Long post because so much happening!
- SANTA CRUZ TRANS POTLUCK - Saturday September 6th, 12pm - 3pm at SubRosa (703 Pacific Ave in downtown Santa Cruz). Trans ppl!!! Bring ur friends!
* Make Trans Friends
* Share Food
* Build Community
Community announcements at 2pm. This can include things like board game nights or dinners, more formal planned events, or a milestone you feel like sharing with the community!
This is a dry space (no alcohol) - Masks encouraged (available at SubRosa). Send feedback or suggestions to: sctranspotluck@proton.me
* Make Trans Friends
* Share Food
* Build Community
Community announcements at 2pm. This can include things like board game nights or dinners, more formal planned events, or a milestone you feel like sharing with the community!
This is a dry space (no alcohol) - Masks encouraged (available at SubRosa). Send feedback or suggestions to: sctranspotluck@proton.me
- Another emo gig going down at SubRosa this week, Saturday evening September 6th - brought to you in part by the incomparable @kaijukill.prod with…
* Grad Nite - Scream Rock Para Rockerxs, Por Rockerxs 831 (Salinas, Santa Cruz, Watsonville) - @gradnite
** Losing Streak - east bay emo - @losing.streakca
*** Red Pine - emo from PDX since 2023 - @redpineband
**** Dystoria - modern shoegaze-esque post-rock - PDX - @dystoria.band
***** Callous - 831 alt/shoegaze - @calloustheband831
Doors 5:30pm - 10pm // $10 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds
* Grad Nite - Scream Rock Para Rockerxs, Por Rockerxs 831 (Salinas, Santa Cruz, Watsonville) - @gradnite
** Losing Streak - east bay emo - @losing.streakca
*** Red Pine - emo from PDX since 2023 - @redpineband
**** Dystoria - modern shoegaze-esque post-rock - PDX - @dystoria.band
***** Callous - 831 alt/shoegaze - @calloustheband831
Doors 5:30pm - 10pm // $10 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds
- Beginner Bluegrass Slow Jam, this Sunday, September 7th, 10–11am (last one of he year!)
In the SubRosa courtyard! 703 Pacific Ave (downtown Santa Cruz). A Free Skool Santa Cruz offering - with Bashi (scouter_caches0m@icloud.com)
Bluegrass standards for beginners, played at a very slow 60-90 bpm. If you can play a G, D, and A chord on your instrument, you're able to take part in this group jam. If not, come and learn! Each class is drop-in - no need to attend previous classes to try it out.
Materials: BYO instrument // Accessibility: We will be outside.
Bluegrass standards for beginners, played at a very slow 60-90 bpm. If you can play a G, D, and A chord on your instrument, you're able to take part in this group jam. If not, come and learn! Each class is drop-in - no need to attend previous classes to try it out.
Materials: BYO instrument // Accessibility: We will be outside.
- La Peña Alegría - Created by and for the BIPOC community in Santa Cruz County! Sunday September 7th. Brought to you by @kaalogii.collective and @campesinawombjustice and more!
Join us every First Sunday of the Month at 5pm SubRosa for strengthening our bonds and celebrating our diverse cultures through art, food, activities, and liberation education 💗
This event aims to both serve as a safe, dry space for BIPOC of all ages to come together and as a space that is everchanging, fluctuating with the needs of our communities.
Questions or need accomodations? DM @kaalogii.collective or @campesinawombjustice
Join us every First Sunday of the Month at 5pm SubRosa for strengthening our bonds and celebrating our diverse cultures through art, food, activities, and liberation education 💗
This event aims to both serve as a safe, dry space for BIPOC of all ages to come together and as a space that is everchanging, fluctuating with the needs of our communities.
Questions or need accomodations? DM @kaalogii.collective or @campesinawombjustice
- Stop the Bleed (Managing life-threatening bleeding) - Thursday, September 11th / 6 - 8 p.m. (these are individual events, not a series) - part of 2025 Free Skool Santa Cruz session
Description: Uncontrolled bleeding is the leading cause of preventable death after a traumatic accident. This 2 hour class will teach you the lifesaving skills of direct pressure, wound packing, and tourniquet application. This course will provide visual aids, live demonstrations from a professional, and hands on practice using tourniquets and wound packing training tools that empower you to be an immediate responder in an emergency.
No experience is required and all materials will be provided. Please bring a notebook, pencil, and layers/snacks to keep yourself comfortable.
Masking not required, but please wear a mask if desired and do not come if you are feeling sick. If you have any accommodation requests please send an email to Alicia beforehand.
with Alicia - alicia@outerlandsmedics.com; (831) 216-8846; IG: OuterlandsMedics; Alicia is a local Wilderness EMT who regularly teaches first aid for backcountry and austere environments.
Description: Uncontrolled bleeding is the leading cause of preventable death after a traumatic accident. This 2 hour class will teach you the lifesaving skills of direct pressure, wound packing, and tourniquet application. This course will provide visual aids, live demonstrations from a professional, and hands on practice using tourniquets and wound packing training tools that empower you to be an immediate responder in an emergency.
