Santa Cruz Holiday Lights Train & New Year’s Train

Beach Boardwalk CA, United States

Santa Cruz Holiday Lights Train & New Year’s Train November 29-30 & December 7-8, 14-23, AND 26-31, 2024 Operated by Roaring Camp Railroads Will-Call/Ticketing at the Boardwalk’s Party Room, located to the left of the Main Entrance Vintage excursion cars, adorned with thousands of colorful lights, roll through Santa Cruz streets. Passengers lend their voices to holiday […]

$38 – $53

Holiday Production: A Christmas Carol by Santa Cruz Shakespeare

Veterans Memorial Building 840 Front St., Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Holiday Production: A Christmas Carol by Santa Cruz Shakespeare November 23 through December 24 - Scroll down for dates|times. Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS) debuts a new holiday tradition for the whole family with its production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, starring Mike Ryan as Ebeneezer Scrooge. Audiences can expect a theatrical and music-filled adaptation […]

$20 – $60

Free Peanuts Specials Thanksgiving

Apple TV

Free Peanuts Special 48 hours “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,”  November 23 and 24; “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” December 14 and 15. Apple TV+ streams beloved Peanuts holiday specials for free, including “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,” Saturday, November 23 and Sunday, […]

Free

Free Peanuts Specials Christmas

Apple TV

Free Peanuts Special 48 hours “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” December 14 and 15. Apple TV+ streams beloved Peanuts holiday specials for free, including “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Saturday, December 14 and Sunday, December 15. In this beloved Peanuts special, feeling […]

Free

Live Oak Farmers Market

Live Oak Farmers Market 15th & Eastcliff Dr, Live Oak, CA, United States

Organic produce from local farms, tree ripened fruits, dried fruit and nuts, fresh bread, pastries, seafood, pasture-raised organic meats and more

Free

Corralitos Farm & Garden Market

Corralitos Farm & Garden Market 127 Hames Road, Corralitos, CA, United States

The Farm & Garden Market is a small, friendly, open air market made up of local farmers and gardeners who grow within about a five mile radius of Corralitos. Seasonally we have the tastiest strawberries, blueberries, cherries, lemons, tomatoes, herbs, squash, potatoes, carrots, peas, beets, and avocados, as well as a variety of other fruits, […]

Win a Golden Envelope Shopping Downtown

Downtown Santa Cruz Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz

Win a Golden Envelope Shopping Downtown December 7, 8, 14 & 15, 12-4pm Shop Downtown on December 7, 8, 14 & 15 (between 12-4PM) and you'll be eligible to win one of 400 Golden Envelopes at participating Downtown businesses. An undercover Elf will surprise shoppers. Each envelope will contain special prizes, for example, gift cards […]

Event Series Visits with Santa

Visits with Santa

Childish Toys 1122 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA

Visits with Santa Saturday & Sunday, December 7 & 8, 14 & 15, 20 - 22, 12pm-4pm Childish Toy Shop, 1122 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060 Santa is coming back to Santa Cruz and he can't wait to visit with you and hear all about the adventures you've had this year. And of course, […]

Holiday Magic for Kids

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium 307 Church St, Santa Cruz County, CA, United States

Holiday Magic for Kids Saturday, December 14, 7:30pm and Sunday, December 15, 1pm: What do kids of all ages need right now? A good dose of holiday magic! On December 14 and 15, Santa Cruz Symphony will deliver a spirited family celebration of magic  holiday music for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa featuring many of your […]

Event Series READ program with Ziggy the mini

READ program with Ziggy the mini

A ranch in Watsonville

READ program with Ziggy the mini One hour Sessions, 1pm and 2pm, on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, beginning  November 30 and December 1 READ program (Reading Equine Art Duo) with Ziggy the mini was designed to strengthen reading skills in a fun, creative way. Students experience nature, art, and animals in a relaxed, calming environment. […]

Miracle on 34th Street, The Play

Mountain Community Theater 9400 Mill St, Ben Lomand, CA, United States

Miracle on 34th Street, The Play Fridays and Saturdays,  7:30pm, and Sundays at 2pm, November 22 - December 15 Adapted by Mountain Community Theater from the novel by Valentine Davies. Based upon the Twentieth Century Fox motion picture Miracle on 34th Street. Mountain Community Theater welcomes in the holiday season with their very own, Miracle […]

$20 – $25

In Person Art Time for People with Disabilities

Claraty Arts 1725 Seabright Avenue, Suite C, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

In Person Art Time for People with Disabilities Sundays 2 - 4pm Join our  in person art class for people with disabilities at Claraty Arts Center in Santa Cruz. Adaptive art projects and space to work outside or inside and to share time with your family and work on a creative art project. It's for […]

Free

Holiday Production: A Christmas Carol by Santa Cruz Shakespeare

Veterans Memorial Building 840 Front St., Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Holiday Production: A Christmas Carol by Santa Cruz Shakespeare November 23 through December 24 - Scroll down for dates|times. Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS) debuts a new holiday tradition for the whole family with its production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, starring Mike Ryan as Ebeneezer Scrooge. Audiences can expect a theatrical and music-filled adaptation […]

$20 – $60

Winterdance Celtic Christmas Celebration

Calvary Episcopal Church 532 Center St, Santa Cruz, CA

Winterdance Celtic Christmas Celebration Sunday, December 15, 3 pm The 18th Annual Winterdance Celtic Christmas Celebration warms the Yuletide season with Tyler Weed, John Weed, Paul Kotapish, Amelia Hogan, and Irish dancer Marisa Gilman. For the first time this year, we are pleased to present the Joyous Winterdance at Calvary Episcopal, 532 Center Street, Santa […]

$15 – $35
Event Series Holiday Lights at the Fairgrounds

Holiday Lights at the Fairgrounds

Santa Cruz County Fair Grounds 2601 E Lake Ave, Watsonville, CA, United States

Holiday Lights at the Fairground Friday, Saturday, Sundays, 5:30pm, November 29 - December 23 & 24 HOLIDAY LIGHTS, the magical nighttime Christmas Light Show returns every Friday, Saturday ad Sunday evening between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Because many of our guests have a Christmas Eve Tradition of coming to HOLIDAY LIGHTS on December 24th, we will […]