Events for November 2026

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World Class Music Live Presents: Pipo Romero

Pipo Romero is a composer and guitarist from Cádiz who has captivated the international scene. His innovative spanish acoustic fingerstyle blends influences from flamenco and folk traditions from various cultures, creating a unique sound praised by critics and audiences alike. His compositions offer a rich and emotional experience that transcends cultural boundaries, establishing him as one of the […]

The Tom Ralston Band – Celebrating Santa Cruz Connections

Keyboardist and singer Tom Ralston is best known in Santa Cruz as a businessman and artist behind Tom Ralston Concrete. But as a musician, he’s been making music for years, fronting his big 15-piece band performing a blend of soul, R&B, and rock & roll. The Tom Ralston Band Website info/tickets/questions:  831-600-5380 | tickets@tomralstonmusic.com

Las Migas

With a career spanning more than twenty years and six studio albums, Las Migas have become one of the most internationally acclaimed Spanish bands. They have performed in more than fifty countries and have been nominated four times for the Latin GRAMMY Award in the Best Flamenco Album category (2016, 2022, 2024, and 2025), winning […]

James Gordon Williams

James Gordon Williams is an acclaimed composer and pianist whose performances span leading jazz clubs, concert halls, theaters, and international festivals throughout the United States and Europe. He has performed with distinguished artists including Terri Lyne Carrington and Anthony Davis, and has appeared at iconic venues including Birdland and the Village Vanguard. As a theatre […]

Painted Mandolin – 10th Anniversary Show

Celebrate Painted Mandolin‘s 10th anniversary show with opening band Pilgrims of Stoke Trio.  A benefit for People First of Santa Cruz County. Painted Mandolin Website The Pilgrims of Stoke Trio Website The Wheel Company Website info/questions/tickets:  info@thewheelcompany.com | 831-469-3184

Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band

In 1988, drummer Brian Blade moved to New Orleans to attend Loyola University. It was at this time that he met Jon Cowherd and the roots of the Fellowship Band began. Both Blade and Cowherd were able to study and play with most of the master musicians living in New Orleans, including: John Vidacovich, Ellis […]

Benny Green

Benny Green was born in New York City in 1963 and grew up in Berkeley, California. His father, who played the tenor saxophone, introduced him to jazz at an early age through his record collection that included Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, and many founding voices of the genre. He began piano […]

Master Class: Ricardo Peixoto – Brazilian Guitar

Ricardo Peixoto’s Brazilian Guitar will explore how various genres of Brazilian music can be expressed on the guitar. Uniquely Brazilian rhythms, harmonies, and chord voicings with open strings are utilized to create distinctive sounds in styles such samba, bossa nova, choro and baião. The class will analyze how the guitar closely translates and is integrated […]

Kassa Overall

“Raw, underground, and chaotic…one of modern jazz music’s most audacious futurists.” – Pitchfork Revered by living icons and underground tastemakers, Kassa Overall began his career behind the drum kit. At the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Overall spent his days studying jazz drums and music theory, and his evenings making beats in his dorm room, often […]

Isaiah Sharkey

Isaiah Sharkey stands at the confluence of modern soul, jazz, R&B, and Black American guitar tradition, carrying forward a lineage that links George Benson, Curtis Mayfield, Wes Montgomery, and Jimi Hendrix, while forging a vocabulary entirely his own. A GRAMMY award-winning guitarist, vocalist, composer, and producer, Sharkey has become one of the most respected musicians […]

AZA – Moroccan Music

Founded by Fattah Abbou and Mohamed Aoualou, AZA unites traditional Tamazight (incorrectly labeled “Berber”) music, indigenous to North Africa, with the global influences of its diverse members. With elements of indigenous Moroccan musical styles, including Ahwash, Rwais, and Gnawa – among others – AZA’s stirring performances feature deep, danceable rhythms, intricate melodies, and soaring, soulful […]

Lori Rivera & Friends: Comfort & Joy

A benefit for the Center for Spiritual Living Santa Cruz Join local favorite Lori Rivera singing songs of comfort and joy. Aidan Santa Cruz on piano, Stan Poplin on bass, Chris Salem on drums, and a few surprise guests. info/tickets/questions:  831-462-9383 | info@cslsantacruz.org