Location: 4400 Cathedral Oaks Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93110 Directions: The Santa Barbara County Education Office Auditorium is located at 4400 Cathedral Oaks Road, near Highway 154. As you turn into SBCEO driveway from Cathedral Oaks, follow the road up and to the right. You will pass the SB County Fire Department. Then continue to

Celebrate Una Noche de Las Posadas, one of Santa Barbara’s oldest and most beautiful Christmas traditions, at El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park. Participate in one of Santa Barbara’s oldest Christmas traditions as the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP) presents the 27th annual Una Noche de Las Posadas on Friday, December 14 at 7:00 PM. This

Las Posadas (The Inns) is the time-honored reenactment of Joseph and Mary’s search for shelter in Bethlehem as it was once celebrated in Early California and is still observed throughout Latin America. Join in this rich cultural tradition and experience firsthand the way in which Santa Barbara’s earliest Spanish and Mexican residents celebrated Christmas with music, food, and merriment.

Montecito Fire Protection District is now accepting donations for the 7th annual Season of Hope food and toy drive this holiday season. 

Dance at the Carrillo Recreation Center to the music of Captain Cardiac and the Coronaries

State Street Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ returns to The Granada Three performances — December 15–16 — feature State Street Ballet, more than 100 Gustafson Dance students, Opera San Luis Obispo Grand Orchestra, and Matilija Junior High Chamber Choir The Nutcracker at The Granada brings together State Street Ballet (a Granada Theatre resident company), more than 100 students from Gustafson

Youth Interactive celebrates its student entrepreneurs with their holiday market!

The Santa Barbara Community Flute Ensemble is happy to bring you a magical musical holiday program featuring flutes of all sizes! We will be playing selections from the Nutcracker, by Tchaikovsky, In the bleak of Winter, by Gustav Holst, and an arrangement of the first movement of Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 by Bach. Come and hear the beautiful harmonies that will put a smile on your face for the holidays. Great for the whole family! Concert starts at 5:00 pm and lasts approximately one hour. Free admission.

The Santa Barbara Community Flute Ensemble was founded in 2015 to give flute players of all ages and levels an opportunity to perform in an ensemble comprised of flutes of all sizes. The ensemble includes the tiny little Piccolo, the standard Concert Flute, the mellow Alto Flute and the low Bass Flute.
The Santa Barbara Community Flute Ensemble will be presenting a free concert showcasing the magical sounds from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Ballet, Holst’s beautiful In the Bleak Midwinter and J.S. Bach’s masterpiece Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. Please join us for this wonderful family event filled with sugarplums and trills. Donations accepted. First Christian Church 1915 Chapala Street – SBCFE.ORG – SBCFE.ORG@GMAIL.COM – Any questions please call 805-324-2052

Saturday December 15 at 7pm and Sunday December 16 at 3pm Quire of Voyces presents Mysteries of Christmas In the unparalleled acoustics of St. Anthony’s Chapel at the Garden Street Academy. The Quire of Voyces will perform best-loved seasonal songs from their rich repertoire. We are excited to share this glorious music, and 25th anniversary season, with our beloved community. For tickets call 805.965.5935

Arroyo Hondo Preserve Guided Tours

Celebrate the Holidays with Nature

Explore the Natural Wonders of the Gaviota Coast at Arroyo Hondo Preserve

Santa has traveled all the way from the North Pole to visit our new Holiday Pavilion and he wants to meet you!