Santa Cruz Mountain Sol Festival

This year, Burning Spear plays his first performance in Santa Cruz in 20 years and Jewel makes a Mountain Sol debut! Joined by Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Railroad Earth, Samantha Fish, Jackie Greene with Tim Bluhm, The Nth Power performing Earth, Wind and Power!, Orgone, Vince Herman of Leftover Salmon, KBong; Johnny Cosmic, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Keith Greeninger with the Coffis Brothers, Wreckless Strangers, Jive Machine, China Cats and more!

Get On The Sol Train!

We are Stoked to announce for the 2023 Mountain SOL Festival there will be a round trip train shuttle. This will operate Saturday and Sunday. The SOL TRAIN will depart from the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk – please arrive by 10:30am for an 11:00am departure. The train ride takes about 45 minutes through the Redwoods.

Imagine, no driving, no parking fees and no traffic! Grab your friends and loved one’s and get on board. Complete your festival experience with a moon lit train ride back to Santa Cruz!

Seats are limited. They’ll only be one train up and one train back. Advance tickets required. Children age 2-9 have a discounted Sol Train ticket and ages 10 and over are regular price.

And there’s more! Train riders will redeem your tickets and get wrist-banded while on the train. Your SOL train conductor will provide you the option to get a 21+ wristband (with ID).

And there’s even more good news. SOL Train patrons will have access to a private entrance at the back of our venue. Your SOL train conductor will escort to the gate. A security check and you’ll be in to the Festival!

SOL Train Tickets & Info<