Soundacruz

A Festival of Audio Arts

September 5, 2026  •  Loma Prieta Community Center, Gazebo, adjacent fields and forest

Deep in the Santa Cruz Mountains, surrounded by redwoods on Summit Road, Soundacruz brings together artists, musicians, and sound experimenters for a free day of audio arts — one venue, many voices.

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Come Listen

Soundacruz is free and open to everyone. Spend the day at the Loma Prieta Community Center listening to performances, installations, and sound works in the middle of the redwood mountains. No tickets, no agenda — just bring your ears.

Plan Your Visit

Share Your Sound

Musicians, composers, noise artists, sound sculptors, and audio experimenters of all stripes are welcome. Perform at the community center on September 5. Sign up to reserve your spot in the festival.

Sign Up to Perform

Loma Prieta Community Center

Loma Prieta Community Center

23845 Summit Road • Santa Cruz Mountains, CA

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Who's Performing

Casioshack

Casioshack

we are casioshack, pure sound!

casioshack.com →

Nofa Kinway

Make near music but not quite

nofa-kinway.bandcamp.com/album/the-rabbit-hole →
John Kyle

John Kyle

I will present an immersive ambient/psych-folk sound performance built around voice, guitar, live looping, drones, and environmental textures. Rather than a traditional concert, the piece unfolds as a slow-moving sonic landscape inspired by the Santa Cruz Mountains, inviting listeners to wander, pause, and experience the sounds as part of the surrounding forest. The performance is flexible (20–45 minutes), requires a small footprint, and can be performed with standard AC power.

johnkyle.com →

Eric Neher

I’m using a monophonic synthesizer experimenting with different patches for strange sounds

bandcamp →
Star Garden

Star Garden

This installation is a multi-user interactive experience set on a table, appearing as a back-lit array of playable stones. Vast harp-like sounds are played as the audience uses hand motion to trigger and modulate effects. Also considered is the use of untuned sounds or synthesis, tuned chromatic, chorded, or a specific musical or unusual scale, as well as illumination/glow effects/themed display. For proper viewing and sensor operation the table must be shaded.

youtube.com/watch?v=z2V4U_ILUgs&list=PL0lI3kjCQlHl7KrzXKMzKeawSEuhFCf1r →

See all 7 performers →

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Audio Arts, Mountain Style

Soundacruz is modeled on the thriving Sound Pedro festival in the LA area — a DIY, community-driven celebration of experimental sound and audio art. We're bringing that spirit to the redwoods and ridgelines of the Santa Cruz Mountains.