Afrobeats Nite Santa Cruz Returns — A Cultural Revival at Woodhouse

The heartbeat of Santa Cruz is about to change tempo.

Created and curated by DJ Monk Earl, the originator and soul of the event, Afrobeats Nite is not just a dance party. It’s a vibrant celebration of African diasporic sound, rooted in joy and connection. As one of the only consistent platforms for Afrobeats culture in the Santa Cruz area, the night has built a dedicated following—drawing dancers, music lovers, students, artists, and families into a space that’s as electric as it is welcoming.

"One Drop is back for the summer with Brain Food and DJ Captiv8! 

Rising star DJ Captiv8 will be setting up the vibes. He is a high grade selecta from the Santa Cruz area with regular appearances at One Drop Wednesday, Reggae On The Roof at Bruno's, as well as backing up reggae fusion band Microtiger. 

Brain Food is the most recent project from Joey Storm of Santa Cruz's well-loved, original Cali-reggae band The Leftovers. As more of a soul project, Brain Food gets back to roots reggae with a revolving door of local guitarists and percussionists. You can expect something a little new every time as they continue to evolve with their excellent taste in covers and original tunes. 

After Brain Food's opening set we'll start the jam featuring local singers and players. If you'd like to get involved, bring your instrument! Not sure if you want to play? Come for the hang! One Drop is the spot to connect with other musicians, fans and reggae bands!"

$10 Cover

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Sweet Sally brings together exceptional instrumental skills, tight vocal harmonies, and inventive arrangements. Drawing from bluegrass, folk, jazz, and other traditions, their music weaves original songs with fresh takes on timeless covers. The band has performed both nationally and internationally at festivals including High Sierra Music Festival, DelFest, and IBMA’s World of Bluegrass.

Instagram: @sweetsallyband

Facebook: @sweetsallymusic

Website: sweetsallyband.com

Tokyo Hot Tub Party at Woodhouse – A Night of Pure Vibes

Santa Cruz, get ready. Tokyo Hot Tub is bringing the heat back to Woodhouse Blending & Brewing for another night of high-energy beats, deep grooves, and an atmosphere like no other.

Expect a seamless blend of house, disco, and electronic sounds, setting the stage for an immersive dancefloor experience. Whether you're a dedicated music lover or just looking for a place to let loose, this is the kind of night that keeps Santa Cruz moving.

The lineup will be announced soon, featuring a carefully curated selection of DJs who know how to push the energy to the next level.

Come for the music, stay for the magic. Tokyo Hot Tub is more than just a party—it’s a movement. See you on the dance floor!

Audiobender is an American rock band formed in San Jose in 2012. Founded by singer/guitarist Jared Richard, he brought in former Soulorgy bandmates Paul Cingolani (bass) and Jeff Lemas (drums), and the trio released two critically-acclaimed studio albums and a live album.

Join us for a special Fathers Day Sunday with a full lineup up of Reggae Superstars!

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Santa Cruz's premier JGB tribute band, Tiger's Tale performs well-known R&B, Motown, reggae, country rock, blues and soul selections from the Garcia-Saunders songbook. Tiger was the name of Jerry Garcia's most-played guitar, and the last one he performed with in the Jerry Garcia Band before he died. What tales would Tiger tell if it were played again? Come hear Tiger’s Tale and find out!

Tiger's Tale is:

Jim Lewin, guitar & vocals (Edge of the West)

Tatiana Peña, backing vocals (Floratura)

Diana Zitmanis, backing vocals (Edge of the West)

Josh Salesin, keyboards (FunkUrSoul)

Sebastian Hegenbart, bass (Redwood Express)

Michael Owens, drums (China Cats)

Artist sights & sounds:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tigerstale.band/

Facebook: facebook.com/TigersTale

Youtube: youtube.com/@TigersTale

This genre busting jam band knows how to strut its stuff. Sugar Rooster is a hard driving, acoustic quartet, blending bluegrass, funk and rock for a highly danceable, somewhat trippy mix of originals, plus their unique Sugar Rooster take on classic cover tunes. 

Learn more here! www.sugarroosterband.com

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Get Ready to Kick Up Your Boots—Line Dancing Returns to Woodhouse!

Mark your calendars because Surf City Line Dancing is bringing the energy to Woodhouse!

