Small venue so you can really enjoy the performance or concert. Walking distance from several good restaurants and quick bites.

Super friendly security, and ticket takers. Staff had friendly attitudes, seem to like their jobs. The auditorium has great acoustics. Stage is visible from all seats. Large floor for dancing. Concert goers can get very close to the stage to watch the band. Full bar for 21 and over. Shows for 16 up.

The local, and historical venue for the Santa Cruz County Symphony and other performing arts events. There have been many upgrades over the years that have improved the acoustics for the performances held here.

Great time watching the Santa Cruz Symphony practice last night.

I only went there twice, once to the ballet, and once to a Beethoven Concert; I enjoyed them both. Whats interesting about this place is, you dont have to buy expensive tickets to get a relatively good view of the stage!

Saw Lyle Lovett here. It was amazing with great acoustics.

I grew up with this place and it hasnt changed after all these years. And im glad they still have the dads club tournament for basketball, a lot memories

Ive been to 2 events here: Roller Derby and WWE NXT. Both were a blast!! The staff is always super nice and they have a decent food and drink selection. I left my phone there once and it was returned to the lost and found, I dont live in Santa Cruz so they worked with me to print out a label, package it up, and give it to a Fedex pickup person. It was above and beyond helpful! Thank you!!

A typical 1930s WPA style Civic auditorium. There is a stage for speakers, plays, and musicians. Although it is not large enough for the symphony which sets up on the floor in front of the stage. This is a concrete building designed for a wide variety on uses, so the acoustics leave much to be desired. There are local dance performances, flat track roller derby, overflow city council meetings, occasional plays, and many music concerts here.

It was nice to see Yuja live in concert. The drawback is that the acoustics in the auditorium arent too great. It was still an overall good experience.

Great sound the employees were very helpful and friendly, highly recommend for anyone interested in seeing a concert here

Nice “small town hall” feeling venue

This place is quite old, but was state of the art when it was built. Still a decent venue but i hate sitting up high because the stairs have no railings. It seems unsafe. Looking forward to the upcoming major remodel in the near future.

Needs some upgrades, but functions well enough

The Civic once was where I saw AC/DC, 0ingo Boingo, George Therogood, The Wailers (- Bob) rest of the group, and many many other bands. Now its The Derby Girls and the Twisted Tasting. The Civic provides whats needed for these kind of events effectively I feel. So I would attend other events hosted there and recommend others to do so.

Small enough venue to see the event from whichever seat you pick. Though seats are not fluffy people friendly.

Greatly enjoyed the SCBT Nutcracker Performance!

Great Venue With Great Food And Drinks at Low Prices!!!

The open rehearsal was wonderful. It was a tribute to RBG. It was so good I bought tickets for Fridays concert.Diane Dearinger

Great venue, not a bad seat in the house. Prices are always reasonable, and they pull a lot of great performers.

Great place! I love the interior and exterior so very much!

Great shows and musicians here, but the auditorium doesnt have great sound quality.

Went and saw the Santa Cruz Roller Derby team play their rivals from Sacramento. It was a great bout in a very exciting arena. I have been to a lot of roller derby bouts and the civic auditorium is definitely one one the best venues Ive ever seen.

This place holds a lot of fond memories for me. I havent been here in a long while and it still looks the same. I sure hope the city/county realize what a historic treasure they have here and keep it up and going.

Classic Santa Cruz venue. Always enjoy entering for sporting events and shows.

Very nice, no seats are far from the performance, good acoustics, refreshments are outside in the summer! Often street fairs are outside.

Its very nice. I went for the MLK Jr. march and it was absolutely incredible. I enjoyed the auditorium very much.

Went to the gem show at the Civic Auditorium always inspiring with the quantity of beautiful rocks and gems I go every year

Great venue to catch some Flat Track Roller Derby.

Not a bad seat in the house. Going to be rennovated for even better live shows sometime in the near future (posted 2018). You can volunteer as an usher if you want (see city Parks and Rec website)

This an old auditorium but has lots of charm

Roller derby...the best!

I watched Bill Maher at this venue. Great seating and felt intimate, but not too small.

Derby Girls. The Best Sports Entertainment!

