With a wide range of free events taking place year-around, there’s always something to celebrate in Santa Cruz County every weekend. See what’s happening in Santa Cruz County and check out events here!
Travel over trestles, through towering redwood groves and up a winding narrow-gauge grade to the summit of Bear Mountain as conductors narrate the history of Roaring Camp, the railroad and the forest.
This exhibition will feature master shaper, Bob Pearson's precisely fashioned replicas of redwood o'lo boards first created by the princes in 1885 and ridden at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz. David Kawananakoa, Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana’ole, and Edward Keliiahonui were grandsons of Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III) and were part of a prominent […]
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Event is free, day-use parking fee is $10.
This special Día de los Muertos edition of Calles Libres (Open Streets) will transform downtown Watsonville into a joyful space where the streets belong to the people. Bring your bike, skates, sneakers, stroller — or just your open heart — and come celebrate a free, family-friendly, car-free street celebration.
Enjoy a night of danza, prayer, food, and music. This cultural and family event is free and open to all! There will be processions of sugar calaveras (skulls), papel picado (cut paper), Pan de Muertos, cempazuchitl (marigolds), and celosia or cresta del gallo (rooster comb). The Quarry Amphitheater was carved from a former limestone quarry […]
The University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) is the only UC campus with a foundry. This Green Lab Certified feature of the UC system was created by UC Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus Doyle Foreman more than 50 years ago. Join Doyle Foreman for a talk with the artist as part of the Mary Porter Sesnon […]
Bring your friends, family and neighbors and come out to enjoy good old-fashioned activities such as spinning wool, cheese making, wooden cow milking and ice cream making! You can even drive a tractor and go on a hayride. Local Santa Cruz County 4-H clubs will be hosting their Annual Spring Fair. This action-packed day is […]
Davenport goes beyond a beautiful place to get away from it all. Just minutes north on the Pacific Coast Highway, Davenport has stunning sweeping ocean and cliff views, the first national monument in the county, some awesome restaurants to tempt the passerby, and an idyllic little town. This tiny two-cell jail was built in 1914 […]
This 90-minute tour is led by State Park docents who will share the history of the Castro family, and the two-story adobe hacienda built over 170 years ago. Enjoy a relaxing afternoon touring Rancho San Andres Castro Adobe State Historic Property in Watsonville CA. Learn about the Vaquero culture and living during the Mexican Rancho […]
The Watsonville Film Festival promotes Latin and indigenous cultural traditions with free events for the community throughout the year.
