Performances

Name: Chicanx Latiné Year-End Ceremony
Start: 2026-06-14T17:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-06-14T19:00:00-07:00
Location: Lower East Field

May 2026
Panel Discussion—Let the City Speak: The Sonic Journey of Quetzal—Arts Dean’s Speaker Series

May 27 @ 4:00 pm

Digital Arts Research Center 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

Audiences are invited to Let the City Speak: The Sonic Journey of Quetzal—a conversation and panel discussion with filmmaker Akira Boch and Quetzal members Martha Gonzalez and Quetzal Flores. Introduced by Interim Dean and Professor of Film and Digital Media Lawrence Andrews. Conversation and panel discussion with UCSC Professors Russell Rodriguez and Felicity Amaya Schaeffer (4:00–6:00 […]

FREE and open to the public
Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

May 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

Experimental Theater Theater Arts Center, Santa Cruz, CA

Blending Euripides’ classic Medea with Mexican folklore, Luis Alfaro examines the tragedy behind America’s immigration system and the destiny of one family caught in its grip.

Free – $20
UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld

May 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld

Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

A rollicking and irreverent spoof of the Orpheus myth, Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld is most famous as the origin of the “gallop infernal”—the music now strongly associated with […]
Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

May 29 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

Experimental Theater Theater Arts Center, Santa Cruz, CA

Blending Euripides’ classic Medea with Mexican folklore, Luis Alfaro examines the tragedy behind America’s immigration system and the destiny of one family caught in its grip.

Free – $20
UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld

May 29 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld

Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

A rollicking and irreverent spoof of the Orpheus myth, Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld is most famous as the origin of the “gallop infernal”—the music now strongly associated with […]
SOAR— Los Mejicas Grupo Folklórico

May 29 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Grupo Folklórico Los Mejicas

Theater Arts Mainstage 411 Kerr Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Come enjoy Los Mejicas’ 54th Anniversary Spring Show: Aqui Estamos y No Nos Vamos, Con Amor a Mi Mexico on Friday, May 29th and Saturday, May 30 at the UCSC Theater Arts Mainstage. — ADMISSION – Doors open at 7:00 p.m., and the show begins at 7:30 p.m. – Please note that seating is not […]

TICKETS REQUIRED; General Admission
Office Hours Under the Sea

May 30 @ 12:00 pm

Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United States

Join Ronaldo Wilson and special guests for a site-specific, endurance performance as part of there are no words, but melodies. The exhibition emerges at the intersections of Black poetics, performance, and visual art toshuttle between verbal and non-verbal forms of language, rendering the boundaries of identity and meaning slippery. Drop in and visit Wilson’s office […]
Arts Staff Live!

May 30 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Digital Arts Research Center 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

UCSC Arts Staff Live! 2

FREE and open to the public
UCSC French and Japanese Student Performance Evening

May 30 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm UCSC MEIP XXIII, May 29, 30, and 31st, at 7:00 PM in the Stevenson Event Center-Performances in French, Japanese and Spanish. FREE-ALL WELCOME

Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Students from the French and Japanese programs at UCSC present an evening of theater and music performances.

Free
Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

May 30 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

Experimental Theater Theater Arts Center, Santa Cruz, CA

Blending Euripides’ classic Medea with Mexican folklore, Luis Alfaro examines the tragedy behind America’s immigration system and the destiny of one family caught in its grip.

Free – $20
UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld

May 30 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld

Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

A rollicking and irreverent spoof of the Orpheus myth, Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld is most famous as the origin of the “gallop infernal”—the music now strongly associated with […]
SOAR— Los Mejicas Grupo Folklórico

May 30 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Grupo Folklórico Los Mejicas

Theater Arts Mainstage 411 Kerr Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Come enjoy Los Mejicas’ 54th Anniversary Spring Show: Aqui Estamos y No Nos Vamos, Con Amor a Mi Mexico on Friday, May 29th and Saturday, May 30 at the UCSC Theater Arts Mainstage. — ADMISSION – Doors open at 7:00 p.m., and the show begins at 7:30 p.m. – Please note that seating is not […]

TICKETS REQUIRED; General Admission
Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

May 31 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

Experimental Theater Theater Arts Center, Santa Cruz, CA

Blending Euripides’ classic Medea with Mexican folklore, Luis Alfaro examines the tragedy behind America’s immigration system and the destiny of one family caught in its grip.

Free – $20
UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld

May 31 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld

Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

A rollicking and irreverent spoof of the Orpheus myth, Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld is most famous as the origin of the “gallop infernal”—the music now strongly associated with […]
June 2026
Chamber Music Concert with UCSC Music Ensembles —Percussion, Celtic, Classical Guitar, Horns, Central Asian, Experimental

June 2 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Audiences are invited to a free spring quarter chamber music concert featuring a variety of student ensembles. — ADMISSION – Attend in person at the Music Center Recital Hall at […]

FREE
UCSC Jazz Combos

June 4 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

UCSC Jazz Combos present a spring quarter concert

Free – $12
Sluggers of the Lost Goal: Mud, Slime, and World Cup Madness!

Featured June 5 @ 6:00 pm

Kresge College R-3 Suites, Santa Cruz, CA

In this thrilling competition, teams from UCSC’s Mechatronics course will pit their autonomous robots against each other in an epic Sluggers of the Lost Goal competition. Each robotic agent will navigate the field, and shoot ping pong balls to make the golden goal. The champions will compete in a wild head to head tournament, until one robot emerges victorious! The Public is welcome!

Free
UCSC Jazz Big Band

June 6 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

UCSC Jazz Big Band

Free – $12
Composer Siamak Barghi and UCSC Central Asian Ensemble

June 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

UCSC Central Asian Ensemble concert

FREE and open to the public
Chicanx Latiné Year-End Ceremony

June 14 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Lower East Field

For decades, El Centro has hosted the Chicane Latiné Year-End Ceremony—a beloved tradition that celebrates the achievements and cultural pride of Chicanx Latinx graduating students and their families. This bilingual ceremony features danzantes, live musical performances, and powerful keynote speakers, all coming together to honor the strength, resilience, and joy of our community. The Chicanx […]

May 2026

June 2026