No experience is required and all materials will be provided. Please bring a notebook, pencil, and layers/snacks to keep yourself comfortable.
Masking not required, but please wear a mask if desired and do not come if you are feeling sick. If you have any accommodation requests please send an email to Alicia beforehand.
with Alicia - alicia@outerlandsmedics.com; (831) 216-8846; IG: OuterlandsMedics; Alicia is a local Wilderness EMT who regularly teaches first aid for backcountry and austere environments.
- It's really real! Accept no artificial cyber-ripoffs and come together Saturday September 13th at SubRosa with…
* Rip Florence - weirdo artist, lov'r of counter~hegemony - SC - @rip.florence
** e-fem.url - shoegaze/noise/ambient girl making loud music for soft people - @e.fem.url
*** Hunter Colt Paulson - experimental pop music from Oakland - @sloppy_seahorse
**** Dim Wit - sweet and sour ear candy with a soft sad filling - PDX - @dim___wit
7pm - 10pm // $7 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds
- Collective Creation Games part 2 - Sunday September 14th / 3 - 5 p.m. with Rami Chahine (346-235-9782) - part of 2025 session of @freeskoolsantacruz
Location: SubRosa courtyard, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA and then going onto Pacific Ave in downtown Santa Cruz
Description: The course will guide participants through a playful process for creating participatory experiences starting from the depth of our embodied experience, memories, pain and political thought. Through games we transform such instigators into thrilling dynamics of being together.
Accessibility: Open to all, refrain from coming if sick
Location: SubRosa courtyard, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA and then going onto Pacific Ave in downtown Santa Cruz
Description: The course will guide participants through a playful process for creating participatory experiences starting from the depth of our embodied experience, memories, pain and political thought. Through games we transform such instigators into thrilling dynamics of being together.
Accessibility: Open to all, refrain from coming if sick
- Monday September 15th - Yiddish Electronica - Chaia coming from NYC blends together archival Yiddish folk songs and electronic music. At SubRosa - 703 Pacific Ave in downtown Santa Cruz.
Also in conversation with Rabbi Chel of TzimTzum Community about their respective works, radical Jewishness, and cultivating anti - zionist spaces.
Accessibility Info - uneven ground to get inside space but wheelchair accessible, mostly standing event with chairs available, amplified music indoors - earplugs provided, outside courtyard with seating, 2 bathrooms - 1 inside SubRosa and 1 in the courtyard, masks provided but optional.
7pm - 10pm // $10 - 15 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds
Also in conversation with Rabbi Chel of TzimTzum Community about their respective works, radical Jewishness, and cultivating anti - zionist spaces.
Accessibility Info - uneven ground to get inside space but wheelchair accessible, mostly standing event with chairs available, amplified music indoors - earplugs provided, outside courtyard with seating, 2 bathrooms - 1 inside SubRosa and 1 in the courtyard, masks provided but optional.
7pm - 10pm // $10 - 15 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds
- Knots 101 - Tuesday September 16th / 3:30pm with Phoenix - part of 2025 session of @freeskoolsantacruz
Location: SubRosa courtyard, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA
Description: Learn the basics of knot tying, with opportunity to practice. Introduction will also include basic terms and further learning/reference material.
Materials: If you have it, bring rope or heavy cordage to practice with. I have a limited amount that I can provide. // Accessibility: Masking recommended.
Location: SubRosa courtyard, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA
Description: Learn the basics of knot tying, with opportunity to practice. Introduction will also include basic terms and further learning/reference material.
Materials: If you have it, bring rope or heavy cordage to practice with. I have a limited amount that I can provide. // Accessibility: Masking recommended.
- Come to the "Summer Never Folk'd So Hard" show Thursday September 18th at SubRosa - a sad-and-angry folk punk show with…
* Ember Nugent - emo-folk punk singer songwriter from Oakland - @emgobrrr
** Sapien Stardust - singer songwriter folk & folk punk dreamer - @sapienstardust
*** Florez Rain - hard-cordian folk punk from Elkhorn, CA - @florezrain
**** CJ Lawrence - angry transsexual wielding an acoustic guitar - Oakland via Lawrence, KS - @cjlawrencemusic
***** Quindara - traipse with no/ise - SC - @bbannedindc
Doors 6:30pm & Music 7pm - 10pm // $10 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds
* Ember Nugent - emo-folk punk singer songwriter from Oakland - @emgobrrr
** Sapien Stardust - singer songwriter folk & folk punk dreamer - @sapienstardust
*** Florez Rain - hard-cordian folk punk from Elkhorn, CA - @florezrain
**** CJ Lawrence - angry transsexual wielding an acoustic guitar - Oakland via Lawrence, KS - @cjlawrencemusic
***** Quindara - traipse with no/ise - SC - @bbannedindc
Doors 6:30pm & Music 7pm - 10pm // $10 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds
And new events added all the time so this list isn't complete!
