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Painted Mandolin & J.B. Barton

Painted Mandolin creates a fun night of dancing and acoustic Grateful Dead-inspired music from Matt Hartle, Larry Graff, Joe Craven and Dan Robbins.  JB Barton is a solo guitarist and songwriter with an amazing voice and presence who will be opening the show. There will be space for dancers and sitters alike! Painted Mandolin Website JB Barton Website The Wheel Company Website […]

Sin Sisters Burlesque & Drag: 15 Year Anniversary show!

Sin Sisters is celebrating their 15 year anniversary! Get your seats now and help fill the room with glitter, love, and community! This show has always been about creating a stage worthy of the incredible performers who are trusted with their art, and creating a space where the community can come together, feel seen, and […]

Santa Cruz County Youth Poetry Celebration

Join teen poets from across the county. Celebrate the voices of the Youth Poet Laureate program, hear poems from the newly published Rising Voices Anthology, and meet the 2026-27 Santa Cruz County Youth Poet Laureate. This is a joyful opportunity to appreciate the county's youth and let their unique voices shine. Santa Cruz County Youth […]

George Kahumoku Jr. & Jim “Kimo” West

Known as “Hawai‘i’s Renaissance Man,” George Kahumoku Jr. is beloved for his soulful vocals, masterful slack key guitar playing, and warm storytelling rooted in Hawaiian tradition. Jim “Kimo” West—renowned both for his own award-winning slack key albums and decades of guitar work with “Weird Al” Yankovic—brings his signature melodic style and deep reverence for Hawaiian music. Together, the […]

Poi Rogers and Grey DeLisle with Eddie Clendening & The Blue Ribbon Boys

Poi Rogers is back at Kuumbwa Jazz Center to celebrate the release of their second album. Santa Cruz locals and national award winning musicians Carolyn Sills and Gerard Egan's unique take on American roots music blends western swing, Hawaiian steel guitar and Americana. They are both inductees in the Sacramento Western Swing Hall of Fame […]

Scottish Fish

Scottish Fish present a fresh take on traditional and contemporary Scottish and Cape Breton music. After growing up steeped in the Boston Celtic music scene, these five young women began touring at an early age, quickly enchanting domestic and international audiences with their youthful enthusiasm, creative arrangements, and sensitive performances. Described as "both very traditional […]