Breakfast with Santa and Holiday Fun at Simpkins Saturday, December 14, Breakfast with Santa 9-9:45am or 10:15-11am Holiday Market and Free Swim 10am-12pm Join us for Breakfast with Santa and Holiday Market at the Simpkins Family Swim Center! Get into the festive spirit and support local artists at our Winter Wonderland and Holiday Market December […]
Movie # 1 Free Admission to Willie Wonka Saurday, December 14, 11am Landmark's Del Mar Theatre, 1124 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060 Join us for a Wonka-ful Family Movie! FREE admission to Willy Wonka at the historic Del Mar Theatre! Bring the whole family for a magical day of chocolatey goodness and pure imagination. […]
Local Artist Market at Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History December 14, 11am-3pm Join over 20 local Santa Cruz artists as they showcase their craftsmanship! We will be featuring a wide array of goods, ranging from paintings and photography to jewelry, decor, and embroidery. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to support our community’s […]
Mrs. Claus' Bakeshop: Cookie & Gingerbread House Decorating Saturday, December 14, 11am - 1pm Mrs. Claus is coming to the Santa Cruz Children's Museum of Discovery and opening her magical bake shop for one day only! Join us for a festive day of cookie and gingerbread house decorating with Mrs. Claus! Indulge in the sweet […]
Holidays on the Ranch at Wilder Ranch State Park Saturday, December 14, Celebrate the winter holidays as folks did in Victorian and early 20th century Santa Cruz during Holidays on the Ranch at Wilder Ranch State Park on Saturday, Dec. 14. Enjoy live caroling, sample Victorian-era holiday goodies, watch demonstrations in the blacksmith and machine […]
Christmas on Fisherman's Wharf Weekends, December 6th – December 22 Live Entertainment and Dazzling Decorations on Display During December Bring your family and friends to create Christmas memories at Monterey’s Old Fisherman’s Wharf with dazzling decorations on display all throughout the month of December.Santa Visits plus some musical and dance performances at various times during […]
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 […]
A Year with Frog and Toad Friday & Saturday12/6 & 12/7 and 12/13 & 12/14; 7pm: Thursday 12/12 2pm: Sunday 12/8 & Saturday 12/14 Coming December 2024, Scotts Valley Performing Arts (SVPA), our community theatre company, invites you to spend A Year with Frog and Toad. You read the books to your children or to […]
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 […]
Winter on the Wharf Saturday, December 14, 2-5pm Mark your calendars! Next weekend is Winter on the Wharf! City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Santa Cruz Fire Department Santa Cruz Police Vince Tuzzi @happy_art_by_jt @leeballoondesigns Patchen Christmas Tree Farms Big Creek Lumber
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 […]
A Year with Frog and Toad Friday & Saturday12/6 & 12/7 and 12/13 & 12/14; 7pm: Thursday 12/12 2pm: Sunday 12/8 & Saturday 12/14 Coming December 2024, Scotts Valley Performing Arts (SVPA), our community theatre company, invites you to spend A Year with Frog and Toad. You read the books to your children or to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
