{"id":2679,"date":"2017-08-03T19:43:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T23:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=2679"},"modified":"2017-08-03T19:44:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T23:44:02","slug":"santa-cruz-weekend-highlights-including-church-street-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=2679","title":{"rendered":"Santa Cruz weekend highlights including Church Street Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Food from G\u2019s Tacos, one of the vendors at Church Street Fair this weekend. Photo credit<\/em>: G\u2019s Tacos Facebook page<\/p><\/div>\n

The summertime bounty of events in Santa Cruz continues; here are a few highlights for the weekend of Aug. 5-6, 2017, including refreshment options at the annual Church Street Fair.<\/p>\n

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Saturday & Sunday, Aug. 5-6: Church Street Fair<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Church Street Fair<\/strong><\/a> is part of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music<\/a>, which lasts until Aug. 12. As usual, there will be music, dance, art, food, and wine. Participating breweries and wineries include Corralitos Brewing<\/strong> (noon-3:30 p.m. Saturday), New Bohemia Brewing Co.<\/strong> (4-7 p.m. Saturday), Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing<\/strong> (noon-3:30 p.m. Sunday), Uncommon Brewers<\/strong> (4-7 p.m. Saturday), Storrs Winery, Odonata Wines, Soquel Vineyards, Rexford Winery, Alfaro Family Vineyards & Winery<\/strong> and Birichino Wines<\/strong>.\u00a0 Vinocruz<\/strong>\u2014which is opening in Soquel soon\u2014will be pouring the wine both days. Falafel of Santa Cruz<\/strong>, the chefs from Prophet Elias Orthodox Church who put on the annual Greek festivals<\/strong>, food truck G’s Tacos<\/strong>, and Efi’s Dutch-Indo<\/strong> will sell food on both fair days. Food truck Ate3One<\/strong> will participate on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Event organizers promise that \u201cnon-stop performances from global traditions will keep your spirits high as you select from a variety of local food purveyors, vintners and brewers, and explore the work of dozens of regional artists and craftspeople\u201d (see site<\/a> for entire performance schedule, which includes Flor de Cana<\/strong> and Broken English<\/strong> Saturday & Watsonville Taiko<\/strong> Sunday).<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong><\/em>: Church Street between Chestnut & Cedar<\/p>\n

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Other highlights<\/em><\/strong>: <\/strong><\/p>\n