2023 Santa Cruz County Fair Entertainment

This motorsport event thrills and delights… as huge trucks and daredevil motorcycle riders whirl and twirl through the air. The only thing louder than the roar of the engines are the cheers from the crowd!

This year, featured Monster Trucks include Playing for Keeps, Enforcer, Wicked Strong and Hillbilly. There’s also The Extinguisher Monster Ride Truck and Quad Wars featuring The Immortal ATV Riders.

The Gary Blackburn Band is joining us on opening day… for the fourth consecutive year. Gary brings smooth vocals and stylized guitar picking to the band. He’s joined by Kevin Taylor on keyboards, Sean Woodward on guitars and mandolin, Dan Waller on bass, and Tom Duncan on drums.

Blending old school with contemporary, the Gary Blackburn Band will weave a memorable musical performance of songs that tell stories of love and forgiveness. Plus, hard-driving roots rock that will get you up dancing!

This motorsport event thrills and delights… as huge trucks and daredevil motorcycle riders whirl and twirl through the air. The only thing louder than the roar of the engines are the cheers from the crowd!

This year, featured Monster Trucks include Playing for Keeps, Enforcer, Wicked Strong and Hillbilly. There’s also The Extinguisher Monster Ride Truck and Quad Wars featuring The Immortal ATV Riders.

Tsunami Band is an “out-the-gate, on-your-feet” rock-n-roll and classic rock dance band! These five veteran musicians play high energy music from the 60s, 70s and 80s… with lots of surprises! Tsunami performs the great songs everyone remembers but few dare to cover.

Their song list includes “American Girl” by Tom Petty, “Call Me” by Blondie and “Down on the Corner” by Creedence Clearwater Revival… just to name a few. The band won Best Local Band in the 2021 Santa Cruz Good Times poll.

The Houserockers are a ten piece “Rock & Soul” band from the Bay Area. With a wailing five-piece horn section and rock-solid rhythm section, they bring to life timeless classics and today’s hits.

Their sets fuse rock, blues, funk, 60s soul and R&B. You’ll sing and dance to songs by The Rolling Stones, Bruno Mars, Earth, Wind and Fire, Cee Lo Green, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen… and many more!

The Houserockers won the KFOX Radio Last Band Standing contest, claiming the title of “Best Cover Band in the Bay Area.”

The Sun Kings are “A Beatles Tribute as Nature Intended!” This incredible tribute band has a repertoire of nearly 200 songs, spanning the entire Beatles’ epoch from Hamburg to the Rooftop.

The Sun Kings shine in concert delivering spot-on arrangements and vocal harmonies. They perform with a driving energy, joy, and vitality that recalls the earliest Beatles’ performances.

“The Sun Kings are superb... as close to the Beatles live and in studio as possible,” says Ben Fong Torres, former editor of Rolling Stone Magazine and podcaster.

Started up in the 80’s in Santa Ana, Ca. with hits like “Cada Dia Mas” “Por Eso Me Voy”, “Tu Ex Amor” “De A Poquito” La Reynalda” “En Tu Pelo” and much more.

The group participated in the most well known television programs in Mexico “Siempre en Domingo”, “Furia Musical” and much more.

In 2021 Roberto Lopez passed away due to Covid and now his sons continue to keep the legacy of all his hits now as “Grupo El Tpo” The group in currently touring the US, Mexico,  South America and Central America.