Treat Yourself

Find the perfect gift for you or a friend in one of Capitola’s cool boutiques, apparel shops, galleries, wine tasting rooms, surf shops, and more!

Stay a While

Come for the beach, sun, music and shopping–then extend your stay in charming and award-winning accommodations!

Feeling Hungry?

White table cloths or on the beach–Get great food, a variety of cuisine and unforgettable views all in Capitola Village.

Live Music with Buddy Beach and Friends

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Imagine... a singing surfer and a professional cellist and a sailor with a ukulele, meeting in Capitola, to discover together they could blend their styles to produce a beautiful sound […]

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Live Music with B-Movie Kings

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

The B-Movie Kings are a classic rock party band based in Santa Cruz, CA since 1997. Be sure to catch our show ... you won't be disappointed!

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Live Music with Sony Holland Duo

Capitola Wine Bar & Merchants 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

We are excited to have this duo's first time to Capitola Wine Bar. A very special evening awaits. From her bio: Through it all she's discovered that fans respond to […]

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Live Music with Jazz the Dog

Capitola Wine Bar & Merchants 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

We've got Jazz the Dog for you this Friday. Start your weekend right here! Featuring the most famous Patti Maxine. Jazz the Dog is the new name for an old […]

Live Music with Broken Shades

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Jewl Sandoval, a California native, has been rock'n the Bay Area and Santa Cruz for several years. He's written a number of blues tunes, produced three CDs, and has hosted […]

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Live Music with Ryan Price

Capitola Wine Bar & Merchants 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Your Sunday Afternoon's just got better! Ryan is a gifted improv musician. Making music on the fly! Seriously, he is amazing to watch and listen to LIVE. Mixed genres of […]

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Live music with the Djangatos – Gypsy Jazz

Capitola Wine Bar & Merchants 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Djangatos: taking Gypsy Jazz beyond the 20th Century! Traveling all the way from sunny Los Gatos California, Djangatos features music inspired by Django Reinhardt, a Gypsy Jazz Legend. You'll find […]

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Live Music – Open Mic!

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Join the fun, local musicians for an evening of musical surprises and amazing talent!

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Live Music with the Beach Cowboys

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Sammy Roye formed the Santa Cruz Beach Cowboys in 1998. They are a great bluesy Rock & Roll band; super vocals, fabulous horns, and musicianship. Sammy's first lesson was with […]

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Live Music with the Jefferson Hancock Band

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

The Jefferson Hancock Band plays heavy hits from the late '60s through the '90's with cover tunes from Alice Cooper to Alice in Chains. The band specializes in hard rock […]

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Live Music with Dave D’Oh

Capitola Wine Bar & Merchants 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

The super talented Dave D'oh performs this Friday. He brings his groovy tunes and his saxophone.  He lays down his own tracks, then he becomes the saxophone soloist. Fun tunes, […]

Volunteer: Monthly Village Clean Up

Capitola Village Esplanade, Capitola, CA, United States

Looking for a way to volunteer? Who is excited for our next beach clean up? Furry friends welcome! 🐾 Join us July 6th at 9 AM for our monthly beach […]

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Live Music with Bonny June and Bonfire

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Bonny June and Bonfire (Bonny June, Ken Kraft and Craig Owens) bring their "Americana-meets-Vaudeville" trio to Cork and Fork with original story-songs, dramedy and stellar vocals. A darn fun time!

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Live music with the Djangatos

Capitola Wine Bar & Merchants 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Djangatos: taking Gypsy Jazz beyond the 20th Century! Traveling all the way from sunny Los Gatos California, Djangatos features music inspired by Django Reinhardt, a Gypsy Jazz Legend. You'll find […]

Live Music with Ryan Price

Capitola Wine Bar & Merchants 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Ryan is a master of laying down his tracks and riding all over them! Serious, he is amazing to watch and listen to live. Mixed genres of music heard through […]

Live Music with JAde and Special Guest Patti Maxine

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Judy Appleby Tracy and Deenie Rose bring their sweet voices and wonderful covers for your listening pleasure! Lap steel virtuoso and vocal stylist, Patti Maxine has become a household word […]

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Live Music with the Ukulele Club

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

The ukulele scene in Santa Cruz has really grown since the founding of the Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz in January of 2002. Before that, the only ukulele events in […]

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Live Music with Vinny Johnson – Acoustic Blues

Capitola Wine Bar & Merchants 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Enjoy live music at your favorite local wine bar. As we curate fine wine, beer, food and art; you can also add music to that list! Vinny Johnson, ah...there is […]

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Live Music with Honey Moon Three

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Jerry Flores, Susan Sampson and Mark Hull enjoy the creative flow of their voices, musical tastes, and friendships into the Honey Moon Three’s blend of classic and modern acoustic based […]

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Live Music with Chicago Bill and the Next Blues Band

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

The Next Blues Band was formed in 1991 by Chicago native Bill Bouchard after his arrival in Monterey, California. The band has been delivering their brand of blues around the […]

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Sunday Afternoon – Live Music with Ted Welty

Capitola Wine Bar & Merchants 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

What are you doing this Sunday afternoon? Maybe you might like some Wine? Beer? Food? Fun? We’ve got it all right here for you! Ted Welty makes it complete! He […]

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Live Music with Blue Lightening

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Johnny G and Robin!! Blue lightning is a duo featuring Robin Randle Ellison on vocals and guitar, and John Gullic on guitar and vocals. They do rockin boogie country twangy […]

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Live Music with Johnny G and Friends

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Rock, Country, Americana, Tex-Mex, Blues! Join Johnny and his amazing friends for an evening of fun music!

