Love is the air in Santa Cruz County! Romantic dinners, hikes through the redwoods, wine, chocolate, and even speed weddings and vow renewals, Santa Cruz County has a Valentine’s celebration for everyone! See what’s happening this Valentine’s Day and weekend!

PS: Valentine’s is on Friday and President’s Day is the following Monday – sounds like the perfect long weekend getaway! Stay at a romantic favorite, book a quaint B&B, or discover your perfect hotel or motel to launch your relaxing (and romantic) getaway in Santa Cruz County.

Here’s a list of some Valentine’s Day Events and Dinners that are sure to spark the romance for your weekend in Santa Cruz County:

West Cliff: Valentine’s Outdoor Market
February 8, 2025 @ 10:00am – 5:00pm
Just in time to get that special something! Head to the outdoor market with unique artisans while taking in the spectacular view of the ocean. This one-of-a-kind market will be held in two parking lots along West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz. This is always a popular sport for locals and tourists, as it overlooks the famous Steamer Lane surf spot. The market will feature hand-crafted gifts and admission is FREE!
701 W Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz

Capitola Village: Sip & Stroll
February 8, 2025 @ 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Sip local wines while enjoying the fabulous boutique shops of Capitola Village. There will be approximately 20 shops throughout the Village that will be hosting various wineries from the area, with one shop hosting beer. With the purchase of your ticket, you will receive a Capitla Village Sip & Stroll logo glass and 12 two-ounce pour tickets to be used as you shop the Village shops. The perfect time to drop a Valentine gift hint to that special someone!
420 Capitola Avenue, Capitola

Annieglass: Craft Your Own Heart Earrings
February 8, 2025 @ 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Make gold hoop earrings for your sweetheart in 14kt gold fill or sterling silver.  Lisa will instruct participants how to form with a hammered texture using 20-gauge wire. She will also show how to make variations in sizes up to 2″ in length, as well as different heart shapes.
310 Harvest Drive, Watsonville

Little Shop of Horticulture: Be Your Own Valentine
February 8, 2025 @ 6:30pm – 9:00pm
This Valentine’s Day, we’re switching it up and making it all about you. Be Your Own Valentine is a day to pour into yourself, have fun, and vibe with others that get it. Expect cookie decorating, photobooth moments, a charm bracelet bar, a Valentine-making station and yummy treats! This isn’t just an event; it’s your time to hit pause, do you, and leave feeling loved and hyped. So, pull out your favorite outfit, grab your big energy, and go enjoy the self-love celebration you deserve.

Chaminade Resort and Spa: Galentine’s Day
February 11, 2025 @3:00pm – 8:00pm
Gather your gal pals for a celebration at The Spa at Chaminade Resort. Enjoy cocktails, wine, small bites and mini spa treatments while exploring a variety of fun vendors, followed by a raffle for prizes. (Ages 16+). Each ticket includes a 15-minute spa treatment, one cocktail (or mocktail), light bites, and access to the hot tub steam rooms and salt sauna.
1 Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz

Annieglass: Heart Succulent Workshop
February 14, 2025 @ 11:00am – 12:30pm
Get a head start on your Valentines. Enjoy a special succulent workshop featuring the Annieglass Heart Bowl. It’s easy, and fun, and no wrong way to do it. All the elements for a great arrangement will be provided including the Annieglass Heart bowl trimmed in 24K gold, a set number of succulents (additional plants will be available for purchase), moss, and sea glass. Hands will get dirty.
310 Harvest Drive, Watsonville

Shadowbrook: Valentine’s Day Dinner
February 14, 2025 @ 12 – 10pm
This is the spot people travel from far and wide for a romantic fine dining experience, so be sure to get your reservations secured when they begin on January 15 at 10am.  If you are within a 3 mile radius, be sure to use their complimentary shuttle service in a charming old fashioned taxi!
1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola

MJA Vineyards Tasting Room: Valentines Day Live Music
February 14, 2025 @ 3:30pm – 6:30pm
MJA embraces the spirit of Santa Cruz Mountain winemaking, brought to you in their Westside tasting room. On Valentine’s Day, enjoy live music on their patio from gifted local composer and instrumentalist, Bill Walker. He will bring his cinematic, adventurous and innovative layered guitar sounds to your laid-back afternoon!
328 Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz

