DIA DE LOS MUERTOS: A holiday so old, even dead people celebrate it. Join the MAH for a free First Friday community festival, featuring a colorful folk dance, Mexican food from Tia Bere of Farmer’s Market fame, and a chance to get your crafts on with calaveras masks and papeles picados. https://www.santacruz.com/dia-de-los-muertos-community-festival-e1746282
SANTA CRUZ SIRENS: Not quite the Barnum & Bailey you grew up with, the Santa Cruz Sirens present a Sexy Circus Cabaret – a night of their signature neo-burlesque with guest performers skilled in the arts of aerial dance, magic and clowning to round out the big-top vibe. Fishnets and nipple tassels abound so, naturally, guests of this circus must be 18 or older to enter. https://www.santacruz.com/santa-cruz-sirens-burlesque-presents-sexy-circus-cabaret-e1751552
BLACK SNOW: Cabrillo’s latest production is a theatrical romp through 1930s Moscow. And if that doesn’t sound fun enough, it’s a satire of a young playwright’s aims to maintain his artistic integrity with an overbearing director and crippling censorship. Hilarity ensues. Note: not to be confused with Black Swan. Less dancing and less mental breakdowns (or at least funnier ones). https://www.santacruz.com/black-snow-e1742352
THE DEVIL MAKES THREE: Santa Cruz natives The Devil Makes Three’s punk-without-the-drums sound gives rise to a uniquely danceable hard-edged folk vibe, producing a new kind of rock show without the classic amps and distortion. The trio defies definitions, and as long as their music keeps the people dancing, everyone’s satisfied. https://www.santacruz.com/the-devil-makes-three-e1749772
POPPY FARM FAIR: It’ll definitely be better than that one time Dorothy was trying to get to the Wizard of Oz and got caught up feeling sleepy in that huge field of poppies. This time, there’ll be goats, local artists, live music, delicious food and, thankfully, a slew of benevolent and beautiful California native plants that aren’t trying to kill you. https://www.santacruz.com/poppy-farm-fair-e1751571