Whether you’re a seasoned dancer or have two left feet, this is your chance to step, stomp, and shuffle your way into a night of pure fun. With high-energy instruction, great music, and a welcoming crowd, it’s the perfect way to let loose, meet new people, and soak up that feel-good rhythm.

No experience? No problem! Surf City Line Dancing makes it easy for everyone to join in, and the only requirement is that you're ready to have a blast. So grab your friends, dust off those boots (or sneakers—whatever works!), and get ready for an unforgettable night of dancing, laughter, and great beer.

Tag your dancing crew, spread the word, and we’ll see you on the dance floor! 🤠🍻🔥

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Santa Cruz Opera Project presents Puccini’s La Bohème in an updated English-language adaptation set in present-day Santa Cruz. This intimate and immersive production brings audiences up close to one of opera’s most beloved stories, following a group of artists as they navigate love, friendship, and the ups and downs of creative life. Featuring a chamber orchestration for string quartet and piano, this fresh take highlights the warmth, humor, and heartbreak of Puccini’s iconic score.

General Admission tickets are $50 and include one drink ticket (beer, wine, or non-alcoholic options). You also have the option to join us for our Wednesday preview performance, offered as a pay-what-you-can event. Doors open one hour before the performance, giving you time to settle in, enjoy food and drinks, and take part in fun pre-show activities. Approximate run time is 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission. Please note that drink tickets are not included with preview performance tickets.

Santa Cruz Opera Project presents Puccini’s La Bohème in an updated English-language adaptation set in present-day Santa Cruz. This intimate and immersive production brings audiences up close to one of opera’s most beloved stories, following a group of artists as they navigate love, friendship, and the ups and downs of creative life. Featuring a chamber orchestration for string quartet and piano, this fresh take highlights the warmth, humor, and heartbreak of Puccini’s iconic score.

General Admission tickets are $50 and include one drink ticket (beer, wine, or non-alcoholic options). You also have the option to join us for our Wednesday preview performance, offered as a pay-what-you-can event. Doors open one hour before the performance, giving you time to settle in, enjoy food and drinks, and take part in fun pre-show activities. Approximate run time is 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission. Please note that drink tickets are not included with preview performance tickets.

Santa Cruz Opera Project presents Puccini’s La Bohème in an updated English-language adaptation set in present-day Santa Cruz. This intimate and immersive production brings audiences up close to one of opera’s most beloved stories, following a group of artists as they navigate love, friendship, and the ups and downs of creative life. Featuring a chamber orchestration for string quartet and piano, this fresh take highlights the warmth, humor, and heartbreak of Puccini’s iconic score.

General Admission tickets are $50 and include one drink ticket (beer, wine, or non-alcoholic options). You also have the option to join us for our Wednesday preview performance, offered as a pay-what-you-can event. Doors open one hour before the performance, giving you time to settle in, enjoy food and drinks, and take part in fun pre-show activities. Approximate run time is 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission. Please note that drink tickets are not included with preview performance tickets.

We are thrilled to return for our monthly SANTA CRUZ SQUARE DANCE ✨!
5:30pm old time tunes jam (bring your instrument!)

This event is FREE (but please consider donating to support the band!)

Santa Cruz Opera Project presents Puccini’s La Bohème in an updated English-language adaptation set in present-day Santa Cruz. This intimate and immersive production brings audiences up close to one of opera’s most beloved stories, following a group of artists as they navigate love, friendship, and the ups and downs of creative life. Featuring a chamber orchestration for string quartet and piano, this fresh take highlights the warmth, humor, and heartbreak of Puccini’s iconic score.

General Admission tickets are $50 and include one drink ticket (beer, wine, or non-alcoholic options). You also have the option to join us for our Wednesday preview performance, offered as a pay-what-you-can event. Doors open one hour before the performance, giving you time to settle in, enjoy food and drinks, and take part in fun pre-show activities. Approximate run time is 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission. Please note that drink tickets are not included with preview performance tickets.

Celebrate the return of WindCave!

Join the summer dance party with a rare emergence of WindCave, local iconic 90's rockers performing uplifting original music with an ever-timely message.

Their high energy songs reveal many musical influences ranging from funk rock to reggae, from ballad and Americana to a few enigmatic hard-edged gems. WindCave has a song for everyone and a glow of nostalgia for those who remember their reign here during the Palookaville epoch in simpler times.  

