Performing-arts Events in Santa Barbara

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

Band of Horses, Iron & Wine in Santa Barbara

 Fri, 03 Oct at 08:00 pm Arlington Theatre

Lila Downs in Santa Barbara

 Thu, 23 Oct at 07:30 pm Arlington Theatre

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats in Santa Barbara

 Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm Santa Barbara Bowl

Ira Glass at Campbell Hall

 Sat, 04 Oct at 07:30 pm Campbell Hall

Boz Scaggs in Santa Barbara

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:30 pm Arlington Theatre

The Pink Floyd Concert Experience: A Tribute to Pink Floyd starring Shine On

 Sat, 22 Nov at 07:30 pm Lobero Theatre

Surfer Girl in Santa Barbara

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

Fareed Zakaria at Arlington Theatre

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:30 pm Arlington Theatre

Queens of the Stone Age, paris jackson in Santa Barbara

 Sat, 08 Nov at 08:00 pm Arlington Theatre

Surfer Girl, Bikini Trill, Tessellated in Santa Barbara

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

Buena Vista Social Orchestra at Center Stage Theater

 Sat, 11 Oct at 08:00 pm Center Stage Theater

An Evening With Fleetwood Mask

 Fri, 17 Oct at 07:30 pm Lobero Theatre

Queens of the Stone Age: The Catacombs Tour

 Sat, 08 Nov at 08:00 pm Arlington Theatre

Sutra - with Monks from the Shaolin Temple

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

Popovich Comedy Pet Theater Santa Barbara, CA

 Sun, 19 Oct at 05:00 pm Marjorie Luke Theatre USD 13 to 45

World Ballet Company: The Great Gatsby Ballet

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

Blind Boys of Alabama with special guest Cory Henry

 Sat, 25 Oct at 07:30 pm Campbell Hall, UCSB

Blippi in Santa Barbara

 Wed, 22 Oct at 06:00 pm Arlington Theatre

C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters

 Fri, 03 Oct at 04:00 pm Granada Theatre - Santa Barbara

Opera Santa Barbara - Cavalleria Rusticana at Lobero Theatre

 Fri, 07 Nov at 07:30 pm Lobero Theatre

Acting For Dancers| Theatre Lab

 Sat, 11 Oct at 10:00 am 628 Olive St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101-1627, United States

The Graduates at Lobero Theatre

 Sat, 11 Oct at 07:30 pm Lobero Theatre

Shine On, The Live Pink Floyd Experience

 Sat, 22 Nov at 07:30 pm Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Stephen Kellogg with Pete Muller

Mon, 06 Oct at 07:30 pm SOhO Music Club Santa Barbara

Queens Of The Stone Age "The Catacombs Tour" Tickets Santa Barbara CA Arlington Theatre

 Sat, 08 Nov at 08:00 pm Arlington Theatre

Santa Barbara Symphony - Mozart Requiem at Granada Theater Santa Barbara

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

The Marshall Tucker Band in Santa Barbara

 Sun, 05 Oct at 07:00 pm Lobero Theatre

Itzhak Perlman at Granada Theater Santa Barbara

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

Swan Lake at Arlington Theatre

 Fri, 05 Dec Arlington Theatre

Itzhak Perlman - In the Fiddler's House

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

Jake Shimabukuro in Santa Barbara

 Wed, 10 Dec at 07:30 pm Arlington Theatre

Candlelight: Tribute to Adele | Santa Barbara

 Thu, 30 Oct at 06:15 pm Music Academy of The West

Víkingur Ólafsson, piano - Opus 109

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

Marshall Tucker Band at Lobero Theatre

 Sun, 05 Oct at 07:30 pm Lobero Theatre

BENISE – 25 Years of Passion!

 Fri, 10 Oct at 07:30 pm Lobero Theatre

Buena Vista Social Orchestra at Center Stage Theater - Santa Barbara

 Sat, 11 Oct Center Stage Theater - Santa Barbara

Swan Lake: International Ballet Stars in Santa Barbara, CA

 Fri, 05 Dec at 07:00 pm Arlington Theatre

World Ballet Company: The Great Gatsby

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

John Waters at Lobero Theatre

 Sun, 19 Oct at 08:00 pm Lobero Theatre

Samara Joy at Granada Theater Santa Barbara

 Thu, 02 Oct at 07:30 pm Granada Theater Santa Barbara

Saving The Foothills

 Sun, 05 Oct at 04:00 pm Marjorie Luke Theatre USD 13 to 18

Humanity

 Wed, 22 Oct at 07:00 pm Lobero Theatre

Ezra Klein at Arlington Theatre

 Tue, 04 Nov Arlington Theatre

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

 Mon, 09 Feb at 07:30 pm Lobero Theatre

Alberto Lombardi @ SOhO | Santa Barbara (CA)

