1982 shows
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- January 17 - B-Version and The Ions at Cha Cha's
- January 22 - The Batteries and The Intruders at Cha Cha's
- January 22 - Love Dogs at Erik's Deli
- January 24 - The Schematix and Child Prostitutes and The Flaps at Cha Cha's
- January 25 - The Batteries at CCC
- January 27 - The Tubes and The Misfitz at the Catalyst
- January 30 - Joe Cuba and the Tokyo Negros at the College V Dining Hall, UCSC
- January 30 - The Exceptions and Chain O Fools at the Catalyst
- February 6 - Our Daughter's Wedding (N.Y.), The Batteries and Wayne Sloan at the Catalyst
- February 6 - Mighty High at The Monterey Conference Center
- February 7 - Mighty High at Club OZ
- February 14 - The Holy Sisters of the Gaga Dada, The Intruders and The Defectors at Cha Cha's
- February 15 - The Waybacks at College V
- February 16 - Mighty High at Club Zyante
- February 20 - The Call, The Schematix and Garth Hudson at the Santa Cruz Vets Hall (benefit for the Santa Cruz County Wide Disaster Relief Committee) $5.50
- February 20 - Social Unrest, Arsenal, Church Police at College V Dining Hall, UCSC
- February 21 - The Flaps, The Scapegoats and Los Olvidados (S.J.) at Cha Cha's
- February 22 - The Waybacks at College V
- February 25 - The Batteries, The Ions and Golden Gate Jumpers at the Catalyst
- February 26 - Tao Chemical, Wayne Sloan and Peter Bilt at the Civic Auditorium a/a $5.50 8pm
- February 26 - The Call at the Sahara Gardens Casino
- February 26 - The Schematix, The Holy Sisters of the Gaga Dada, 51/50, and Because of Christ at Cowell College, UCSC
- February 27 - The Call at the Sahara Gardens Casino
- February 28 - Love Dogs, Joe Cuba and the Tokyo Negroes, Red at Cha Cha's
- March 1 - The Tubes at the Catalyst
- March 5 - The Call and The Kind at The Big Beat $3 9:30pm
- March 13 - The Call at the Sahara Gardens Casino
- March 14 - The Call at the Sahara Gardens Casino
- March 14 - Big City Orchestra and Because of Christ at Cha Cha's
- March 14 - Tao Chemical and The Schematix at Santa Cruz Vets Hall
- March 17 - The Call and the Misfitz at The Big Beat $3
- March 19 - Jano and the Facts and The Scapegoats at The Big Beat $3 9pm and The Waybacks at fireside Kresge
- March 22 - The Schematix, The Scapegoats, Young Alcoholics and M.A.D. at the Santa Cruz Art Center (benefit for the ARK School for Independent Studies)
- March 26 - The Schematix and The Scapegoats at the Live Oak Senior Center
- March 27 - The Humans and Tao Chemical at the Catalyst $5.50
- March 28 - The Schematix and The Waybacks at Cha Cha's
- March 31 - The Batteries and the Cool Jerks at the Catalyst (Good Times Best of Santa Cruz Readers Poll Awards Show)
- April 2 - The Batteries and The Intruders at The Big Beat
- April 4 - Joe Cuba and the Tokyo Negroes at Cha Cha's
- April 8 - The Batteries and The Cool Jerks at the Civic Auditorium 8pm
- April 10 - Mighty High at Santa Cruz Vet's Hall
- April 18 - D.O.A., The Scapegoats and The Flaps at Cha Cha's
- April 21 - Tao Chemical, Contractions and The Agents at the Catalyst $1
- April 26 - Errol Specter at the Santa Cruz Art Center
- May 1 - The Batteries, Tao Chemical and The Intruders at the Catalyst
- May 3 - Joe Cuba and the Tokyo Negros and Box o' Laffs at the Santa Cruz Art Center
- May 8 - Mighty High at Santa Cruz Vet's Hall
- May 15 - Spacey Sprocket, Dalkon Shield and Merseys Cadillac at Kresge College, UCSC 8pm (Kresge Day) (program, flyer)
- May 19 - The Batteries, The Method Actors (Athens, GA) and The Scapegoats at the Catalyst
- May 22 - Ms Guided at Santa Cruz Vet's Hall
- May 24 - Jano and the Facts and Henry Hample at Santa Cruz Art Center
- May 29 - The Holy Sisters of the Gaga Dada, Box o' Laffs, and Dalkon Shield at Cha Cha's
- June 2 - Motörhead, Krokus and Fist (Canada) at the Civic Auditorium 8pm
- June 4 - The Batteries, Andy Just & The Defenders, and the Defectors at The Big Beat and Chain of Fools at UCSC
- June 10 - Thin Ice and The Rock-A-Fella's at The Big Beat $3.50
- June 13 - The Drivers, M.A.D., The Scapegoats, Shadow Fax, Substitutes, Hot Pursuit, and Kamikaze at Jean and Aaron's wedding at the Pogonip Club
- June 14 - The Scapegoats, M.A.D., False Alarm (Monterey), Young Alcoholics and Ryot at Santa Cruz Art Center
- June 18 - Sheik Vaselino and the Zealots at The Big Beat
- June 23 - The Holy Sisters of the Gaga Dada and Contraband at the Santa Cruz Art Center
- June 25 - The Batteries and The Contractions at the Catalyst and [[Mighty High] at Santa Cruz Vet's Hall
- June 26 - Score and Eddie and the Tide at the Catalyst
- June 27 - The Batteries, The Scapegoats, and Tao Chemical at a party at Becki's house, 718 Water St.