Named after the Chumash painted caves above hometown Santa Barbara, WindCave chose ever-welcoming Santa Cruz as a base between tours in the 90s. The band is stoked to bring their music home to Woodhouse for this special night. 

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This Santa Cruz-based band brings a fun, loose style and a tight sound. Their fresh takes on classic covers and diverse song selection will get your groove on!

Tokyo Hot Tub Party at Woodhouse – A Night of Pure Vibes

Santa Cruz, get ready. Tokyo Hot Tub is bringing the heat back to Woodhouse Blending & Brewing for another night of high-energy beats, deep grooves, and an atmosphere like no other.

Expect a seamless blend of house, disco, and electronic sounds, setting the stage for an immersive dancefloor experience. Whether you're a dedicated music lover or just looking for a place to let loose, this is the kind of night that keeps Santa Cruz moving.

The lineup will be announced soon, featuring a carefully curated selection of DJs who know how to push the energy to the next level.

Come for the music, stay for the magic. Tokyo Hot Tub is more than just a party—it’s a movement. See you on the dance floor!

Pull up! Outside Show! $10 Entry

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With a big map and no planned destination, this trio of seasoned improvisers from the jazz, funk, and jamband worlds use song and structure the way spacecraft use planets: not to land and stay, but to slingshot around and be propelled back out into the galaxy.

Matt Hartle (China Cats, Painted Mandolin, Shady Groove, Grateful Sundays with the Hartle Gold Band) is widely regarded as one of the premier guitarists in the Bay Area — a fluid, soulful firecracker with a degree in Jazz Performance whose playing draws comparisons to Jerry Garcia, Carlos Santana, and Steve Kimock, yet remains unmistakably his own. Pete Novembre (OM Trio, Coffee Zombie Collective, Aza, Elephino) is the kind of bass player other musicians talk about after the show — a Santa Cruz readers' poll Bronze medalist for Best Musician whose previous band OM Trio was voted Best Jazz Band in San Francisco in 2001. Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Bret Bailey (Shady Groove, Elephino, BlissNinnies, Cosmic Pinball), raised on New Orleans jazz, brings a rhythmic intuition that makes the whole thing breathe.

During their mostly-improv shows, a familiar song could materialize at any time. Or not. All we can promise is that nobody knows what's going to happen.

Just four dudes coming together to try and save the world by getting people dancing to some awesome original music. Come experience Santa Cruz’s newest and yet-to-be-named jam band play some funky fresh original music at Woodhouse Brewing Thursday, May 28th.

Bring your dancing shoes, your love of live music, beer, and community, and any band name ideas you have.

Featuring
Nate Smith (Superblume, Master Beat) - Guitar/Vox
Lu DiSalvo (Jive Machine) - Bass/Vox
Charlie Lindner (Pickle Mafia) - Piano/Keys/Synth
Rich Raygoza (Kentucky Mule) - Drums

See ya there, ITS GONNA BE FUN!A

Troubadour Takeover - Jackson Emmer, Henry Warde, and McCoy Tyler. 5/24, 5-7pm, $10 cover. “Nashville-style songwriters in the round, featuring original folk & country music. Hear the stories behind the songs, tap your feet, and bring the whole family

Portland’s own Jay Si Proof is bringing their infectious funk, jazz, and soul-infused grooves to Woodhouse Blending & Brewing for a night of unstoppable energy on April 27.

Known for their high-vibe performances, rich horn lines, and deep-pocket rhythms, Jay Si Proof delivers a sound that’s both fresh and timeless—melding psychedelic funk, brass-driven jazz, and feel-good soul into something you can’t help but move to. Their live shows are magnetic, raw, and full of surprises, turning every performance into an all-out dance party.

If you love deep grooves, big brass energy, and music that makes you feel alive, this is the show for you. Grab your friends, grab a beer, and get ready for a night of pure funk-fueled magic at Woodhouse.

Don’t miss this one.

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• With Resident DJs SELECTA 7 @selecta7 & RUDI B @rudib7

Reggae • Dancehall • Afrobeats • Reggaeton • Jungle • Dubstep • Remixes

No Cover 6pm-11pm
All Ages