This weekend seems to have a little bit of everything.
We’ve got the Santa Cruz Derby Girls playing at home on Saturday and Sunday, two art tours, a teen fashion show, a couple of fun (and dirty) races, and a full fledged music festival at UCSC.
All this to go with Mother’s Day this Sunday. It’s looking like another great weekend here in Santa Cruz. Hope you have a great one!
Read on to see all of our top picks for this weekend:
Green Acres Spring Fiesta
When: Friday, 5/9, 4 pm – 7 pm
Where: Green Acres Elementary School
How Much: Free
Green Acres Elementary School will be hosting a Spring Fiesta on Friday after school. This free family event is open to the public. Kids will enjoy pony rides, a petting zoo, a climbing wall, bounce houses and carnival games.
Fashion TEENS Santa Cruz
When: Friday, 5/9 at 7 pm
Where: Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
How Much: $7.50 – $18.50
Get more info here or buy tickets here.
36th Annual Mother’s Day Plant Sale
When: Friday, 5/9 from 3 pm – 7 pm, Saturday, 5/10 from 9 am – 5 pm & Sunday, 5/11 from 10 am – 2 pm
Where: Cabrillo College Environmental Horticulture Center & Botanic Gardens
How Much: Prices Vary
Need a last minute gift for mom this Mother’s Day? Take her to the 36th Annual Mother’s Day Plant Sale at Cabrillo College this weekend. This is the largest annual college plant sale in Central California, with over 1000 items to choose from. Friday is a Friends of the Garden members Presale & Silent Auction. The sale is open to the public on Saturday and Sunday.
Human Race
When: Saturday, 5/10, Registration: 7 am – 7:45 am, race at 8 am
Where: Route starts on Delaware and continues on to West Cliff Dr.
The Human Race is a fundraising event in which individuals and teams raise funds for nonprofit organizations. Raising funds is serious business, but when it comes to the race, it’s all about having a good time, as evidenced by some of the funky outfits you’ll see participants wearing. This is the largest collaborative community fundraiser in Santa Cruz County.
Santa Cruz County Mud Run
When: Saturday, 5/10, gates open at 8 am. First wave at 9 am.
Where: Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds
How Much: adults: $65, kids: $28
For most of us running is, at best, a chore. But introduce an obstacle course and some mud and look out! The Santa Cruz County Mud Run this weekend at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds offers up a fun opportunity to run for a good cause this weekend. Proceeds benefit local schools.
Day on the Farm
When: Saturday, 5/10, 10 am – 3 pm
Where: Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds
How Much: $2
Put down the iPad, turn off the TV, and instead spend a Day on the Farm. You and your kids can enjoy hayrides, ice cream making, butter churning, and many other old fashioned farm activities. There will be plenty of animals, including rabbits, alpacas, goats, chickens and the always popular Clydesdale horses.
Demitri Martin
When: Saturday, 5/10 at 8 pm
Where: Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
How Much: $40.50
Comedian Demitri Martin comes to Santa Cruz this Saturday to play the Civic Auditorium. In addition to his stand-up work, Martin wrote for Conan O’Brien, was a regular on the Daily Show, and starred in his own show, Important Things with Demetri Martin. Get tickets.
Edge of Eden Music Festival
When: Saturday, 5/10 from 2 pm – 10 pm
Where: UCSC East Field
How Much: $45
UCSC’s first ever Edge of Eden Music Festival takes place this Saturday on the picturesque East Field, overlooking the bay. The event aims to bring students and the Santa Cruz community together with this large-scale music festival.
Santa Cruz Derby Girls
When: Saturday, 5/10 & Sunday, 5/11
Where: Kaiser Permanente Arena
How Much: $14 – $34
Any weekend with derby bouts on Saturday and Sunday is officially a Derby Weekend in our book. Lucky for us that’s what we get this weekend. Saturday night the Boardwalk Bombshells host the Richmond Wrecking Belles for an 80’s themed bout. On Sunday the derby doubleheader features the Derby Groms and the Seabright Sirens.
Art and Chocolate
When: Saturday, 5/10 & Sunday, 5/11 from 11 am – 5 pm
Where: Various Locations in Live Oak/Pleasure Point
How Much: Free
In what feels like a tiny sampling of the Open Studios Art Tour, Art & Chocolate allows you to visit local artists in their studios. 12 artists within a one mile radius on the Live Oak/Pleasure Point area will be opening their studios this weekend. This is a free self-guided art tour. You can learn more about the event here, and see a map of artist studios here.
17th Ave Studio Spring Show
When: Saturday, 5/10 & Sunday, 5/11, from 11 am – 6 pm
Where: 980 17th Ave
How Much: Free
Just down the street from the studios in the Art & Chocolate Art Tour is the 17th Ave. Studio which is hosting its Spring Show this weekend. Always one of my favorites stops during Open Studios, the 17th Ave. Studios gives you a chance to see a lot of really talented artists all in one convenient location. Find out more here.
Additional Events This Weekend
Friday:
- Joan Baez at the Rio Theatre (Sold Out)
Saturday:
Sunday:
Recurring Events You Can Find Every Weekend
- Free Wildlife Eco-Tours of the Santa Cruz Wharf (weekly event – every Saturday & Sunday)
- Tours of the Reserve at Elkhorn Slough (weekly event – every Saturday & Sunday)
- Sunday Seaside Crafts at the Seymour Center (weekly event – every Sunday)
- Santa Cruz Farmers Markets (weekly events)
- Live Comedy at the Crow’s Nest (weekly event – every Sunday night)
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