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Festivals, concerts and stage productions around Santa Cruz County and beyond.
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Review: Beck at Rio Theatre
ClubsMusicNightlife May 21, 2013, by Steve Palopoli 3 Comments
After two decades of being in the public eye, it’s easy to think that Beck is out of surprises. But at his Sunday show at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz, he got to really let loose.
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Review: Beck at Rio Theatre
ClubsMusicNightlife May 20, 2013, by Steve Palopoli
After two decades of being in the public eye, it’s easy to think that Beck is out of surprises. But at his Sunday show at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz, he got to really let loose.
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David Sedaris, gamelan and clownfish are all among our top picks for things to do this weekend.
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Who’s at the Santa Cruz Blues Festival?
ArtsMusic May 14, 2013, by Aaron Carnes 2 Comments
Is there a band that more clearly defines classic rock than the Steve Miller Band? Well, the Eagles maybe, but that’s it.
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Sharon Jones: Classic, But Not Retro
ArtsMusicNightlife May 14, 2013, by Aaron Carnes 1 Comments
Most people got their first taste of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings in 2005, right around the release of their second album, Naturally.
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Good Start for DIO Fest
Music Apr 30, 2013, by Jacob Pierce 1 Comments
“It’s great, now that it’s in full-swing,” Tony Mills of the band Big Baby Guru says Saturday afternoon, gripping a red Solo cup of lager. “We’re on a fast learning curve.”
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No Sleep ‘til Camp Krem
Music Apr 23, 2013, by Katie Jacobson
It’s getting warmer in Santa Cruz these days, festival season is brewing and the North Pacific String Band’s Stevee Stubblefield sits in a friend’s courtyard, wrapped around a breakfast beer and a fresh printed poster for an event that ripped through his contact list like a lawn mower a few months ago.
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Blackbird Raum: Santa Cruz Radicals
Music Apr 16, 2013, by Aaron Carnes 3 Comments
In the mid-2000s, Blackbird Raum unexpectedly took Santa Cruz by storm. Rising up out of a community of squatters and travelers in 2004, they were set up like a folk-jug ensemble, but played with the intensity and political leanings of an anarchist crust punk band.
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From the best bands to the best bars, our staff’s picks for the best in Santa Cruz County nightlife.
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