Hop on the Art Bus!

"The First Friday Art Tour.  Every First Friday of the month  from 5:30 until 9:30pm buses will guide individuals to all of the latest art openings and happenings in the greater downtown area.  Leaving every 20 minutes from 12 Art Bus Stops, the bus allows First Friday Art goers the opportunity to customize where they get on and where they get off at each of the participating galleries and museums.  $5 gets you an unlimited ride on the Art Tour Bus, a certificate allowing you 10% off the purchase of original art during First Friday and a host of offers and discounts by participating sponsors."

HOW TO RIDE THE BUS.

The First Friday Art Bus is set up to allow for the maximum flexibility for Art goers. There are two buses that ride throughout greater downtown Santa Cruz between the hours of 5:30 and 9:30pm. Traveling between 12 Art Bus Stops, the bus leaves from each stop every 20 minutes. Schedules are posted each month on this website, www.scica.org, are published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and are published on 2,000 flyers that circulate monthly throughout downtown. $5 gets you on the bus all night, whereby you can customize the venues that you are most interested in. If you miss one bus, the next one will be by shortly to take you to where you want to go. Tickets are sold on the bus, where you will be greeted by our amazing volunteers. The buses cover the three miles between the Tannery Arts Center, North on Route 9 and the Monterey Bay at the Municipal Wharf. There is free parking at the Tannery and the Hide Gallery (listed on the map) allowing enthusiastic Art goers to sit back and enjoy the ride. The bus is always filled with interesting people from here and distant lands. Between the comfortable ride, the incredible people and the amazing art that you will encounter, you will have never seen Santa Cruz this way. By the by, if you don't like buses or people, but you love art, Santa Cruz is one of the best places in the country to buy the work of brilliant Artists. Just don't tell anybody you heard it here. Enjoy!

Bus Schedule