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

Disney's Moana

Sun, 16 Nov at 02:00 pm Arlington Theatre

Lila Downs at Arlington Theatre

 Thu, 23 Oct at 07:30 pm Arlington Theatre

Candlelight: Tribute to Coldplay & Imagine Dragons

 Thu, 13 Nov at 04:00 pm Music Academy of the West

Ballet Preljocaj - Gravity

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

Compagnie Herve Koubi

 Sat, 24 Jan at 04:00 pm Granada Theatre - Santa Barbara

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

Colm Tóibín - in Conversation with Pico Iyer

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

Ballet Preljocaj at Granada Theater Santa Barbara

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

Bruce Liu at Campbell Hall

 Thu, 12 Feb at 07:00 pm Campbell Hall

Vikingur Olafsson at Campbell Hall

 Wed, 22 Oct 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

Pedro Fernandez

 Sat, 25 Oct at 03:00 am Arlington Theatre

Mania - The ABBA Tribute

 Wed, 28 Jan The Lobero Theatre Free

Parking Lila Downs

 Fri, 24 Oct at 02:30 am Arlington Theatre

New Years Eve with the Symphony at Granada Theater Santa Barbara

 Wed, 31 Dec at 08:00 pm Granada Theater Santa Barbara

Samantha Fish

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

Opera Santa Barbara - Caesar and Cleopatra at Lobero Theatre

 Fri, 27 Feb at 07:30 pm Lobero Theatre

Parking Opera Santa Barbara - Caesar and Cleopatra

 Sun, 01 Mar at 10:30 pm Lobero Theatre

Compagnie Herve Koubi at Granada Theater Santa Barbara

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

Opera Santa Barbara: Caesar and Cleopatra

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

Les Ballets Africains

 Thu, 05 Feb at 04:00 pm Granada Theatre - Santa Barbara

Natalie MacMaster

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

Jim Brickman in Santa Barbara

 Sat, 27 Dec at 08:00 pm Lobero Theatre

Chucho Valdes & Arturo Sandoval Legacy Quintet

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

Aoife O'Donovan in Santa Barbara

 Fri, 03 Oct at 07:00 pm Campbell Hall

HOWL: Harvest Moon

 Mon, 06 Oct at 05:00 pm 36 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, California 93101

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

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

Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats at Santa Barbara Bowl

 Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm Santa Barbara Bowl

Fields of Funk

 Fri, 24 Oct at 04:00 pm Elings Park

Emanuel Ax at Lobero Theatre

 Wed, 04 Feb at 07:30 pm Lobero Theatre

Puff, Puff, Laugh

 Sat, 26 Jul at 07:30 pm Your CBD Store | SUNMED - Santa Barbara, CA USD 10 to 29

Eden Munoz

 Wed, 03 Dec at 04:00 pm Arlington 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

Pepper in Santa Barbara

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm Santa Barbara Bowl

Take It To The Limit - Eagles Tribute

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

Santa Barbara Symphony and State Street Ballet - Joint Season Opener at Granada Theater Santa Barbara

 Sat, 18 Oct at 07:30 pm Granada Theater Santa Barbara

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

Ballet Preljocaj

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

An Irish Christmas at Lobero Theatre

 Mon, 22 Dec Lobero Theatre

Boz Scaggs at Arlington Theatre

 Tue, 21 Oct at 08:00 pm Arlington Theatre

St. Patricks Day in Ireland at Lobero Theatre

 Tue, 17 Mar at 07:30 pm Lobero Theatre

Boz Scaggs

 Mon, 20 Oct Arlington Theatre

I'm With Her

 Thu, 02 Oct at 04:00 pm Campbell Hall At UCSB

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

Blippi Live

 Tue, 21 Oct at 04:00 pm Arlington Theatre

Swan Lake - Santa Barbara

 Sat, 06 Dec at 03:00 am Arlington Theatre

Band of Horses & Iron and Wine

 Thu, 02 Oct at 04:00 pm Arlington Theatre