Events around Santa Barbara
Cottage Health’s Trauma Services, in partnership with Santa Barbara agencies, is thrilled to invite the community to its FREE Summer Safety and Fun Event. Designed to ensure the safety of children during the summer season, the Summer Safety and Fun Event promises a day of excitement, engagement, and education for families. Children of all ages …
Osmo Vänskä conducts Bernstein's Overture to Candide, Holst's The Planets, and a West Coast Premiere This season’s superstar conductors have led the most acclaimed orchestras in the U.S. and the world, and join us in Santa Barbara to conduct the brilliant fellows that comprise the Academy Festival Orchestra. Our most popular series is back.
Showcase Series Teaching Artists Showcase: Mozart & Rachmaninoff Our brilliant teaching artists pair pianos with unexpected instruments, from oboe, to bass, to cello, to yes, another piano. This concert is in memory of Maria Abondolo
St Andrews Presbyterian Church  4575 Auhay Drive, Santa Barbara. As a benefit for Noah's Anchorage Youth Shelter, we are holding a pancake breakfast. Please join us for pancakes, sausages, fruit, oj, coffee and plenty of fun! We have games for kids and loads of Independence Day Spirit. Tickets: $10 for adults, kids 5 and …
Avila Beach – The Avila Beach Civic Association is pleased to announce the 2023 Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast & Doggie Parade. Breakfast will be held at the Avila Beach Community Center, 191 San Miguel Street from 8:30-11:00 a.m., followed by the Doggie Parade on the Avila Promenade at 11 a.m. Tickets for the breakfast …
Join Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation for a festive concert with Santa Barbara’s beloved Prime Time Band on 4th of July at 5:00 PM at Santa Barbara County Courthouse Gardens (1100 Anacapa St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101).  Enjoy pop tunes, family favorites and patriotic classics, plus special guest performers. Arrive early to claim your spot on …
What's better than bikes and coffee? Bikes and coffee with cool chicks!
The Downtown Organization of Santa Barbara’s is pleased to continue the “Downtown Live'' Free Music Series every WednesdayThe Downtown Organization of Santa Barbara’s is pleased to continue the “Downtown Live'' Free Music Series every Wednesday, featuring local bands each week in a casual outdoor setting of the State Street Promenade. While the music is free …
Chamber Nights Series UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL Long ago, small groups of classical musicians entertained nobility in the elegant salons where they held court. The music was designed for the space – intimate, inviting, elegant in every detail. Today, modern audiences can partake in this experience in a less formal setting, with a series of …
Bring the whole family to enjoy Teaching Artist-led activities in the Museum’s Family Resource Center. Draw interior scenes in charcoal on found envelopes inspired by the exhibition The Private Universe of James Castle: Drawings from the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and James Castle Collection and Archive. Afterward, enjoy the galleries until 8 pm.
Art Matters Lecture with Claire Barry, Director of Conservation Emerita, Kimbell Art Museum During the 1620s and 1630s, Seville’s many religious foundations kept Francisco de Zurbarán and his large workshop busy with commissions. After about 1640, however, Zurbarán's sober and restrained style lost favor to the softer look and more emotional appeal of younger artists, …
The Community Environmental Council is opening the Central Coast’s first Environmental Hub - and you’re invited to the party! Please join us on Thursday, July 6, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. for the Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening Celebration! Part of Downtown Santa Barbara’s 1st Thursday Art Walk, the grand opening will feature “Return of the …
x2 Series Apprentice meets Legend Imagine as an aspiring tennis pro, you get an hour on the court with Venus Williams or Rafael Nadal. Or, as an emerging golf talent, hitting the links with Tiger Woods? x2 is the classical music version of this dream – realized before a live audience. This unique series features …
Picnic Concert "Savor the nature. Then the music" What could be more delightful than pre-concert picnic in the gorgeous Academy gardens? This series features our most fellow driven music. Fellows choose their own works for the program, put together their own ensembles, and share for your listening pleasure. Bring your own picnic and take a …
Friday night under the stars! Bring breathable blankets or a low chair, a picnic and your friends. **Please respect the lawn and your fellow filmgoers: only bring blankets that are permeable (no plastic/nylon/tarps), and chairs that are low-backed and low to the ground. In the night skies over Indiana, cable worker Roy Neary (Richard …