Events around Santa Barbara
Downtown Santa Barbara invites you to the 2023 Annual Awards Breakfast presented by Southern California Edison at the historic El Paseo Mexican Restaurant. This event includes networking, delicious buffet breakfast, and the announcements of the 2022 Volunteer of the Year, Entrepreneur of the year, Citizen of the Year, Business Champion of the Year, and the …
For the eighth year in a row, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden offers six free admission days to seniors aged 60 and older. Last year, more than 1,370 seniors attended the Senior Days, a new record. They are made possible by Welch-Ryce-Haider Funeral Chapels, and include docent tours, native plant talks, live acoustic music, and more …
Enjoy a free fitness class every Wednesday from February 1st February 22nd! Wellness Wednesday is part of a diverse set of activations on State Street to support a vital and engaging downtown district. Join us at on the 800 block of State Street underneath the El Paseo sign for these weekly fitness classes. Participate in a fitness …
Join us for our monthly Sunday Speaker at DANA Adobe & Cultural Center, this month we will be hosting local DANA docent Helen Daurio- Dubois. She will be presenting on Jim Beckwourth, a Legend of the American West. Sunday February 19, 2023, at 1pm at the DANA Cultural Center 671 S. Oakglen Ave. Nipomo, Ca …
Enjoy a free fitness class every Wednesday from February 1st February 22nd! Wellness Wednesday is part of a diverse set of activations on State Street to support a vital and engaging downtown district. Join us at on the 800 block of State Street underneath the El Paseo sign for these weekly fitness classes. Participate in a fitness …
The Santa Barbara Antique, Decorative Arts, & Vintage Show & Sale FEBRUARY 24, 25 & 26, 2023 FRI: 11-6 SAT: 11-6 SUN: 11-4 Earl Warren Showgrounds at 3400 Calle …
The bravest choice we will ever make is to trust. Join Adrienne Smith, owner of Power of Your Om Yoga Studio and World Record Holder for a lighthearted evening of stories about her bravery crossing the Pacific Ocean. In June 2022, Adrienne Smith pushed off land, rowed under the Golden Gate Bridge and 34 …
As the end of California’s rainy season nears, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Nursery offers a weekend “Plant It Forward this Spring” event featuring a larger-than-usual number and variety of native plants for sale. A preview for Garden members only is held Friday, March 3, and public shopping is Saturday and Sunday, March 4 and …
Wellness Wednesday is part of a diverse set of activations on State Street to support a vital and engaging downtown district. Join us at on the 800 block of State Street underneath the El Paseo sign for this free fitness class by Orange Theory. Participate in a fitness class to get 20% off your meal when you …
Join legendary activist Dolores Huerta as she discusses her decades-long fight for farmworkers’ rights, current activism and what it means to be an activist. Huerta will be joined by local women community leaders and activists who are leading this work in Ventura County. Please RSVP. The event is being held in conjunction with the “Dolores Huerta: …
The exhibition shares the compelling story of activist Dolores Huerta and the farmworkers movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Featuring text in English and Spanish, it explores Huerta’s public life as a co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union and what led her to become a Latina civil rights icon. She tirelessly led the fight …
Dolores Huerta is the keynote speaker at this event. The award ceremony will be held from 4 to 5 p.m., and a reception featuring an all-female mariachi band follows from 5 to 6 p.m. Please RSVP. The event is being held in conjunction with the “Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos” exhibition at …
In 1904 Katharine Dexter wed Stanley McCormick, heir to the McCormick reaper fortune, and the couple soon moved to the fabulous 87-acre McCormick estate in Montecito, Riven Rock. Their happiness was short-lived as Stanley’s progressive mental illness took its toll. Katharine stood by her husband through lengthy court battles with the family over his care …
** RESCHEDULED FOR MARCH 16 DUE TO WEATHER** Join us as we celebrate all the things we love about downtown Santa Barbara. From dancing with DJ Darla Bea, to roller skating, face painting, …
A talk by Vince Burns and Stephen Bates In 1875, the decomposed corpse of John Norton was uncovered in a shallow grave at Rincon Point. Learn the details of the sensational trial as well as other true tales that have given Rincon Point a reputation both famous and infamous as told by Vince Burns and …