimed quintet would go on to release five more full-length LPs, rack up nearly 50 million streams, land festival slots at Outside Lands, High Sierra, and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, tour with Lake Street Dive, The Devil Makes Three, and Yonder Mountain String Band, and build up a devoted following thanks to their raucous live shows and relentless schedule.

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $30
Advance tickets: www.ticketweb.com & Moe's Alley
Event website: www.moesalley.com
Artists website: www.thebrotherscomatose.com

An exclusive premiere of Corked, followed by a private preview and funding opportunity for our feature film The Ones Who Stay.

Show time: 7:00 PM, doors 6:00 PM
Tickets: $14.88
Advance tickets: www.eventbrite.com.au

Pat Metheny was born in Lee’s Summit, MO on August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By the age of 15, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the- bandstand experience at an unusually young age.

Metheny first burst onto the international jazz scene in 1974. Over the course of his three-year stint with vibraphone great Gary Burton, the young Missouri native already displayed his soon-to-become trademarked playing style, which blended the loose and flexible articulation customarily reserved for horn players with an advanced rhythmic and harmonic sensibility: a way of playing and improvising that was modern in conception but grounded deeply in the jazz tradition of melody, swing, and the blues.

With the release of his first album, Bright Size Life (1975), he reinvented the traditional “jazz guitar” sound for a new generation of players. Throughout his career, Pat Metheny has continued to redefine the genre by utilizing new technology and constantly working to evolve the improvisational and sonic potential of his instrument.

Metheny’s versatility is nearly without peer on any instrument. Over the years, he has performed with artists as diverse as Steve Reich to Ornette Coleman to Herbie Hancock to Jim Hall to Milton Nascimento to David Bowie. Metheny’s body of work includes compositions for solo guitar, small ensembles, electric and acoustic instruments, large orchestras, and ballet pieces and even the robotic instruments of his Orchestrion project, while always sidestepping the limits of any one genre.

It is one thing to attain popularity as a musician, but it is another to receive the kind of acclaim Metheny has garnered from critics and peers. Over the years, he has won countless polls as “Best Jazz Guitarist” and awards, including three gold records for (Still Life) Talking, Letter from Home, and Secret Story. He has also won 20 GRAMMY Awards spread out over a variety of different categories including Best Rock Instrumental, Best Contemporary Jazz Recording, Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, Best Instrumental Composition at one point winning seven consecutive Grammys for seven consecutive albums. In 2015 he was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame, becoming only the fourth guitarist to be included (along with Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery) and its youngest member. In 2018 he was named an NEA Jazz Master, the nation’s highest honor in jazz, awarded to the recipients “for their lifetime achievements and exceptional contributions to the advancement of jazz.”

Metheny has spent much of his life on tour, often doing more than 100 shows a year since becoming a bandleader in the 70s. At the time of this writing, he continues to be one of the brightest stars of the jazz community, dedicating time to both his own projects and those of emerging artists and established veterans alike, helping them to reach their audience as well as realizing their own artistic visions.

Show time: 7:30 PM, doors 6:30 PM
Tickets: $99.07 gen, $122.38 Gold Circle
Advance tickets: www.kuumbwajazz.org

Hosted by Running Riot Running Club

The Trail Running Film Festival is back on tour and returning to Santa Cruz for a great night of films, inspiration, and community. Come explore our collective and individual potential, and let's pursue our wildest dreams. We’re excited to bring you stories from around the world by filmmakers sharing their work of adventure, inclusivity, wilderness, art, and diversity across the trail and ultra community.

Plus we will have some very cool raffle prizes!

Profits will be donated to Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship.

Show time: 7:00 PM, doors 6:00 PM
Tickets: $15
Advance tickets: www.eventbrite.com
Event website: www.trailfilmfest.com/
Event website: www.runningriot.org

Show time: 6:30 PM, doors 5:30 PM
Tickets: FREE
Advance tickets: www.eventbrite.com
Event website: www.fashionteens-santacruz.com

Living In The Light Tour

Hailed as “one of the best acoustic guitarists in the world” by NPR’s World Cafe, Tommy Emmanuel got his start at the age of six, when he first began touring his native Australia with his family’s band. As a teenager, he earned a reputation as a highly sought after sideman and session player, and by his early twenties, Emmanuel was playing on chart-topping hits and performing with acts like Air Supply and Men at Work. Inspired in part by his hero, Chet Atkins (who would later become a friend, mentor, and collaborator), Emmanuel stepped out on his own as a solo artist in 1979, releasing the first in a string of acclaimed instrumental albums that would make him an unlikely celebrity in his home country and beyond. In the decades that followed, he would go on to headline everywhere from the Sydney Opera House to Carnegie Hall; tour with luminaries like Eric Clapton and John Denver; win a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement; perform for a televised audience of more than two billion at the Sydney Olympics; and collaborate with a who’s who of fellow guitar greats, including Les Paul, Mark Knopfler, Joe Walsh, Richard Thompson, Jason Isbell, and Billy Strings.

Recorded in just four days, Emmanuel’s latest album, Living In The Light, stands as the most daring—and most rewarding—collection in the globetrotting fingerpicker’s remarkable catalog, fusing his pop, jazz, classical, and roots influences into a virtuosic masterwork as exhilarating as it is intimate.

Show time: 7:30 PM, doors 6:30 PM
Tickets: $44.50, $59.50 & $69.50
Advance tickets: www.ticketmaster.com
Event website: www.tommyemmanuel.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com

(((folkYEAH!))) presents
DREW & ELLIE HOLCOMB
Rio Theatre Santa Cruz, CA
April 22, 2026
Doors 7pm / Show 8pm All Ages

Drew & Ellie Holcomb have partnered with the anti-slavery non-profit International Justice Mission to donate $1 (one dollar) from each ticket sale to support the organization's efforts to rescue children trapped in modern-day slavery and protect people in poverty from violence.

VIP tickets -
VIP 1 - The Wine We Drink + Gold Circle - $369.85
VIP 2 - Intimate Pre Show Experience + Gold Circle - $186.20
VIP 3 - Premium Early Entry + Gold Circle - $121.32

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $63.68 Gen, $76.22 Gold Circle
Advance tickets: www.eventbrite.com

A Tribute to the Bee Gees

You Should Be Dancing is the most explosive Bee Gees experience in North America. Recognized for their flair and onstage charisma, YSBD effortlessly recreates the iconic Bee Gees sound while elevating the onstage visual experience. 

Dance & sing along to "Stayin' Alive", "You Should Be Dancing", "More Than A Woman", "Night Fever", "How Deep Is Your Love", and more, with songs written by the Bee Gees for Dolly Parton, Celine Dion, Barbara Streisand, Andy Gibb, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, and other incredible hits & surprises.

YSBD has appeared on ABC, CBS, and the CW, headlined the biggest stages across the US, and featured in line-ups that include America, The Beach Boys, Boyz II Men, Chicago, Daryl Hall, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Smokey Robinson. The band has also performed with Yvonne Elliman & Ted Neeley, and opened for Cheap Trick, Skid Row, Def Leppard, and Guns N' Roses.

Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $43.35
Advance tickets: www.eventbrite.com
Event website: www.bayareabeegees.com