La Posta Italian Cuisine: Valentine’s Dinner
February 14, 2025 @ 5pm – 8pm
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with your loved one at La Posta! Get your reservation early for this neighborhood restaurant bringing the soul of Italian cuisine into the heart of Seabright.
538 Seabright Avenue, Santa Cruz

[SOLD OUT] Natural History Museum: Valentines Beach Glass and Bubbles Craft
February 14, 2025 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Give the gift of an experience to your loved one this Valentine’s Day! As part of this special seasonal offering, discover the beauty of beach combing as you create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece made from shoreline treasures. In this workshop, sip sparkling wine as you create an 8×10 sea glass Valentine’s or Galentine’s Day scene that adds a local touch of coastal charm to any home. 

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium: The Great Gatsby Ballet
February 14, 2025 @ 6pm – 9pm
Step into the jazzy world of the Roaring Twenties with this new production of the World Ballet Company. See the glitz, glamour, and tragic romance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless novel LIVE on stage, featuring a multinational cast of 40 professional ballet dancers, and all-star creative team, lustrous hand-crafted costumes, and lavish, groundbreaking sets.
307 Church Street, Santa Cruz

South Point Seascape: Junebug’s Valentine’s Day Spectacular
February 14, 2025 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Junebug and band perform a Valentine’s themed show of classic songs, original tunes, and jazzy blues that will knock your socks off. You can expect folk-fusion fingerstyle guitar, but don’t be surprised if the show includes tap dance, harmonica, autoharp, kazoo, trumpet, ukulele or banjo! Junebug Bayer is a local performance artist that has wandered around collecting talents that exemplifies Santa Cruz County Quirkiness! 
10 Seascape Village Drive, Aptos

Woodhouse Brewing: My Funky Valentine
February 14, 2025 @ 6:00pm – 10:00pm
The Casual Funk band and Woodhouse Blending and Brewing would like to prove to you that romance and funk go hand in hand! 
119 Madrone Street, Santa Cruz

Kuumbwa Jazz Center: Valentines Day with Tuck and Patti
February 14, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Share love hope and gratitude with your loved one with the improvising musical duo of Tuck and Patti at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center this year!  They have cast their musical spell world wide for over forty years, over a dozen albums, and appearing at times alongside Miles Davis, Count Basie, George Benson, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and many others.
320 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Henflings: Fishook Valentines
February 14, 2025 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Head to this historic roadside tavern with a full bar and American style grill for Valentine’s Day! Fishook, a high-energy classic rock dance band will be playing.
9450 CA-9, Ben Lomond

Big Basin Redwoods SP: Valentine’s Guided Hike
February 15, 2025 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm
A docent at Big Basin will lead an easy hike while telling the story of love in the woods. Under the tall trees visitors will hear the tales of fairy circles, the reproductive cycle of coast redwoods, squirrels, banana slugs and acorn woodpeckers and if time allows the tried-and-true tale of lichen love.
21600 Big Basin Way, Boulder Creek

Valencia Hall: Galentine’s Day Cake Massacre
February 15, 2025 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm
Explore the sweet side of Santa Cruz County, choose your weapon (a cake you’d like to share), and head to the beautiful hills of Aptos for a celebration of sweet carnage and the amazing women in your life! To join the massacre, all you need is your ticket and a cake to share!
2555 Valencia Road, Aptos

Roaring Camp: Winter Warmer Festival
February 15, 2025 @ 3pm – 9:30pm
Go snuggle up inside with your sweetheart at the beautiful Bret Harte Opera Hall for a day for great music, local comfort food and some of the best craft beer the area has to offer. All the fun of a summer street festival without a worry for the weather!
5401 Graham Hill Road, Felton

High Street: Santa Cruz Baroque Festival Meets Romantique Chamber Music
February 15, 2025 @ 4:00pm
Maestro Reddin, playing the organ, will be joined by violinist Samantha Bounkeua and cellist Judy Roberts in an unusual evening of chamber music spanning the baroque and romantic periods. Featured composers will include J.S. Bach, A. Vivaldi, A. Corelli, C. Saint-Saens, E. Grieg, and J.G. Rheinberger.
900 High Street, Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Mountains: UnValentines Costume Party
February 15, 2025 @ 6:30pm – 11:30pm
Head to the mountains to avoid Valentine’s madness, enjoy tasty food, and maybe win a costume contest! 
2470 El Rancho Drive, Santa Cruz