Wang Chung: Free Beach Concert | Santa Cruz

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Free Friday Night Bands at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk | 2019

Every summer, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk casts its net and drags in a host of Top 40 bands from the ’70s, ’80s, and early ’90s to play free concerts right on the beach every Friday night.

Friday Night Bands on the Beach 
Every Friday, June 14 – August 30, 2019
– Two shows nightly; 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk | Beach Bandstand
FREE

2019 Concert Lineup

• June 14 – The English Beat
• June 21 – Smash Mouth
• June 28 – Everclear
• July 5 – Pride & Joy
• July 12 – Foghat
• July 19 – Taylor Dayne
• July 26 – Bad Company former lead singer Brian Howe
• Aug 2 – Y & T
• Aug 9 – Living Colour
• Aug 16 – 10,000 Maniacs
• Aug 23 – Journey former lead singer Steve Augeri
• Aug 30 – Papa Doo Run Run

Friday, July 31, 2015
Free Friday Night Bands at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk | 2019

Wang Chung
July 31, 2015

Wang Chung came out of the post-punk, New Wave scene in the UK going on to achieve global success selling millions of records.

Throughout their 30-year career they have released 5 albums and 2 Greatest Hits compilations. They have had 6 US Top 40 hits including a number 1. In the process, Wang Chung became part of contemporary culture. Their huge smash “”Everybody Have Fun Tonight,”” with its now famous line “”Everybody Wang Chung Tonight”” saw the invention of a new verb, ‘to Wang Chung’. Icons such as Homer Simpson and Frasier Crane name-checked the band on TV and Wang Chung achieved punch-line status in The Spy Who Shagged Me.

Two free shows at 6:30PM and 8:30PM

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