- June 30 - Not Noise at Caffe Domenica
- July 1 - The Scapegoats and The Varve (S.F.) at The Big Beat free
- July 2 - Thin Ice and Gary Marks & The Heartbeats at The Big Beat $3 9pm and Ms Guided at Cha Cha's
- July 3 - Birthday party at Harvey West Clubhouse with The Scapegoats and other punk bands, maybe including M.A.D. and Crucifix
- July 4 - Tao Chemical and The Scapegoats at Cha Cha's
- July 14 - Elvis Costello at the Civic Auditorium $12 (tour debut)
- July 15 - Tao Chemical, Tao Rhythmical and Sofrito at the Catalyst
- July 16 - Contractions (S.F.) and Jano and the Facts at The Big Beat
- July 18 - The Young Polyesters at Mulligan's
- July 21 - Jimmy Cliff and Peter Tosh at the Civic Auditorium
- July 24 - The Batteries, Mr. Clean (S.F.) and The Producers at the Catalyst
- July 29 - Eddie and the Tide at the Catalyst
- July 31 - Party at India Joze restaurant with The Thongs
- August 13 - Black Uhuru (featuring Sly & Robbie) at the Civic Auditorium and Ms Guided at Cha Cha's
- August 18 - The Stray Cats and J.B. & The Nightshift at the Catalyst
- August 20 - Romeo Void and Translator and The Jetzons at the Catalyst
- August 20 - Surf Punks and Bounty Hunter at the Civic Auditorium 7pm
- August 21 - Bonnie Hayes and the Wild Combo (S.F.) and the Substitutes at The Big Beat
- August 27 - The Scapegoats, MzGulded, and Jano and the Facts at The Big Beat
- August 28 - Tao Chemical (record release) and The Contractions (S.F.) at the Catalyst
- September 1 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the Civic Auditorium 7:30pm
- September 2 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the Civic Auditorium 7:30pm
- September 4 - Tao Chemical at the Record Factory
- September 5 - Not Noise with poetry readings by Rob Brezsny et al. at Caffe Domenica
- September 7 - Gang of Four and Translator at the Catalyst
- September 10 - Ms Guided at Cha Cha's
- September 11 - Leroy Sibbles and Mighty High at the Catalyst
- September 18 - Missing Persons and Eddie and the Tide at the Civic Auditorium
- September 24 - Oingo Boingo and the Rock-a-Fellas at the Catalyst and The Waybacks and Laughing Dice at College V
- September 30 - The Drivers and Night Patrol at The Big Beat
- October 9 - The Batteries and Mighty High at The Beat
- October 11 - Big City Orchestra, Modern Attention Getters, Ambient Hell at the Santa Cruz Art Center
- October 16 - Wayne Sloan, Lost Souls and The Electric Toys at The Beat $4
- October 21 - Contradictions, Andy Just & The Defenders and Vauxhall at the Catalyst
- October 24 - The Ions at The Beat and
- October 26 - X, Tao Rhythmical at the Catalyst
- October 29 - The Nurdz at the Portola House
- October 29 - The Call, The Secrets and The Tumblers (Sonoma) at The Beat
- October 30 - The Batteries and Sofrito at the Cocoanut Grove
- November 6 - Tao Chemical, Chrome Dinette and Squares at the Catalyst
- November 11 - Love Dogs and Black Velvet at The Beat
- November 13 - The Humans and The Medflys at the Catalyst (two shows: a/a 8pm, 21+ 10:30pm)
- November 13 - Thin Ice, Lost Souls and The Ions at The Beat
- November 19 - The Idiot Fringe at Crown Dining Hall, UCSC
- November 20 - Tao Chemical, Jano and the Facts and Vauxhall at The Beat
- November 20 - Mighty High at the Catalyst
- November 21 - Iggy Pop
and Nash the Slashand Not Cool (Monterey) at the Catalyst - November 22 - Rank and File (Chip Kinman, Tony Kinman, Alejandro Escovedo) at O.T.'s
- November 27 - Love Dogs, The Heat, Victim at The Beat
- December 1 - Cheap Trick and The Producers at the Civic Auditorium $12.50 8pm
- December 4 - Dave Calloway's 21st birthday party in a house behind the Capitola Mall with The Flaps and other bands
- December 7 - Tao Electric, Z.B., Track C, Janet Ring and Theresa Zenbower at the Santa Cruz Art Center a/a $3 8pm
- December 13 - The English Beat and The Humans at the Civic Auditorium $12 7:30pm
- December 19 - Not Music at Cafe Domenica
- December 29 - Devo at the Civic Auditorium
- December 31 - The Batteries (record release) in the basement of Marc Grove's apartment
