{"id":2514464,"date":"2026-07-23T18:51:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2514464"},"modified":"2026-07-23T18:51:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:51:18","slug":"best-of-santa-cruz-county-entertainment-arts-food-events-this-weekend-july-23-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/best-of-santa-cruz-county-entertainment-arts-food-events-this-weekend-july-23-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of Santa Cruz County entertainment, arts &#038; food events this weekend, July 23-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-338318\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A delicious weekend is brewing in Watsonville. Thursday at 6 p.m., El Pajar\u00f3 Community Development Corporation is hosting <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lookout.co\/santa-cruz-events#\/details\/tacos-and-tapas-celebrate-local-talent\/19291188\/2026-07-23T18\">Tacos and Tapas<\/a>, a community celebration and fundraising event. Guests can try an array of unique dishes prepared by 20 small businesses that operate out of the commercial kitchen, and proceeds benefit the emerging entrepreneurs. Tickets are $80.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Saturday and Sunday, Fruition Brewing is celebrating its <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lookout.co\/santa-cruz-events#\/details\/fruition-brewing-turns-7\/19328557\/2026-07-25T12\">seventh anniversary<\/a> with two days of craft beer specials, food pop-ups such as Cracked Cookies and El Guapo Kitchen, live music and the release of Feeling Lucky IPA, with a 7.77% alcohol by volume. <em>\u2013 Lily Belli<\/em><\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are more upcoming local events you might be interested in:<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"h-thursday-july-23\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thursday, July 23<\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"h-friday-july-24\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friday, July 24<\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"h-saturday-july-25\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saturday, July 25<\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"h-sunday-july-26\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday, July 26<\/h4>\n<div class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignbehind ts-4 is-3 is-landscape \" style=\"\">\n<div data-posts=\"\" data-current-post-id=\"338318\">\n<article data-post-id=\"12133\" class=\"tag-free tag-instagram category-arts-entertainment category-events type-post post-has-image\" style=\"min-height: 0vh; padding-top: 0vh;\">\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lookout.co\/down-the-line-lookout-bolo-calendar-listing\/story\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!-- .featured-image --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- .entry-wrapper --><br \/>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- .author-bio --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source lookout.co \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A delicious weekend is brewing in Watsonville. Thursday at 6 p.m., El Pajar\u00f3 Community Development Corporation is hosting Tacos and Tapas, a community celebration and fundraising event. Guests can try an array of unique dishes prepared by 20 small businesses that operate out of the commercial kitchen, and proceeds benefit the emerging entrepreneurs. 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