Front man and lyricist for Oakland’s 20-year-old hip-hop group the Coup, Boots Riley is also the front man for political rock group Street Sweeper Social Club and a headlining performer in this week’s inaugural Santa Cruz Music Festival.
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A Brief History of the Santa Cruz Music Festival
This all started as a joke: if Austin can have South By Southwest, why can’t we have West By West-West? They searched for the domain, which was taken. But santacruzmusicfestival.com was not. A few clicks on GoDaddy, and suddenly everything changed.
15 Top Picks for Santa Cruz Music Festival
With over 100 acts to catch in a single day, the Santa Cruz Music Festival might seem a bit overwhelming. DJ or live band? Slam poetry or electro-pop? Assembled below is a list of 15 artists who might not all be familiar, but are all worth seeing.
