Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium Event History 2010-2020
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| Event Name | Event Date | Event Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seagate | January 22 | 2010 | |
| World Open Jiu Jitsu | January 24 | 2010 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | January 31 | 2010 | |
| MLK JR Convocation: Anna D. Smith | February 11 | 2010 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony Family Concert | March 7 | 2010 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | March 13 | 2010 | |
| Watsonville Band | March 21 | 2010 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | March 27 | 2010 | |
| Project Homeless Connect | March 30 | 2010 | |
| The Expendables | April 20 | 2010 | |
| Santa Cruz Gem and Mineral Show | April 24-25 | 2010 | |
| Pat Metheny | April 26 | 2010 | |
| David Sedaris | May 2 | 2010 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | May 8 | 2010 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | May 15 | 2010 | |
| Friends of the Library Book Sale | May 21-22 | 2010 | |
| MGMT | May 29 | 2010 | |
| SC Symphony & White Album Ensemble | June 5 | 2010 | |
| Mission Hill Graduation | June 10 | 2010 | |
| Dancenter | June 18-19 | 2010 | |
| Teacher Conference | June 22-25 | 2010 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | June 26 | 2010 | |
| Santa Cruz Aikido Retreat | July 6-11 | 2010 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | July 17 | 2010 | |
| Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music | August 6-August 15 | 2010 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | August 21 | 2010 | |
| Scottish Fiddlers Concert | September 3 | 2010 | |
| Santa Cruz Follies | September 15-18 | 2010 | |
| FashionART | September 24 | 2010 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | September 25 | 2010 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony: Out of this World | October 2 | 2010 | |
| Trivia Challenge | October 8 | 2010 | |
| Kathy Griffin | October 18 | 2010 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | October 23 | 2010 | |
| Rival Forge Wrestling | October 29 | 2010 | |
| Cheech & Chong | November 5 | 2010 | |
| Gold Standard Chorus | November 6-7 | 2010 | |
| Friends of the Library Book Sale | November 12-13 | 2010 | |
| BJJ 15th US Open Tournament | October 15-17 | 2010 | |
| Santa Cruz | October 23 | 2010 | |
| Rival Forge Wrestling | October 29 | 2010 | |
| Veterans Meal | November 25 | 2010 | |
| Bill Cosby | November 27 | 2010 | |
| Passion Pit | December 3 | 2010 | |
| The Nutcracker | December 17-19 | 2010 | The Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre |
| Gabriel Iglesias | January 20 | 2011 | |
| SC Symphony: Strictly Classical | January 29 | 2011 | |
| MLK JR Convocation: Dr. Terrence Roberts | January 31 | 2011 | |
| Bassnectar | February 10 | 2011 | |
| Jackson Browne | February 23 | 2011 | |
| SC Symphony Family Concert | March 6 | 2011 | |
| Maya Angelou | March 18 | 2011 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | March 19 | 2011 | |
| Science Fair Awards | March 21 | 2011 | |
| Project Homeless Connect | March 22 | 2011 | |
| SC Symphony: Decadent Delights | March 26 | 2011 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | April 16 | 2011 | |
| Crosby & Nash | April 5 | 2011 | |
| Jack Beats | April 13 | 2011 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | April 16 | 2011 | |
| Santa Cruz Mineral and Gem Show | April 22-23 | 2011 | |
| SC Symphony: Ode to Joy | April 30 | 2011 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Groms | May 1 | 2011 | |
| Friends of the Library Book Sale | May 13-14 | 2011 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | May 21 | 2011 | |
| Above and Beyond | May 26 | 2011 | YouTube Video |
| Steve Aoki | June 2 | 2011 | |
| SC Symphony and White Album Ensemble | June 4 | 2011 | |
| Pride Event | June 5 | 2011 | |
| Mission Hill Graduation | June 9 | 2011 | |
| Avicii | June 14 | 2011 | |
| Lipizzaner Stallions | June 16 | 2011 | |
| Dancenter | June 17-18 | 2011 | |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis | June 20 | 2011 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | June 25 | 2011 | |
| Santa Cruz Aikido Retreat | July 6-11 | 2011 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Groms | July 17 | 2011 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | July 23 | 2011 | |
| Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music | August 5-August 14 | 2011 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | August 20 | 2011 | |
| Atmosphere | August 25 | 2011 | |
| Scottish Fiddlers Concert | September 2 | 2011 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | September 3 | 2011 | |
| Santa Cruz Follies | September 14-17 | 2011 | |
| FashionART | September 24 | 2011 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | October 1 | 2011 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | October 22 | 2011 | |
