Events for Sunday, March 1 - Saturday, March 14

Kuumbwa Jazz Presents

Omar Sosa & Yilian Cañizares – AGUAS Trio feat. Gustavo Ovalles

Monday, March 2 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket: $58.28
Advance Member Ticket: $52.50
Door Ticket: $63.00
Student Ticket: $31.50
All-in Pricing

Dinner Special: Herb Roasted Chicken Creamy Polenta House Salad Baguette *meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter Composer-pianist-bandleader Omar Sosa is one of the most […]

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Madeleine Peyroux at the Rio Theatre

Wednesday, March 4 @ 7:30 PM
Advance Member Ticket: $47.25 Regular GA / $68.25 Gold Circle
Regular General Admission: $52.45 Adv / $57.75 Door
Gold Circle: $75.76 Adv / $78.75 Door
All-in Pricing

Much like songbird Edith Piaf, Madeleine Peyroux spent her teenage years busking the busy streets of Paris. Just like the ‘little sparrow,’ Peyroux befriended the city’s street musicians and made […]

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Bobby Watson Quartet

Thursday, March 5 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket: $40.79
Advance Member Ticket: $36.75
Door Ticket: $42.00
Student Ticket: $21.00
All-in Pricing

Dinner Special: Miso Black Cod Japanese Rice House Salad Baguette *meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter Bobby Watson sits among the pantheon of present-day […]

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Independently Produced Event

Return to Laurel Canyon

Friday, March 6 @ 7:30 PM
Advance Ticket: $33.85
Door Ticket: $35

Highlighting music from 1967 to 1974 with songs from Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Buffalo Springfield, etc. featuring Matt Hartle, Larry Graff, Mike Cross, Dan Robbins, […]

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Independently Produced Event

UCSC Grad Slam

Saturday, March 7 @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Free

Grad Slam is a communication contest hosted by the UC Santa Cruz Graduate Division that is open to all graduate students, except those who have won 1st place in a […]

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Education Event

Master Class: Kaethe Hostetter – Intro to Ethiopian Music

Tuesday, March 10 @ 7:00 PM
Free

Kaethe Hostetter's heritage is intellectual off-grid coastal California soup. Her parents were friends with R. Crumb, Tom Lehrer, Paul Bowles; her midwife was Slime Queen, one of Ken Kesey’s Merry […]

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Kaethe Hostetter – Impressions of Ethiopia

Wednesday, March 11 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket: $29.14
Advance Member Ticket: $26.25
Door Ticket: $31.50
Student Ticket: $15.75
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Impressions of Ethiopia is a collection of musical vignettes by fiddle player Kaethe Hostetter. Inspired by her eleven years living in Addis Ababa, Hostetter transports through her sounds and storytelling […]

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The Westerlies

Thursday, March 12 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket: $34.97
Advance Member Ticket: $31.50
Door Ticket: $36.75
Student Ticket: $18.50
All-in Pricing

The Westerlies, “an arty quartet…mixing ideas from jazz, new classical, and Appalachian folk” (The New York Times), hold a singular space in modern music. From Carnegie Hall to Coachella, this […]

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Independently Produced Event

Questions that Matter – How to Live Long and Prosper: Lessons from a Star Trek Opera

Friday, March 13 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket: $15

What do we need to live a fulfilling life? This essential question of the humanities feels especially pressing now, on the precipice of profound changes to our planet, our bodies, […]

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Independently Produced Event

Diamonds in the Rough – A Tribute to John Prine

Saturday, March 14 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket: $23.18
Door Ticket: $25

Local Santa Cruz seasoned musicians, Jim Rosenberg and Paul Logan, team up to create Diamonds In The Rough, an acoustic duo that authentically captures the essence of John Prine.  Reminiscent […]

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