Pleasure Point Street Fair

This goal of the Street Fair is to bring the Pleasure Point Community together in the street with live bands, a skate contest, local vendors selling art and food and a beer garden. We also will use a portion of revenue made from the event to help local nonprofits in the community.

Last years festival was a tremendous success and raised over $2,000 for the Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group!

A total of $2,500 will be donated to Surfrider Foundation this year, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's ocean, waves, and beaches.

With over 5,000 in attendance the fair brought our residential and business communities together in the street for a great celebration. We expect this years fair to draw in even more people from the community and surrounding neighborhoods.

Pleasure Point Street Fair - Band Line-Up

New Leaf Stage

11:00 am: Shoreline Summer Band – Jazz, Rock and Funk
Features students from Live Oak, ages 9 – 18. The band includes talented music students from Del Mar Elementary, Soquel High, Harbor High, and Shoreline Middle School. They play Jazz, Rock and Funk and are directed by Shoreline band teacher Caleb Murray. The band has put on five concerts in Santa Cruz this year. Their final performance of the season will be at the Pleasure Point Street Fair.

11:30 am: The Shapes – Americana
Playful, Americana “beach-folk” music that features homegrown lyrics and rich harmonies. The band includes surfboard shaper Ashley Lloyd Thompson (of the Ashley Lloyd Situation) who puts out a haunting and bluesy sound reminiscent of a young Janis Joplin, Stevie Nicks, and maybe Ani Difranco doing funk. Band includes Lloyd Thompson’s husband Alex Thompson, Ron Work, Damon Damielson. (theshapesmusic.com)

12:30 pm: Ancestree – Roots Reggae
Ancestree’s Roots Reggae is infused with Soul, Funk, Jazz , Rock, and Hip Hop. Deep bass one drops and majestic horns provide the venue for words of love and ancient wisdom. The band has toured intensely throughout California and the West Coast. They’ve shared the stage with Black Uhuru, The Wailers, Groundation, Don Carlos, B-Side Players, Bambu Station, Yellowman, Alika, and The Itals. (www.ancestreereggae.com)

2:00 pm: The Spell with The Babel Brothers – Soulful Rock
An original music collaboration with David Adams, Jerry Best and Bill Bortin. A bunch of musically evolved guys who love to work a badass groove until everyone in the audience is movin’ and a groovin’. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Spell/181269008583193)

3:30 pm: Coffee Zombie Collective - Rock
Winner of a 2015 Nextie award, called a “freakishly inventive cover band.” Their set list sweeps from rock anthems and originals, to old-time standards, and right back through 80's and 90s hits, all with their distinctive twist. Their live performances energize festivals, light up local street corners, invigorate house parties, and make weddings boisterous sing-alongs. (coffeezombiecollective.com)

NuBo Stage

11:30 am: Nomalakadoja – Reggae
A young band of four Aptos musicians who play what they call feel good music. It feels so good, people can’t help buy let loose and dance. (https://www.facebook.com/nomalakadoja)

1:00 pm: Gary Gates Band – Rock
A veteran of the Bay Area music scene, Gary has been playing jam band music (Rock music characterized by long improvisational passages)longer than the moniker has existed. In 1976, Gary toured as the opening act for Neil's legendary Northern California Bar Tour. A former member of the popular Loma Mar Store Band, later Rhythm Method.
(http://garygatesband.com)

2:15 pm: U Turn – Rock/Country
The rocking rhythms, solid grooves and all out fun are what puts UTURN in the driver’s seat when it comes to getting the party started - and keeping it going. They play songs you know but you haven't heard them like this.

3:30 pm: El Cuadro Verde – Surf-Fusion-Jazz-Rock
This band of four locals plays a variety of music from covers to their own original blend of Surf music, Jazz and Rock. Instruments include guitar, bass, drums, vocals, keyboard and sax.