| Weird Al | November 4 | 2011 | |
| Quinceanera | November 5 | 2011 | |
| Gold Standard Chorus/Sing for Your Life | November 6 | 2011 | |
| Veterans Salute Dance | November 10 | 2011 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | November 12 | 2011 | |
| Friends of the Library Book Sale | November 18-19 | 2011 | |
| The Pixies | November 21 | 2011 | |
| Monarch Craft Fair | December 3 | 2011 | |
| Grey Bears Holiday Dinner | December 4 | 2011 | |
| Dad's Club Basketball | December 8-9 | 2011 | |
| The Nutcracker | December 17-19 | 2011 | Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre |
| Gabriel Iglesias | January 20 | 2012 | Two Shows |
| Brazilian Jiu Jitsu | January 22 | 2012 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | January 28 | 2012 | |
| Chris Rene | Janauary 29 | 2012 | |
| Social Distortion | February 9 | 2012 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | February 28 | 2012 | |
| Sinbad | March 3 | 2012 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony Family Concert | March 4 | 2012 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | March 17 | 2012 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | March 24 | 2012 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | April 21 | 2012 | |
| The Shins | April 22 | 2012 | |
| Bassnectar | May 3 | 2012 | This event was moved to The Catalyst |
| Santa Cruz Derby Groms | May 6 | 2012 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | May 12 | 2012 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | May 19 | 2012 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony with White Album Ensemble | June 2 | 2012 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | June 9 | 2012 | |
| Primus | June 23 | 2012 | YouTube Video |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | July 21 | 2012 | |
| Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music | July 28-August 12 | 2012 | |
| Daniel Tosh | August 17 | 2012 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | August 25 | 2012 | |
| Scottish Fiddlers Concert | August 31 | 2012 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Groms | August 9 | 2012 | |
| Santa Cruz Follies | September 9-15 | 2012 | |
| Bonnie Raitt | September 16 | 2012 | |
| FashionART Santa Cruz | September 22 | 2012 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | September 29 | 2012 | |
| Jane's Addiction | October 17 | 2012 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | October 27 | 2012 | |
| Sing for Your Life | November 4 | 2012 | |
| Showdown in Surftown (MMA) | November 11 | 2012 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | November 17 | 2012 | |
| Green Day | December 14 | 2012 | Cancelled |
| The Nutcracker | December 14-16 | 2012 | Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre |
| Menopause the Musical | January 16-17 | 2013 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | October 5 | 2013 | Strauss, Mozart, Tchaikovsky |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | November 16 | 2013 | Ravel, Shostakovich, Beethoven |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | January 26 | 2013 | Mahler, Wagner, Prokofiev |
| Chris Rene | January 27 | 2013 | |
| Jackson Brown | February 2 | 2013 | |
| Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | February 16-17 | 2013 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony Youth and Family Concerts | March 3 | 2013 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | March 23 | 2013 | |
| Reebok Crossfit Games Open | April 3 | 2013 | |
| FashionTEENs Santa Cruz | April 14 | 2013 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | May 4 | 2013 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony with White Album Ensemble | June 1 | 2013 | |
| Showdown in Surftown II | June 22 | 2013 | |
| Jewel | July 20 | 2013 | |
| Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music | August 2-13 | 2013 | |
| Willie Nelson and Family | August 20 | 2013 | |
| Scottish Fiddle Concert | August 30 | 2013 | |
| Santa Cruz Follies | September 11-14 | 2013 | |
| SF Bay Bombers | September 21 | 2013 | |
| FashionART Santa Cruz | September 28 | 2013 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | October 5 | 2013 | |
| Cake | October 25 | 2013 | |
| Harris & Crowello with Richard Thompson | November 1 | 2013 | |
| Stars and Stripes Veterans Salute | November 10 | 2013 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | November 16 | 2013 | |
| Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen | November 17 | 2013 | |
| CAMO State MMA Finals | November 23 | 2013 | |
| The Nutcracker | December 20-22 | 2013 | Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | January 24 | 2014 | |
| Boz Scaggs | February 12 | 2014 | |
| Anjelah Johnson | February 15 | 2014 | |
