Squid-Fest West Benefit Concert & Auction

Concert and silent auction benefit celebrating KSQD's seventh birthday party. Auction items include amazing art and trips to far off places. Doors open at 12:30. Food truck. Wine and beer. Gold Circle Tickets get front- row seats.

PUFFBALL COLLECTIVE Based out of Santa Cruz, California The Puffball Collective perform the works of The Allman Brothers, The new Mastersounds, The Grateful Dead, Peter Rowan, J.J. Cale, Sly Stone, Billy Preston, The Band, The Beatles, and more… The Puffball Collective also features an amazing catalogue of Funky Americana original compositions.

GEORGE KAHUMOKU,JR is often called Hawai‘i’s Renaissance Man—and for good reason. A multiple Grammy and Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award-winning slack key guitar master, George is also a prolific songwriter, performer, teacher, visual artist, storyteller, author, farmer, and entrepreneur.
In 2003, he launched The Slack Key Show: Masters of Hawaiian Music, the only long-running concert series dedicated to showcasing the great slack key artists of today. Now based in Santa Cruz County, California, George continues to tour the mainland twice a year alongside fellow Hawaiian music legends.
Each June on Maui, he leads George Kahumoku Jr.’s Annual Slack Key Guitar & ‘Ukulele Workshop—a week-long immersion in Hawaiian music and culture.

The COAST RIDGE RAMBLERS draw from the deep roots of American folk, bluegrass and country music, sharing originals and classics with equal enthusiasm. Rachel Anne Goodman, Greg Meyer, Ken Lieboff, and Steve Coulter round out the quartet, with guitar, vocals, mandolin, harmonica and bass.

Meeting in 2012 via a chance YouTube sighting and fueled by a once-in-a-lifetime musical chemistry and friendship, Canadian-American husband-wife Roots-Folk duo Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen are “prodigious players with songwriting that sets them apart.” With soaring violin, diverse guitar styles, compelling storytelling, a dash of harmonica and humor, and unique vocal rapport they deliver a dynamic, engaging, polished performance.

POI ROGERS Hailing from Santa Cruz, CA, Poi Rogers performs original and vintage American roots music, with Gerard Egan doubling on acoustic guitar and triple neck steel and Carolyn Sills on standup bass, their timeless harmonies anchoring the show. They won the 2018 and 2024 Ameripolitan Award for Western Swing Group (as ‘The Carolyn Sills Combo’), and Carolyn was named the Academy of Western Artists' Western Swing Female Vocalist of 2020

Check out our auction items so far:

Dry coffee from Verve
Gift card from New Leaf Market, ($100)
Round Trip Shuttle for 7 San Jose Airport from SC donated by Mimi Peleg
Art by Myra Eastman
Collage by T Mike Walker
Knitted sea creatures by Kathy Blackwood
Living Room Workshop series by Ellen Bass
Redwood Dulcimer Day pass from Community Music School
Writing Workshop in Monterey by Patrice Vecchione
Full package of CDS from Laurie Lewis, Spruce and Laurel Music
Wine from Monahan home vineyard
Two pair of tix to Paul Thorn April 11, Rio Theater from Snazzy Productions
Day in Our Parks Ranger-led hike in Nisene Marks and luncheon for 7 from Gayle's
Three books by John Malkin
Print by Janis O'Driscoll
Print: Spaghetti Guy, donated by Susan Breen
Print: Puff on the Loose donated by Susan Breen
Piano Player sculpture donated by Susan Breen
Jack Bowers Jazz combo plays for two hours at your next event
Hand made cutting board and spatula, bowl by David Brodkey
Two Tickets to Roaring Camp Railroads
An Acoustic Guitar from Starving Musician
Gift pack with shwag from Streetlight
Chez Panisse Poster by David Lance Goines donated by Heidi Renteria
Hand made Cuff bracelet w/Lapiz Lazuli Heigi Renteria
Handknitted, wool shawls and silk scarves donated by Magdalena in memory of Connie Chin
Brighton Necklace donated by Marylin Kanamura
Two boxes sets of Givenchy plates donated by Marylin Kanamura
Four bottles of Quinta Cruz wines from SC Mountain Vineyards
Four bottles of Rhone Varietals donated by Jeff Emery at Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyards
Three bottles of wine made with SC Mts. grapes
Gift Certificate from Bookshop Santa Cruz
Signed book by Joanna Cazden "Everyday Voice Care: The Wellness Guide for Singers, Actors, and Talkers

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