Every Wednesday hosted at front and cooper inside of Abbott Square!

Come test your knowledge, win some prizes and have some hand crafted cocktails!

Spice up your Tuesdays! Join us every Tuesday night from 7–10pm at Abbott Square Market for a sizzling social dance party! Move to the rhythms of salsa, cumbia, merengue, and bachata in a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere. It’s free, it’s fun, and it’s the perfect midweek vibe. All levels welcome—just bring your energy and your dancing shoes!

Come hang out in the garden and have some laughs, EVERY MONDAY NIGHT.

Featuring comedians from all over the Bay Area and beyond.

Enjoy live music from Big Bad Wolf out in Abbott Square.

Grab a tasty meal or delicious beverage in Abbott Square Market. Explore the interactive art and history exhibitions just a few steps away inside the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Run into old friends and make new ones in the plaza.

Free and all ages.

About Big Bad Wolf:

Classic Rock, Soul, and Blues

Big Bad Wolf's collection of classic covers ranges from Beatles to Bowie to James Brown to CCR with many interesting stops in between.

www.bigbadrockingwolf.com

The Rumba Madre is a genre-bending project that fuses punk rock energy with the soul of Latin American tradition. Blending mariachi horns, driving rhythms, gritty guitars, and multilingual storytelling, their sound is both rebellious and deeply rooted. Inspired by rancheras, cumbia, and son—but powered by distortion and DIY spirit—The Rumba Madre creates music that feels like a protest and a party at once. Exploring themes of identity, migration, love, and resistance, they deliver a bold, cinematic experience that honors tradition while pushing it forward. This is rhythm with attitude. This is heritage amplified. This is The Rumba Madre.

Afrobeats Nite Santa Cruz is your bi-weekly dose of dance, rhythm, and pure vibes. Hosted by DJ Monk Earl at Abbott Square Market, it's more than just a party—it's a community celebration built on the beats of Afrobeats, the spirit of connection, and the joy of moving together. Come for the music, stay for the energy. Let’s dance, Santa Cruz!

Hosted at front and cooper inside of Abbott Square!

Come test your knowledge, win some prizes and have some hand crafted cocktails!

Spice up your Tuesdays! Join us every Tuesday night from 7–10pm at Abbott Square Market for a sizzling social dance party! Move to the rhythms of salsa, cumbia, merengue, and bachata in a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere. It’s free, it’s fun, and it’s the perfect midweek vibe. All levels welcome—just bring your energy and your dancing shoes!

Santa Cruz Organization for Outreach in Physics present...
Dumb Questions Night.

Thats right it's that time again for you to grill physicists about all those questions you've always felt were too "dumb" to ask, and also enjoy Abbott Square!

Come hang out in the garden and have some laughs, EVERY MONDAY NIGHT.

Featuring comedians from all over the Bay Area and beyond.

Central California band playing Grateful Dead music mixed with originals, Beatles, Dylan, etc

Sean and the Skinwalkers is a blues rock trio from the woods of Prunedale California, known for their intense live performances full of infectious energy. Spanning blues to psychedelic rock, every show is guaranteed to be the performance of a lifetime. Known for wild improvised guitar solos that take place in the audience, their immersive performance includes originals and covers of bands like Led Zeppelin, Rory Gallagher, Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, ACDC, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Stray Cats and more. Everything they do is distinctly their own style of firey raw intensity and danceable grooves.

The Trolley Drops play hokum blues and novelty tunes from the 20s and 30s. Vocally rich, carefree, and infectiously fun, this good time dance music, often known as Jug Band Music, blends the call and response of gospel with the drive of the delta blues and the ruckus sounds of New Orleans Jazz. The line up currently includes bass, banjo, guitar, clarinet, trumpet, and trombone with kazoo, washboard and jug players occasionally sitting in...our motto is: The more the merrier… Jug till you Drop…..

Enjoy live music from The Puffball Collective out in Abbott Square.

Grab a tasty meal or delicious beverage in Abbott Square Market. Explore the interactive art and history exhibitions just a few steps away inside the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Run into old friends and make new ones in the plaza.
Free and all ages.
Made possible by Abbott Square Market.
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More about the band:
The Puffball Collective(TPC), is a legendary local Santa Cruz band, that touches the hearts of anyone who witnesses them. Every performance we will celebrate as community the power & healing of music & song with happy-feet-dance, spirit- lifting-revival , and unifying-revelry….The power of TPC!!!

Sweet VooDoo is a solid band of seasoned players bringing super danceable rock-n-funk-n-jams to the party. The voodoo that WE do will get you moving, grooving and singing along to a mix of epic hits and rare gems from the deep vault of all-time greats like Aretha, Hendrix, Zeppelin, Santana, Joplin, and many more. We’ll rock the house and tickle your funky bone with a tight rhythm section, a shredding guitarist, and a dynamic leading lady… come check out the show!

Tropical Fusion, Afro Funk, Soukous, HiLife, Afro Reggae, Afro Beat

AfroHiLife is a band formed in Santa Cruz CA - The band performs music that will get you dancing ; whether it’s a slow Tropical ballad or a pumping Soukous the band’s hypno-rhythms will take you for a journey.

Originals & Covers

Come Dance to cosmic cumbias, rock-son jarocho & Mexican-Americana!

Beach Folk Santa Cruz Locals with all the vibes

Peace, Love, and Rock-n-Roll!
Honest hard-working loving long-haired psychedelic hippy rock band.

Longtime friends and lovers of jazz and funk grooves, Otis Street blends a mix of tunes ranging from Herbie Hancock to George Benson and beyond. Fun and funky, it’s clear these guys have enjoyed playing together for too many years to count. Featuring Jerry Shanahan (guitar), Scott McKenna (bass), Zack Olsen (drums), Tim Jackson (flute), and Jay Jackson (keys).

Come test your knowledge, win some prizes and have some hand crafted cocktails! Every Wednesday Hosted by Hugging Porcupines at the Front cocktail bar!

Spice up your Tuesdays! Join us every Tuesday night from 7–10pm at Abbott Square Market for a sizzling social dance party! Move to the rhythms of salsa, cumbia, merengue, and bachata in a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere. It’s free, it’s fun, and it’s the perfect midweek vibe. All levels welcome—just bring your energy and your dancing shoes!

CASANOSTRA is a Eugene based band performing virtuoso international music, a journey throughout world cultures

Priyo- Lead Guitar and Vocals

Jessica - Guitar, Flute, Violin and Vocals

Natasha- Violin and Vocals

Enahena- Percussion and vocals

The Fangers are a 3-piece indie rock band that hails from the westside of Santa Cruz. They came together through a shared passion of surfing and making original music. Their music is at times surf, at other times rock and folk. As local surfers, they love creating a mellow, surf rock infused sound that’s lively, rhythmic, and entertaining with stories of outdoor living and life as Santa Cruzans.

Sunday Funday at Abbot Square!   No experience needed, no cover charge - just bring your energy!  There will be beginner line dance lessons with open line dancing mixed in.  Come early and enjoy some of the delicious food & drinks Abbott Square has to offer!  Open to all ages!

CASANOSTRA is a Eugene based band performing virtuoso international music, a journey throughout world cultures

Priyo- Lead Guitar and Vocals

Jessica - Guitar, Flute, Violin and Vocals

Natasha- Violin and Vocals

Enahena- Percussion and vocals

A collision of rock, soul, funk, reggae, and samba, this group takes current world music and stirs it up to create a refreshing new sound.