| BB King | February 22 | 2014 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony Youth and Family Concerts | March 2 | 2014 | |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis | March 8 | 2014 | |
| Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers | March 14 | 2014 | |
| Jason Mraz | March 15 | 2014 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | March 22 | 2014 | Bartok, Bach, Ives, Stravinksy |
| Showdown in Surftown III | April 5 | 2014 | |
| Bill Cosby | April 11 | 2014 | |
| FashionTEENs Santa Cruz | May 9 | 2014 | |
| Demetri Martin | May 10 | 2014 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | May 17 | 2014 | Bernstein, Mozart |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | June 7 | 2014 | Bizet, Rodrigo, Piazzolla-Cohen |
| Motion Pacific Dance Showcase | June 14 | 2014 | |
| Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music | August 1-10 | 2014 | |
| Scottish Fiddle Concert | August 29 | 2014 | |
| Joni Morris-Tribute to Patsy Cline | September 7 | 2014 | |
| Santa Cruz Follies | September 10-13 | 2014 | |
| FashionART Santa Cruz | September 20 | 2014 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | October 4 | 2014 | Bernstein, Ades, Mozart |
| Experience Hendrix | October 14 | 2014 | |
| Neil Patrick Harris Book Event | October 22 | 2014 | Bookshop Santa Cruz |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | November 8 | 2014 | Bach, Villa, Lobos, Berlioz |
| Showdown in Surftown | November 29 | 2014 | |
| The Nutcracker | December 19-21 | 2014 | Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | January 24 | 2015 | Bach, Villa, Lobos, Berlioz |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | February 21 | 2015 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony Youth and Family Concerts | March 1 | 2015 | |
| George Lopez | March 6 | 2015 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Groms and Girls | March 14 | 2015 | |
| Dave Chappelle | March 19 | 2015 | Two Shows |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | March 21 | 2015 | Stewart, Harrison, Beethoven |
| An Evening with Garrison Keillor | April 15 | 2015 | |
| FashionTEENs Santa Cruz | April 17 | 2015 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | April 18 | 2015 | |
| Bill Maher | April 19 | 2015 | |
| David Sedaris | May 1 | 2015 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | May 9 | 2015 | Lully, Vittoria, Orff |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | May 23 | 2015 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Groms | May 24 | 2015 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | June 6 | 2015 | John Williams Celebration |
| Motion Pacific Dance Showcase | June 13 | 2015 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | June 27 | 2015 | |
| Cabrillo Festival - Reserved Dinner | August 7 | 2015 | |
| Cabrillo Festival - Haunted Topography | August 7 | 2015 | |
| Cabrillo Festival - Meet Composers | August 8 | 2015 | |
| Cabrillo Festival - Yellow Earth | August 8 | 2015 | |
| Cabrillo Festival - Free Family Concert | August 9 | 2015 | |
| Cabrillo Festival - Kronos Quartet | August 9 | 2015 | |
| Cabrillo Festival - Wish You Were Here | August 15 | 2015 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | August 22 | 2015 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | August 23 | 2015 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | August 29 | 2015 | |
| Fiddle Extravaganza | September 4 | 2015 | |
| Santa Cruz Follies | September 16 | 2015 | |
| Santa Cruz Follies | September 17 | 2015 | |
| Santa Cruz Follies | September 18 | 2015 | Two Shows |
| Santa Cruz Follies | September 19 | 2015 | |
| FashionArt | September 26 | 2015 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | October 10 | 2015 | Copland, Briseno, Gershwin, Dvorak |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | October 11 | 2015 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | October 17 | 2015 | Two Bouts ( Groms / Adults ) |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | November 14 | 2015 | Debussy, Schubert, Marquez |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | November 15 | 2015 | |
| The Nutcracker | December 18 | 2015 | |
| The Nutcracker | December 19 | 2015 | Two Shows |
| The Nutcraker | December 20 | 2015 | Two Shows |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | January 23 | 2016 | Grieg & Mahler |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | January 24 | 2016 | |
| Magic Men | January 28 | 2016 | |
| Twisted Tasting | January 30 | 2016 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | February 20 | 2016 | |
Santa Cruz Symphony Youth and Family Concerts |
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| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | March 12 | 2016 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | March 19 | 2016 | Bach & Strauss |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | March 20 | 2016 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | April 9 | 2016 | |
