Performing-arts Events in Santa Barbara

Check out happening performing-arts events all around Santa Barbara, CA

Surfer Girl in Santa Barbara

 Sat, 01 Nov at 08:00 pm Soho Restaurant & Music Club

Lila Downs in Santa Barbara

 Thu, 23 Oct at 07:30 pm Arlington Theatre

World Ballet Company: The Great Gatsby Ballet

 Sun, 23 Nov at 06:00 pm The Granada Theatre Santa Barbara

Surfer Girl, Bikini Trill, Tessellated in Santa Barbara

 Sat, 01 Nov at 09:00 pm Soho Restaurant & Music Club

Queens of the Stone Age, paris jackson in Santa Barbara

 Sat, 08 Nov at 08:00 pm Arlington Theatre

Ballet Preljocaj - Gravity

 Wed, 05 Nov at 07:30 pm The Granada Theatre Santa Barbara

Sutra - with Monks from the Shaolin Temple

 Wed, 29 Oct at 07:30 pm The Granada Theatre Santa Barbara

Disney's Moana

Sun, 16 Nov at 02:00 pm Arlington Theatre

Blippi in Santa Barbara

 Wed, 22 Oct at 06:00 pm Arlington Theatre

David Sedaris at Arlington Theatre

 Fri, 07 Nov at 07:30 pm Arlington Theatre

Elemental Alchemy

 Sat, 06 Dec at 07:30 pm Arlington Theatre

Queens of the Stone Age: The Catacombs Tour

 Sat, 08 Nov at 08:00 pm Arlington Theatre

Disneys Moana Live-To-Film Concert

 Sat, 15 Nov at 04:00 pm Arlington Theatre

Jake Shimabukuro in Santa Barbara

 Wed, 10 Dec at 07:30 pm Arlington Theatre

World Ballet Company: The Great Gatsby

 Sat, 22 Nov at 04:00 pm Granada Theatre - Santa Barbara

Swan Lake: International Ballet Stars in Santa Barbara, CA

 Fri, 05 Dec at 07:00 pm Arlington Theatre

Humanity

 Wed, 22 Oct at 07:00 pm Lobero Theatre

Ezra Klein at Arlington Theatre

 Tue, 04 Nov Arlington Theatre

Comedy Night at Uptown Lounge

 Thu, 23 Oct at 08:00 pm Uptown Lounge USD 13 to 21

Opera Santa Barbara - Cavalleria Rusticana at Lobero Theatre

 Fri, 07 Nov at 07:30 pm Lobero Theatre

Alberto Lombardi @ SOhO | Santa Barbara (CA)

 Sun, 09 Nov at 08:00 pm SOhO Music Club Santa Barbara

HUMANITY presented by Nebula Dance Lab

Wed, 22 Oct at 07:00 pm Lobero Theatre

Eagles Tribute "Take It To the Limit" comes to Santa Barbara!

 Mon, 09 Feb at 07:30 pm Lobero Theatre

Lila Downs at Arlington Theatre

 Thu, 23 Oct at 07:30 pm Arlington Theatre

Víkingur Ólafsson, piano - Opus 109

 Wed, 22 Oct at 07:00 pm Campbell Hall, UCSB

Itzhak Perlman at Granada Theater Santa Barbara

 Thu, 30 Oct at 07:00 pm Granada Theater Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara Symphony - Mozart Requiem at Granada Theater Santa Barbara

 Sat, 15 Nov at 07:30 pm Granada Theater Santa Barbara

Vikingur Olafsson at Campbell Hall

 Wed, 22 Oct at 07:00 pm Campbell Hall

Swan Lake at Arlington Theatre

 Fri, 05 Dec Arlington Theatre

Django Festival Allstars

 Thu, 20 Nov at 04:00 pm The Lobero Theatre

Kaleidoscope performs in Santa Barbara, Monday October 27, 2025

 Mon, 27 Oct at 07:30 pm Hahn Hall at Music Academy of the West USD 15 to 75

Jim Brickman in Santa Barbara

 Sat, 27 Dec at 08:00 pm Lobero Theatre

Opera Santa Barbara - Caesar and Cleopatra at Lobero Theatre

 Fri, 27 Feb at 07:30 pm Lobero Theatre

Compagnie Herve Koubi at Granada Theater Santa Barbara

 Sun, 25 Jan at 07:30 pm Granada Theater Santa Barbara

Colm Tóibín - in Conversation with Pico Iyer

 Wed, 19 Nov at 07:30 pm Campbell Hall, UCSB

Pedro Fernandez

 Sat, 25 Oct at 03:00 am Arlington Theatre

Ballet Preljocaj at Granada Theater Santa Barbara

 Wed, 05 Nov at 07:30 pm Granada Theater Santa Barbara

Parking Lila Downs

 Fri, 24 Oct at 02:30 am Arlington Theatre

Natalie MacMaster

 Sat, 28 Feb at 04:00 pm Campbell Hall At UCSB

Danish String Quartet and Danish National Girls Choir at Granada Theater Santa Barbara

