Tuesday, October 21, 2025

A slew of shows and more at SubRosa/Hub!

A slew of shows and more at SubRosa/Hub!

- Folk punk show wild and tender Wednesday October 22nd at SubRosa with…

* The Pentagram String Band - satanic bluegrass from Kansas City always on tour, spreading the word against god - @thepentagramstringband
** Sunburnt Bones - trans folk-somethin' from the bay area - @sunburntbones (half of @genderviolenceband)
*** Asunder Sweet - fast folk punk from Oakland - @asunderxsweet

Doors 6pm & Music 6:30pm - 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

- thursday october 23rd @scum.events presents an evening of varied sounds with…

* Jason Kahn + Kevin Corcoran - @jas_kah + @orcora
** Marc Perez + Sean Keenan - @marcperezmusic + @seanquinoa
*** Shanna Sordahl - @_sshhanna_

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

***S.C.U.M. (Santa Cruz Underground Music) is a collectivized effort towards performance and skill-share across experimental art spaces and mediums. @scum.events

- A show as varied as insects that crawl the earth, Friday October 24th - yes, it's nothing to fear. In fact, it's a veritable feast at SubRosa with…

* Yes Ma'am - fuzzy guitars, honest lyrics, and the occasional existential crisis all wrapped in with catchy melodies - @yestothemaam
** Mutt - like a growling dog with a wagging tail - SC - @mutt.boys
*** LottoRPG - art rock electro-rap - LA - @lottorpg
**** SpaceyY - LA-Based Psych Punk x Lo-fi Hip Hop - @spaceyyvibess
***** Poppyfield - Santa Cruz emo/punk shucks - @poppyfieldmusic

Doors 6pm & Music 6pm - 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

- A neat show Saturday October 25th at SubRosa with…

* Quindara - the dog and the deer traipse with no/ise - SC - @bbannedindc
** Sunburnt Bones - trans folk-somethin' from the bay area AND releasing an ep! - @sunburntbones (half of @genderviolenceband)
*** Lenny Voter - - left handed guitar player from Seattle - @peren__v
**** Calder Bischoff - musician from the Pacific Northwest - @calderbischoff (plays synthesizers in @spawnseattle)
***** Lauren Oraange and the Cuties - indie rock/folk/pop based in the Bay Area - @laurenoraangemusic

Doors 6:30 & Music 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

- Potluck for everyone facilitated by People's Aid!!! Come thru for wonderful community and food - Sunday October 26th, 6-9pm at @subrosa_space!

From @peoples_aid - "Bring a dish and friends or simply come to share a meal in community. Great space if you've been wanting to get involved in mutual aid but haven't known where to get connected. We can't wait to see you all feel free to dm with any questions!

(Dry space and masks are encouraged for when not eating thank you!)"

6pm // free! // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other!

- DEATH CAFE - Monday October 27th - 7pm at SubRosa.

Death Cafes provide a welcoming space for strangers to come together and openly discuss death, helping to dissolve the stigma surrounding it. In exploring the end of life, we gain deeper insight into living fully.

*not a grief counseling group*

For more information on death cafes, visit deathcafe.com  

This gathering is led by Lilli Specter, who works in the mental health field and brings a deep dedication to end-of-life reflection and care. She has hosted Death Cafés, volunteers in hospice, and is currently completing her training as a death doula.

7pm - 8pm // free // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other!

- "hi all!! 🦋✨ we have some upcoming film screenings in recognition of native american heritage month, and of the resilience of our communities displayed in more than one way" - from @kaalogii.collective

"we'll be celebrating at the SubRosa Community Space on October 30th and November 13th, starting at 6:00. $5 donation requested at the door for the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band (NOTAFLOF aka no one turned away for lack of funds)."

THURSDAY OCT 30TH: Prey (2022)
THURSDAY NOV 13TH: Sugarcane (2024)

Questions or need accommodations? DM @kaalogii.collective

Doors 6pm & Screening 6:30pm // donation at door for the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band - 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

- Friday October 31st - "Deconstructing Settler Socialism - Anarchism and the Internationals in the Wild West" (Published by Historical Seditions) - author book talk and Q&A at SubRosa, 703 Pacific Ave (in downtown Santa Cruz).

"Historical Seditions is excited to release our first original book based on over five years of original research ranging from archives to historic newspapers: "Deconstructing Settler Socialism." 

Dive deep into the 19th century origins of anarchism and communism amid the genocidal settler colonial context of the "wild west." The book's focal point is the uncomfortable legacy of local sections of the International Workingmen's Association (aka the "First International") and a home-grown West Coast revival International that emerged a decade following the (in)famous split between Marx and Bakunin. Geographically, much of the story is split between San Francisco and the Salish Sea in the Pacific Northwest but expands to encompass broader "Western North America" from Sacramento and Eureka in California to Denver and Rock Springs, WY in the Mountain West, to British Columbia in the North and Sinaloa, MX to the South, tying in global connections across both the Pacific and Atlantic. Critical light is shed on the history of "cooperative colony" land projects amid ongoing Indigenous land theft and the foundational role anti-Chinese racism played in constructing a white settler labor movement. Topple your idols, question how we might destroy leviathan itself rather than simply demanding a rank-and-file democratization of the spoils of colonization."

Duration: approx. 1 hour talk on the book and research itself, with half hour or more afterwards for Q&A and discussion

Free at the door! Books will be for sale // 6pm // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other!

And new events added all the time so this list isn't complete! (Info from SubRosa IG which is updated often!

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,  3pm - 6pm *Closed first Sunday of each month for the La Peña Alegria (BIPOC event at SubRosa)

  • 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.

Open hours:

Monday: 12 pm - 5pm
TuesdayCLOSED!
Wednesday: 2 pm - 6 pm Justin Valone Memorial Youth Hours
Thursday: 12 pm - 5 pm
Friday: 12 pm - 5 pm
Saturday: 12 pm - 5 pm (10am - 12am = F.L.I.N.T.A.* formerly W.T.F.)
Sunday: 12 pm - 5 pm

* Femme, Lesbian, Intersex, Non-binary, Trans, Agender, and *other genders beyond the binary (FLINTA*) shops hours now every SATURDAY 10am - 12pm at The Bike Church

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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, 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. Let's create together the world(s) we want to live in now. http://www.subrosaproject.org/ 


SubRosa is part of the Hub Community Center, in downtown Santa Cruz, CA which is the unceded homelands of the Awaswas-speaking Ohlone people known as the Uypi, who stewarded these lands since time immemorial. Centuries of colonial violence led to the removal and displacement of the Uypi. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma. 


The Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living includes a constellation of projects that support skill-sharing, appropriate re/use of resources, and interconnected, creative communities - since 1994! http://www.santacruzhub.org 

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