| Fashionteens | April 15 | 2016 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | May 7 | 2016 | Salonen & Beethoven |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | May 8 | 2016 | Salonen & Beethoven |
| Motion Pacific Spring Showcase 2016 | May 14 | 2016 | Started at 2pm |
| Michael Moore | May 14 | 2016 | Started at 8pm |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | May 21 | 2016 | Started at 6:30pm |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | June 4 | 2016 | Pop Benefit Concert |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | June 11 | 2016 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | July 16 | 2016 | |
| Cabrillo Festival Reserved Dinner | August 5 | 2016 | |
| Cabrillo Connections Talk 08.06.2016 | August 6 | 2016 | |
| Free Family Concert | August 7 | 2016 | Started at 1pm |
| In The Blue Room | August 7 | 2016 | Started at 8pm |
| Music in the Mountains | August 10 | 2016 | |
| Courage and Connection | August 12 | 2016 | |
| Memory and Meaning | August 13 | 2016 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | August 20 | 2016 | |
| Fiddle Extravaganza | September 2 | 2016 | |
| Santa Cruz Follies | September 14 | 2016 | |
| Santa Cruz Follies | September 15 | 2016 | |
| Santa Cruz Follies | September 16 | 2016 | |
| Santa Cruz Follies | September 17 | 2016 | |
| Magic Men | September 21 | 2016 | |
| FashionArt | September 24 | 2016 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | October 1 | 2016 | Bernstein, Beethoven,Molicone, Shostakovitch |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | October 2 | 2016 | At the Mello |
| Wynton Marsalis | October 2 | 2016 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | October 29 | 2016 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | November 5 | 2016 | Rossini |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | November 6 | 2016 | At the Mellow |
| The Nutcracker | December 16 | 2016 | |
| The Nutcracker | December 17 | 2016 | At 1:30pm |
| The Nutcracker | December 17 | 2016 | At 4:30pm |
| The Nutcracker | December 18 | 2016 | At 1:30pm |
| The Nutcracker | December 18 | 2016 | At 4:30pm |
| Santa Cruz Symphony Youth and Family Concerts | January 25-26 | 2017 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | February 18 | 2017 | Prokofiev & Brahms |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | February 19 | 2017 | Prokofiev & Brahms. It was at the Mello |
| Bonnie Rait | February 25 | 2017 | |
| Santa Cruz Tatoo & Music Festival | March 3-5 | 2017 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | March 25 | 2017 | Part, Haydn, Schubert, Mahler |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | March 26 | 2017 | This was performed at the Mello |
| FasionTeens | April 21 | 2017 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | May 6 | 2017 | Verdi |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | May 7 | 2017 | Performed at the Mello |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | May 13 | 2017 | |
| Motion Pacific Spring Showcase | May 20 | 2017 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | June 3 | 2017 | Storm Large |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | June 24 | 2017 | Yuja Wang |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | June 25 | 2017 | Yujua Wang. This was performed at the Mello |
| Pre Concert Dinner | August 4 | 2017 | |
| Departures | August 4 | 2017 | |
| Cabrilo Festival: Meet the Composers | August 5 | 2017 | Started at 1:30pm |
| Cabrillo Festival: Tributes Part 1 | August 5 | 2017 | Started at 8pm |
| Cabrillo Festival: Family Concert | August 6 | 2017 | Started at 1pm |
| Cabrillo Festival: Music in the Mountains | August 9 | 2017 | Started at 6:30pm and is off site |
| Cabrillo Festival: Con Brio | August 11 | 2017 | |
| Cabrillo Festival: Tributes Part 2 | August 12 | 2017 | |
| Santa Cruz Derby Girls | August 19 | 2017 | |
| Fiddle Extravaganza | September 1 | 2017 | |
| Santa Cruz Follies | September 13-22 | 2017 | |
| FashionArt | September 23 | 2017 | |
| Magic Men | October 1 | 2017 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | October 7 | 2017 | Vivaldi: The Four Seasons |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | October 8 | 2017 | Vivaldi: The Four Seasons. Performed at the Mello |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | November 18 | 2017 | Adams, Bernstein,Beethoven |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | November 19 | 2017 | Adams, Bernstein,Beethoven. Performed at the Mello |
| Tandy Beal's Joy | November 24-26 | 2017 | Performed on the UCSC campus |
| The Nutcracker | December 15-17 | 2017 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | January 27 | 2017 | |
| Santa Cruz Symphony | January 28 | 2017 | Performed at the Mello |
| Lyle Lovett & Robert Earl Keen | February 9 | 2017 | |
| Twisted Tasting | February 17 | 2018 | YouTube Video |
