Lights, Love & Community returns for its second year to provide Isla Vista residents an opportunity to come together and celebrate the holidays. On Friday, December 3rd from 6-8pm the Isla Vista Recreation & Park District (IVRPD) will host a one-night event to kick-off the month-long lighting (December 3rd - January 3rd) of the St.

Santa Barbara-based singer and songwriter Zach Gill, lead vocalist of the rock band ALO, and a longtime member of Jack Johnson's band, will host a live, virtual musical performance Friday, December 3 at 7pm on the online performance venue, StageIt in support of Goleta-based, non-profit, Montessori Center School. 

Lift your holiday spirits with the Philharmonic’s annual all-Baroque concert in the warm sanctuary of the
Pacific Christian Center on Friday, December 3rd! This year’s program offers music by Handel, Bach, Purcell, and Telemann.

The 3rd Annual ELKS Lodge #613 HOLIDAY BAZAAR will be held Friday, December 3rd, 2021 from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Enjoy local music performers throughout the season

The Lobster Town U.S.A. Gallery at 3823 Santa Claus Lane in Carpinteria is holding their grand opening on December 4.

Undergraduate flutist Madison Kolkow will present a senior Bachelor of Music recital with pianist and UCSB faculty member Dr. Natasha Kislenko on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 4:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall on the UC Santa Barbara campus. The program will include works by Phillippe Gaubert, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Paul Taffanel, and Sergei Prokofiev. Kolkow is a student of UC Santa Barbara Professor Jill Felber.

5K Walk/Run Information
Saturday, December 4, 2021
The ARISE 5K Walk/Run brings together participants from Santa Barbara and Southern California. This 5K makes it fit or fun for all ages ranging in age from 5 - 90 years old.

This Year’s Race benefits:
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission’s Bethel House Women’s Residential Treatment Program

https://www.arise5k.org/event-info-1

On Saturday, December 4, CARE4Paws will host our Donation Drive-Thru & Home for the Holidays Adoption Festival at Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara and the Elks Lodge in Santa Maria. Please join us for this pawsitive holiday event, aimed to provide resources that keep pets with their families, while inspiring forever homes for animals in need from our local shelters and rescue groups

Please join us for golden hour Holiday Market cohosted by Shop Hop & domecil Sat Dec 4th 11-5p.m. at Victoria Court in the courtyard 1221 State St

On Sunday, December 5, 2021, at 3 pm, members of the public who are interested in becoming SBMM docents are invited to attend an Open House Information Session for Prospective Docents. Attendees will get to have a free guided tour of the Museum with Executive Director Greg Gorga, whose tours are always entertaining.