Ongoing at SubRosa!!!
Goth Denny's (aka Post-Punk IHOP aka New Wave Jeffrey's aka Folk Punk Bea's Koffee Kup) and Open Hours, Tuesdays, 3:30–5:30pm, repeats weekly
Come hangout with friendly folk and most likely eat fresh waffles at Goth Denny's aka Post-Punk IHOP aka New Wave Jeffrey's aka Folk Punk Bea's Koffee Kup Open Hours at SubRosa.
HUFF - Homeless United for Friendship and Freedom - meeting & Open Hours, Thursdays · 1:30–3:30pm, repeats weekly
HUFF - Homeless United for Friendship and Freedom - HUFF is Santa Cruz's oldest and most stubbornly persistent grassroots homeless advocacy group. We make trouble for the powers that be and fight institutional human rights abuses pertaining to houseless folk.
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- And check out Fábrica Open Hours - repeats weekly (SubRosa's neighbor at the Hub Community Center)
Saturdays, 2pm - 5pm
Sundays, 11am - 2pm (except 2nd Sunday of month)
Mondays, 12pm - 3pm
The Fábrica is a community workspace where folks can come to learn and share knowledge about textiles arts. This includes Sewing, Knitting, Quilting, Embroidery, Crochet, and Bookbinding, among other arts. The workshop is operated by volunteers and funded by donations from participants. We have sewing machines as well as generous amounts of fabric, zippers, notions, and the other tools and supplies one needs for most sewing and yarn-based projects. There is no charge to use the shop, but please consider a $5-10 donation to help with our operating costs. https://thefabricaworkshop.org/
- And from the Bike Church - a project of the Hub and has been Santa Cruz's only community bike shop since 1998. Our shop functions in a DIY/DIT (Do-It-Together) manner.
- Sat-Sun hours are 2:30-5:30pm.
- normal hours still Monday, Thursday and Friday 12pm - 5pm
- FLINTA* 5pm - 8pm on Tuesdays (Femme, Lesbian, Intersex, Non-binary, Trans, Agender, and *other genders beyond the binary)
- Justin Valone Memorial Youth Hours (21 and under) Wednesday from 2-6pm.
Thanks for your support! Happy summer. http://bikechurch.santacruzhub.org
- Plenty of Free Skool classes at SubRosa and around right now!
About Free Skool Santa Cruz - A radically different approach to living and learning, Free Skool Santa Cruz is a grassroots educational project beyond institutional control. It is an opportunity to learn from each other and share what we know, to foster communities based on mutual support and autonomy (do-it-yourself-together!). https://freeskoolsantacruz.org/
- Punks and Queers in Recovery – Second and Fourth Wednesdays / 7:30 – 9 p.m. with Bxrii - next on Wednesday September 24th - not happening 9/10 (Free Skool Santa Cruz)
Location: project space at Hub (next to the Bike Church) – 703 Pacific Ave (downtown Santa Cruz) – enter on Spruce St
Description: No Gods. No Masters. No Addictions.
This is a space for folks who are ready to face the compulsive behaviors that are throwing off balance and creating toxicity in our lives—whether you're just starting, in the middle of the journey, or have been working on it for a while.
THIS IS NOT AA.
This is about open conversations, sharing our struggles, and supporting each other through the process of healing and growth. While we focus on breaking free from compulsive behaviors, it's not just about alcohol or drugs. If you're tackling any compulsive behavior—be it work, food, gaming, or anything else—we're here for you.
You don't have to have it all figured out or be "sober" to join. We're here to share tools, skills, and approaches that have worked for us in the hope that they'll work for you too. Let's build a supportive community where we can grow together.
Location: project space at Hub (next to the Bike Church) – 703 Pacific Ave (downtown Santa Cruz) – enter on Spruce St
Description: No Gods. No Masters. No Addictions.
This is a space for folks who are ready to face the compulsive behaviors that are throwing off balance and creating toxicity in our lives—whether you're just starting, in the middle of the journey, or have been working on it for a while.
THIS IS NOT AA.
This is about open conversations, sharing our struggles, and supporting each other through the process of healing and growth. While we focus on breaking free from compulsive behaviors, it's not just about alcohol or drugs. If you're tackling any compulsive behavior—be it work, food, gaming, or anything else—we're here for you.
You don't have to have it all figured out or be "sober" to join. We're here to share tools, skills, and approaches that have worked for us in the hope that they'll work for you too. Let's build a supportive community where we can grow together.
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SubRosa is a collectively run anarchist community space, a place to meet others and challenge our assumptions and act on our passions. We strive to create a vibrant environment for events, classes, meetings, organizing, performance, art, studying and more. SubRosa also offers radical literature for sale, and houses the Anarchist Lending Library. We welcome folks to join us in fostering an environment free from coercion, sexism, queer&homophobia, racism, ableism and other hierarchies.
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