With a sound that is difficult to attach to any one genre, Santa Cruz-based, Boostive, draw from roots, dub, ambient, electronic, hip-hop, jazz, and world music, creating a live set that takes you back to when you were a kid and stuffed way too many Skittles in your mouth; although you are not sure which…
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Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Announces Summer Music Lineup
The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk has announced the lineup for its summer music concert series. Starting Friday, June 19, and continuing until September 4, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk will host two free shows on the legendary beach bandstand. Performances are at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Friday Night Bands on the Beach Summer 2015…
Earth Day Santa Cruz
Earth Day Santa Cruz 2015 is the premier environmental event for the greater Santa Cruz community. This year we will feature interesting booths, educational information, a Kid Zone with activities, live music with world renowned SambaDa, beer garden with Discretion Brewery, an electric vehicle showcase and a focus on green businesses. Earth Day Santa Cruz…
Good Luck and Have Fun: 64-Player Smash Bros. Tournament in Santa Cruz
Voted “Best Video Game Store” in Good Times‘ annual Best of issue two years running, Level Up Video Games in downtown Santa Cruz is hosting a 64-Player Smash Bros. Wii U Tournament on Saturday, April 4. Starting at noon, the competition will be played in 1v1 format and feature $450 in prizes. “We host a…
Bad Religion in Santa Cruz: Need We Say More?
The year is 1979 and around the sprawling suburbs of Los Angeles, three high school friends, Greg Gaffin, Brett Gurewitz and Jay Bentley decide to form a punk band. Developing their own musical style while playing warehouses in Santa Ana and opening for bands like Social Distortion, the self-described, ‘insurgent teenage punks,’ would come to…
Twenty Years Later: Bone Thugs N Harmony and E. 1999 Eternal at the Catalyst
The year was 1995 and the up-and-coming Cleveland hip-hop group, Bone Thugs and Harmony had their second album E.1999 Eternal slated for release. After being taken under the wing of N.W.A rapper and Ruthless Records founder, Eazy-E, the group were no strangers to the business and had enjoyed the breakout success of their debut EP,…
The Best of Reggae-Fusion Comes to Santa Cruz
Fusing California roots reggae with hip-hop, jazz and a bit of punk, Dewey and the Peoples is a hybrid wonder for a new generation of music lovers. Equally hard-hitting and inspired, the Bay Area-based five-piece is making waves up and down the coast, delivering captivating performances that rarely leave feet on the ground. Dewey and…
Watsonville Film Festival Shows the Stories Behind the Headlines
In 2011, Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the Washington Post outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in New York Times Magazine. Brought to the United States as a 12-year old boy by his grandparents who had legally migrated to the country from the Philippines, Vargas’ story, including his later journey through America…
Santa Cruz American Music Festival Lineup Announced
Bonnie Raitt will headline the first annual Santa Cruz American Music Festival at Aptos Village Park on Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-24. The multiple Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter and one of Rolling Stones “100 Greatest Singers of All Time” tops the bill of a lineup stacked with stellar acts in the Americana, Blues and Country music…
Brazilian Carnaval Comes to Santa Cruz
Rio de Janeiro may have wrapped up their annual Carnaval celebration, but in Santa Cruz the party has yet to begin. On Saturday, February 28, the Brazilian Carnaval Tour stops at Moe’s Alley for a night of dance, drumming, and all-star music performances. Dancehall legend, Pato Banton will perform his new fusion project with the…