Nice family style

Nice venue although parking is sometimes challenging

The comedian, Bill Maher was fantastic but parking is alm ok st nonexistent. The auditorium is extremely difficult to sit anywhere but the floor. If you need to climb the stairs, it is very difficult for anyone with a disability. I was bent over almost in half trying to hold onto the backs of the chairs when an older gentleman came over to me and helped me get the rest of the way to my seat. Very steep stairs with not huh ing to hold onto. If it were not for that nice, wonderful gentleman I would have been in trouble not being able to get up or down.

Nice, vintage performing arts space, but a little old.

Good sound quality, but the stage is on the floor which means anyone in the orchestra beyond the first row has little to no chance of seeing the performer(s). I went for the Yuja Wang piano concert and the seats in the orchestra were too close together, the auditorium was hot, and I had virtually no view, even though I was on the left side in the 7th row, which are usually golden seats for a piano concert. Thankfully the music was exceptional.

Had a wonderful Christmas dinner from Gray Bears.

Great show, saw Bill Maher.

Great fun at the Gem show.

They have roller derby basket ball games senior shows singers concerts and much more

Santa Cruz Symphony was spectacular! - Civic is still uncomfortably hot and stairs are still steep wo handrails.

I love the Civic Auditorium the orchestra is awesome and Ive seen a ton of shows here. Ive even seen Slayer and Megadeth!

Upbeat atmosphere

Great venue. Been going since a teen!

Everyone here is very nice manager assistant manager general manager everyone

They way over packed this Venue. Even the ushers were confused where peoples seats were.

Friendly, spacious. Not a luxury place but pretty reasonable.

Bill Maher was awesome!

Great small venue for performances. My favorite event is the annual Gem and Mineral show every April.

Fun place to see entertainment

Great place for big events. A bit dated. But for santa Cruz it works.

Im not sure why this place has high reviews, I guess it is purely based on nostalgia?The civic center is definitely a Santa cruz staple, everyone who lives in this town spent a lot of time in the civic. Santa cruz high basketball used to be here before the gym was built!The civic is old and outdated, in desperate need of renovation. I dont believe that just because Santa cruz is a small town that we shouldnt have nice venues for events. I do like that it is close to downtown and easy to access, there is also a good list.of events that happen here including the derby girls which we went to see tonight.The civic is definitely a great place to go in Santa cruz, I just wish that there could be work done to make it a bit nicer !

This is a Santa Cruz institution. Great place to see a show. There are no bad seats.

Great old auditorium, well maintained and kept that old time charm. Good sound system.

Amaizing performance, short and sweet rec cinema to anyone who can get there

Bad customer service! Left voicemails to person who takes cares of prices to rent hall and she would never called me back. She only called me back once to just tell me that the day I was looking for was already taken but she thought I was talking about 2016 when I was interested in the hall for 2017 and she didnt bother to call me back! I called again and I asked receptionist if I can talk to someone else and she said no and I said Im very interested in ur hall but I dont get a call back? And she just said that she can leave a note but very rude that she hang up on me! All I wanted was to get a little bit of information about pricing and maybe renting the hall but they were very rude I will never considered to rent this hall after dealing with there bad customer service!

Great venue, great sound.

Dads Club Basketball tournament!!!!!Go Cardinals !

Awesome venue! I wish they had more concerts here.

I went to friends of Santa Cruz Library book fair. Always a good time and a lot of great books for really cheap prices!

What a great concert venue.. Ive seen so many concerts there.

Best place for a concert!

Because NXT

Very nice is beautiful

Small venue so all seats are good.

Nice smallish venue.

It is a good small auditorium, for which they are lroud

Great live music venue. Big & clean.

Nice local venue for a show

Very well run place

That place is beautiful and big!

Amazing place! Thank you!

Great events here.

SANTA CRUZ DERBY GIRLS!!!!

Always good concerts!

Besides it being really run down, its got some history to it. Parking is a challenge.

Beautiful place!

Great!!

Good venue

Good sound

Great venue.

Great place for shows and events

Incredible Symphony.

Great programming, so-so acoustics.

Nostalgic auditorium of Santa Cruz.

Nice place

Cool historic building!

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