Events for November 2025

Dinner Special: Grilled Chicken Salsa Verde Roasted Rosemary Potatoes House Salad & Baguette *meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter – – – Award-winning vibraphonist, composer, arranger and producer, Simon Moullier has distinguished himself as one of the leading voices of his generation. After being mentored by Quincy Jones, Herbie […]

Dinner Special: Salmon with Tamari, Lemon & Garlic Rice Pilaf House Salad & Baguette *meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter – – – Bria Skonberg is a Juno-award winning artist, 10x Downbeat Rising Star, Jazz at Lincoln Center Swing! Awardee, and the 2022 recipient of the "Legend" Award by […]

Dinner Special: Roast Chicken with Pancetta & Olives Mashed Potatoes House Salad & Baguette *meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter – – – Aside from being one of the principal innovators of modern jazz guitar, John Scofield is a creative artist of an even rarer sort: a stylistic chameleon […]

Aside from being one of the principal innovators of modern jazz guitar, John Scofield is a creative artist of an even rarer sort: a stylistic chameleon who has forged a consistent, rock-solid aesthetic identity. Looking to commemorate his 73rd year, Scofield has penned a collection of new compositions and re-formed a swinging group – formerly […]

Dinner Special: Grilled Steelhead Trout Skewers Salsa Verde Rice Pilaf House Salad & Baguette *meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter – – – Caity Gyorgy (pronounced George) is a three-time JUNO award-winning Canadian vocalist known for singing bebop and swing music. She has performed internationally, including at all the […]

Dinner Special: Braised Cannellini Beans with Sweet Potatoes, Mushrooms and Greens in a Spicy Coconut Broth House Salad & Baguette *meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter – – – He has been named Journalist of the Year and sung at the Hollywood Bowl, and now one of America’s most […]

Dinner Special: Italian Hunters Stew with Pork and Chanterelles Creamy Polenta House Salad & Baguette *meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter – – – Produced by Butch Walker (Taylor Swift, Green Day, Weezer) and recorded at his Nashville studio, Amythyst Kiah’s new album Still + Bright explores the vast […]

Dinner Special: Chicken Madeira Rice House Salad & Baguette *meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter – – – "Darling, I love you to death!" This sentence, sung by Mariam on M'Bife Blues, takes on all the more meaning since 4 April 2025, the date of the death of the […]

Dinner Special: Herb Roasted Chicken with Green Herb Sauce Creamy Polenta House Salad & Baguette *meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter – – – Sasha Dobson returns to her hometown with a plentiful and heartfelt body of original music. With twenty-five years of experience on tour and on the […]

Dinner Special: Shrimp & Tomato Stew with Spicy Salsa Verde (pumpkin seeds) House Salad & Baguette *meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter – – – “A Brazilian-born genius with a blistering voice" (JazzTimes), Rio-born and GRAMMY-nominated Claudia Villela has developed a reputation as a singularly unique singer, pianist and […]

Dinner Special: Jambalaya House Salad & Baguette *meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter – – – Kuumbwa Jazz's Spirit of '75 Series celebrates our 50th anniversary with performances by local artists and $19.75 tickets commemorating our founding year. Carolyn Sills booked her first show in Santa Cruz in the […]

Dinner Special: Gochujang-Roast Chicken Broccolini & Carrots House Salad & Baguette *meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter – – – Three Visitors conjures ephemerality – the idea that we are all temporarily in this physical realm and that we can visit other equally transient realms through art and music. […]

Get ready for a musical experience that’s electric, virtuosic, and straight from the heart. The Django Festival All Stars bring the legendary Django Reinhardt’s hot jazz legacy roaring into the 21st century — and it’s hotter than ever. On this concert date, the band will be joined by special guest, the sensational and dynamic vocalist […]

Get ready for a musical experience that’s electric, virtuosic, and straight from the heart. The Django Festival All Stars bring the legendary Django Reinhardt’s hot jazz legacy roaring into the 21st century — and it’s hotter than ever. On this concert date, the band will be joined by special guest, the sensational and dynamic vocalist […]

Jacky Terrasson, one of the most widely travelled of all jazz pianists, is the “piano player of happiness” according to Telerama magazine in France. He is an exhilarating musician, one of those who play their public straight to euphoria. This Franco-American national has never stopped dazzling us, either through his prestigious collaborations, with greats such […]

Barbara Higbie, Vicki Randle, and Mia Pixley bring light to the holidays with their Windham Hill Winter Solstice Concert, performing traditional and original music celebrating the season. Higbie is a GRAMMY nominated and award winning pianist/fiddler/singer-songwriter, celebrating the release of her latest album, Solstice. Higbie is known as the first female instrumentalist signed to the […]