 Fri, 10 Apr at 07:00 pm Granada Theater Santa Barbara

Chucho Valdes & Arturo Sandoval Legacy Quintet

 Fri, 06 Mar at 04:00 pm Campbell Hall At UCSB

Bruce Liu at Campbell Hall

 Thu, 12 Feb at 07:00 pm Campbell Hall

Kaleidoscope performs in Santa Barbara, Monday February 2, 2026

 Mon, 02 Feb at 07:30 pm Hahn Hall at Music Academy of the West USD 15 to 75

An Evening with George Kahumoku Jr. and Daniel Ho

 Mon, 17 Nov at 07:00 pm 1221 State St, Ste 205, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, California 93101

Jake Shimabukuro at Arlington Theatre

 Wed, 10 Dec at 07:30 pm Arlington Theatre

Mania - The ABBA Tribute

 Wed, 28 Jan The Lobero Theatre Free

Parking Opera Santa Barbara - Caesar and Cleopatra

 Sun, 01 Mar at 10:30 pm Lobero Theatre

Kaleidoscope performs in Santa Barbara, Monday April 13, 2026

 Mon, 13 Apr at 07:30 pm Hahn Hall at Music Academy of the West USD 15 to 75

Samantha Fish

 Mon, 17 Nov at 04:00 pm The Lobero Theatre

"The Issue with Tissue - a boreal love story" - Santa Barbara Premiere

 Thu, 30 Oct at 06:30 pm CEC's Environmental Hub USD 3

Fields of Funk

 Fri, 24 Oct at 04:00 pm Elings Park

Jim Brickman

 Fri, 26 Dec at 04:00 pm The Lobero Theatre

Emanuel Ax at Lobero Theatre

 Wed, 04 Feb at 07:30 pm Lobero Theatre

Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons

 Thu, 18 Sep at 04:00 pm Music Academy of the West

Joyce DiDonato

 Wed, 04 Feb at 04:00 pm Granada Theatre - Santa Barbara

World Ballet Company - The Great Gatsby Ballet at Granada Theater Santa Barbara

 Sun, 23 Nov at 06:00 pm Granada Theater Santa Barbara

Take It To The Limit - Eagles Tribute

 Sun, 08 Feb at 04:00 pm The Lobero Theatre

An Irish Christmas

 Sun, 21 Dec at 04:00 pm The Lobero Theatre

Ballet Festival: Jerome Robbins

 Mon, 02 Mar at 04:00 pm Granada Theatre - Santa Barbara

Molly Tuttle at Arlington Theatre

 Sun, 07 Dec at 07:00 pm Arlington Theatre

The Book Of Mormon

 Mon, 23 Feb at 04:00 pm Granada Theatre - Santa Barbara

John Splithoff in Santa Barbara

 Fri, 21 Nov at 09:00 pm Soho Restaurant & Music Club

Itzhak Perlman - In The Fiddler's House

 Fri, 31 Oct at 02:00 am Granada Theatre - Santa Barbara

Ballet Preljocaj

 Tue, 04 Nov at 04:00 pm Granada Theatre - Santa Barbara

An Irish Christmas at Lobero Theatre

 Mon, 22 Dec Lobero Theatre

St. Patricks Day in Ireland at Lobero Theatre

 Tue, 17 Mar at 07:30 pm Lobero Theatre

The Book Of Mormon at Granada Theater Santa Barbara

 Tue, 24 Feb Granada Theater Santa Barbara

The Nutcracker at Granada Theater Santa Barbara

 Fri, 19 Dec at 02:00 pm Granada Theater Santa Barbara

Opera Santa Barbara - Caesar and Cleopatra

 Sun, 01 Mar at 10:30 pm Lobero Theatre

Swan Lake - Santa Barbara

 Sat, 06 Dec at 03:00 am Arlington Theatre

Yo-Yo Ma In Recital

 Sat, 21 Feb at 04:00 pm Granada Theatre - Santa Barbara

Opera Santa Barbara: Caesar and Cleopatra

 Thu, 26 Feb at 04:00 pm The Lobero Theatre

State Street Ballet: The Nutcracker

 Thu, 18 Dec at 04:00 pm Granada Theatre - Santa Barbara

MANIA: The ABBA Tribute

 Fri, 30 Jan at 03:30 am Lobero Theatre

BREAKUP SHOES in Santa Barbara

 Wed, 29 Oct at 07:00 pm Soho Restaurant & Music Club

Candlelight: Tribute to Taylor Swift

 Wed, 17 Dec at 04:00 pm Music Academy of the West

Ballet Festival: Jerome Robbins Festival at Granada Theater Santa Barbara

 Tue, 03 Mar at 07:30 pm Granada Theater Santa Barbara

Sounds on State

 Sat, 11 Jan at 04:00 pm Paseo Nuevo Free

Terence Blanchard & Ravi Coltrane

 Mon, 26 Jan at 04:00 pm Granada Theatre - Santa Barbara

Robert Jon & the Wreck in Santa Barbara

 Tue, 18 Nov at 07:30 pm Lobero Theatre

Parking An Acoustic Evening with Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs

 Thu, 04 Dec at 03:30 am Arlington Theatre

Jim Brickman

 Sun, 28 Dec at 04:00 am Lobero Theatre

World Ballet Company - Santa Barbara

 Mon, 24 Nov at 02:00 am Granada Theatre - Santa Barbara

ZZ Top

 Wed, 05 Nov at 03:00 am Santa Barbara Bowl

Yo-Yo Ma

 Mon, 23 Feb at 12:00 am Granada Theatre - Santa Barbara

Parking Molly Tuttle

 Mon, 08 Dec at 03:00 am Arlington Theatre