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Live Music with Big Bad Wolf

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Hailing from Aptos, in Santa Cruz County, California, Big Bad Wolf howls with a special off-the-beaten-path brand of tasty and danceable blues-based classic rock from groups and artists like Creedence, […]

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Live Music with Dan Frechette

Capitola Wine Bar & Merchants 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Dan Frechette celebrates a wealth of song knowledge encompassing everything from oldies and classic Rock & Roll to Vintage Blues, R&B, Motown, Classic Country to Old Tyme, Woody Guthrie to […]

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Live Music with Leroy and Friends

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Leroy and Friend's will feature a variety of rock, blues, country and Americana music. Featuring my friends including Rick Browning, Trish Pate, Terry Eads, Fuzzy John Oxendine and Keith Wood. […]

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Live Music with Eli Lev

Capitola Wine Bar & Merchants 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Lev invites his audience participation and always feature stories behind his songs. Lev hopes that listeners take away a sense of self-awareness and self-positivity from his music. “These songs are […]

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Live Music the British Invasion 2.0 with Simon Santiago

Capitola Wine Bar & Merchants 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Back by popular demand! Really a great talent, fun songs, eclectic mix of music. A true treat for all. This time he's doing a British Themed set, Heavy on the […]

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Live Music with The Messiahs

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

An offshoot of Santa Cruz's iconic rock band Snail, the Messiah's original melodies and hot guitar riff; Ken Kraft, Craig Owens and Bob O'Neill are the Messiahs. They play acoustic […]

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Live Music with Rio Road

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Rio Road is an eclectic quartet serving up an easy up-tempo mix of light rock, a bit of blues, and many popular tunes. The name was derived from a nod […]

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Live Music with 7th Wave

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

7th Wave is a very musical, acoustic band composed of three lead singers. Each member is vocally featured and backed up to create very melodic three part harmonies. Cynthia Larson […]

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Glass Resin Workshop with Brenda Villaneuva

Capitola Wine Bar & Merchants 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

July 25th: Glass Resin 6"x6" art piece Artist Brenda Villaneuva will guide you through the process. Unleash your imagination and bring your ideas to life with this glass and resin […]

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Live Music with Nomad

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Dave “Nomad” Miller calls Santa Cruz, CA his home and continues to perform regularly, doing engaging solo-acoustic performances as Nomad and high-energy full band performances with Drifting Compass. The performances […]

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DJ Kurtographer spins at the Wine Bar

Capitola Wine Bar & Merchants 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

After a fun day of shopping, strolling and ocean gazing in the Village, head on to Capitola Wine Bar to enjoy the spinning of DJ Kurtographer. You'll have a hard […]

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Live Music with the Vinny Johnson Blues Band

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Vinny Johnson has been entertaining Santa Cruz music fans for over 2 decades - playing his own brand of funked up blues, rock and soul. In 2006 he released his […]

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Live Music with the Eyes Like Lanterns

Capitola Wine Bar & Merchants 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Returning musician, Josh's  genre is Indie-Folk Rock. With a dreamy airy voice he is captivating to listen to.  Music is from 6-9 Come hungry our kitchen is open!

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Wharf to Wharf Race – Finish Line

Capitola Wine Bar & Merchants 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Treat yourself to a Mimosa or Two - or Make it a Double and keep the Capitola Wine Bar Logo Glass! Let the Traditions Continue!!!!! Open Early just for you […]

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Live Music with Glennie B

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Glenn has been playing, writing & recording music since he was about seven years old. Over the years he has performed with numerous bands up and down the California coast. […]

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Live Music with Rio Road

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Rio Road is an eclectic quartet serving up an easy up-tempo mix of light rock, a bit of blues, and many popular tunes. The name was derived from a nod […]

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Live Music with Paul Kent

Capitola Wine Bar & Merchants 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Join us for an afternoon of music at your favorite Wine Bar.  Paul plays heartfelt classic rock, country, pop and folk favorites - with occasional surprises of acoustic takes on […]

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Live Music with Bonny June and Bonfire

Cork & Fork Capitola 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA, United States

Bonny June and Bonfire (Bonny June, Ken Kraft and Craig Owens) bring their "Americana-meets-Vaudeville" trio to Cork and Fork with original story-songs, dramedy and stellar vocals. A darn fun time!

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