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Jesse Cook

  • Rio Theatre for the Performing 1205 Soquel Ave Santa Cruz, CA, 95062 United States (map)

The Rio Theatre reopening safety protocols, include proof of full vaccination or a negative Covid19 test within 72 hours for all shows, no exceptions

Acceptable forms of proof are :
• Vaccination Record Card with proper identification to match
• California State QR code (www.myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov )
• Negative Covid19 test taken within 72 hours of the performance time

Please read entire Rio Theatre Covid19 Protocols


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A career spanning twenty five years has brought this Canadian guitarist multiple accolades including a coveted Acoustic Guitar Magazine ‘Player’s Choice Silver Award’, eleven Juno Award nominations (he won for 2001’s ‘Free Fall’), a Gemini Award and, most impressively, ten platinum and gold studio albums.
Moreover, he has sold out concert halls the world over, produced five PBS television specials and five live CD’s. Not a bad legacy for a guy who never planned to release an album.

"If you had asked me at age 22, I would have said that I would never, never make music for the public," Jesse Cook says with a laugh. "I would have told you that the public is much too fickle — they may love you one minute and forget you the next. Well, it turns out I did the thing I said I'd never do, and somehow it's worked out."

That's an understatement. Since launching his career with 1995's Tempest, Cook has blazed an incredible trail. Along with being a global-guitar virtuoso, he's honed his skills as a composer, producer, arranger, performer and, more recently, filmmaker and cultural ambassador. Surprisingly, he started down many of those paths before he even started school.

So, Cook got to work producing 23 (and counting) extraordinary solo YouTube videos of his favourite songs in which he played all the instruments, recorded, and filmed himself. The collection is called “Love in the Time of Covid” Not only have they pleased his existing fan base but this YouTube video collection has expanded his worldwide audience who are now craving that soon to be announced world tour.

Jesse Cook, clearly, has many more years of memorable performances ahead of him.


Show time: 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM
Tickets: $35 Gen, $55 Gold circle
Advance tickets: www.ticketmaster.com
Artists website: www.jessecook.com

Earlier Event: January 21
(((folkYEAH!))) Presents Joan Osborne
Later Event: February 10
(((folkYEAH!))) Presents BUILT TO SPILL