Music: Rock Bob Weir The singer, songwriter and guitar player Bob Weir is a founding member of the Grateful Dead and has played with other heavy hitters such as Jay Lane, Mark Karan, Rob Wasserman, Kenny Brooks and Jeff Chimenti.	Arlington Theatre Santa Barbara, CA Sat 10/20/18 at 7:30pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures, Poetry Reading/Spoken Word Ojai Storytelling Festival Whether it’s a tall tale filled with hilarity or a journey of the imagination, master storytellers will deliver a program your children will never forget. These charismatic yarn-spinners incorporate sign language, movement, song, puppetry and inventive aud...	University of California, Santa Barbara – Campbell Hall Santa Barbara, CA Sun 10/21/18 at 3pm
Music: Folk Quique Escamilla Gives Free Family Concert Doors open at 6:30 pm. Reception follows concert. More info: www.facebook.com/vivaelartesb ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! opens the 14th season of free family concerts and community outreach with Juno award-winner Quique Escamilla performing original so...	Marjorie Luke Theatre Santa Barbara, CA Sun 10/21/18 at 7pm-8:30pm
Music: R&B/Soul, Blues St. Paul & the Broken Bones High-voltage soul-based rockers St. Paul & The Broken Bones render a blazing mating of ’60s soul fire with latter-day influences like Sly Stone, David Bowie and Prince. The Alabama-based band’s take-no-prisoners live shows caught the eye of the Rolling Sto...	Arlington Theatre Santa Barbara, CA Sun 10/21/18 at 7pm
Music: Special Event Nnamdi Ogbonnaya	Velvet Jones Santa Barbara, CA Tue 10/23/18 at 8pm
Special Event: Animals, Food/Tasting, Health & Wellness/Nutrition 2018 Plant Food and Medicine Conference This day-long event will feature speakers on nutritional, therapeutic and sustainability benefits of a plant-based lifestyle. The two keynotes and six seminars will address: “How to Put ‘Easy & Delicious’ into Plant-based Meals” with keynote speaker ...	Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara, CA Sat 10/27/18 at 10am-5pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures Joan Halifax with Pico Iyer Joan Halifax is many things – activist, author, caregiver, teacher, Zen Buddhist priest – but in all her roles she is consistently courageous and compassionate. Halifax runs the Upaya Zen Center in New Mexico, a Zen Peacemaker community she opened in 1990 ...	Arlington Theatre Santa Barbara, CA Thu 11/1/18 at 8pm
Music: Rock Summer Salt Summer Salt is a rock’n’roll three-o of best pals from Austin, TX. With influences of bossa nova and oldies, they claim to create the perfect soundtrack for chillaxin’ by the pool.	Velvet Jones Santa Barbara, CA Thu 11/1/18 at 7pm
Special Event: Stand Up Comedy Anthony Jeselnik Anthony Jeselnik is a stand-up comedian in high demand, most famous for "The Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump" and "The Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen," as well as "The Jeselnik Offensive," which he starred in and created. Jeselnik is known for ...	Lobero Theatre Santa Barbara, CA Sat 11/3/18 at 7pm
Music: Jazz Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra The movie actor Jeff Goldblum is also an accomplished pianist who shows off his chops in a jazz show-meets-musical hootenanny with his band, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. The quintet’s guitar, bass, sax and drums complement Goldblum’s piano prowess and el...	University of California, Santa Barbara – Campbell Hall Santa Barbara, CA Sat 11/3/18 at 8pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures Tarana Burke Tarana Burke is a social justice activist, senior director at Girls for Gender Equality and original founder of the ‘me too.’ movement. Having dedicated more than 25 years to social justice work, she created the ‘me too.’ campaign at her youth organization...	University of California, Santa Barbara – Campbell Hall Santa Barbara, CA Mon 11/5/18 at 7:30pm
Music: Rock, Pop Florist Florist is a four-piece band based out of Brooklyn.	Velvet Jones Santa Barbara, CA Tue 11/6/18 at 8pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures, Politics David Miliband Former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband is the president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest refugee aid agencies, providing humanitarian relief to displaced persons in more than 40 war-affected countries. He i...	University of California, Santa Barbara – Campbell Hall Santa Barbara, CA Wed 11/7/18 at 7:30pm
Music: Rock, Country, Indie, Pop Vundabar This Massachusetts band describes its sound as "Sludgy Jangly Pop."	Velvet Jones Santa Barbara, CA Wed 11/7/18 at 7pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures, History/Science Jennifer Doudna Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues rocked the research world in 2012 by first describing a simple way of editing any organism’s DNA using an RNA-guided protein found in bacteria. This breakthrough technology, called CRISPR-Cas9, has redefined the possibili...	University of California, Santa Barbara – Campbell Hall Santa Barbara, CA Thu 11/8/18 at 7:30pm
Music: Electronic, Techno The Crystal Method LA's Grammy-nominated The Crystal Method has been referred to as "America's answer to the Chemical Brothers." A dance-based electronic duo with a definite rock band feel, what makes the group distinct is its solid base in American hip-hop, rock, soul and p...	EOS Lounge Santa Barbara, CA Fri 11/9/18 at 9pm
Dance: World Dance Compagnie Käfig & Pixel Precision, energy, speed, power – France’s acclaimed Compagnie Käfig merges elements of Brazilian urban dance and capoeira with hip hop, modern dance and circus arts in its breakneck productions. Created in collaboration with French digital production stud...	The Granada Theatre Santa Barbara, CA Tue 11/13/18 at 8pm
Music: Rock, Punk, Ska The Interrupters The Interrupters are a female-fronted punk foursome from Los Angeles.	Velvet Jones Santa Barbara, CA Tue 11/13/18 at 7pm
Music: Orchestral Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tallinn The Grammy Award-winning Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir is renowned for the shimmering quality of its sound and enthralling performances. The choir recorded Arvo Pärt’s Te Deum with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra – now celebrating its 25th anniversary....	University of California, Santa Barbara – Campbell Hall Santa Barbara, CA Fri 11/16/18 at 7pm
Music: Acoustic, Folk, Rock The Tallest Man on Earth The Tallest Man on Earth - AKA Sweden's Kristian Matsson - whose music is rooted in songwriting and a deep folk tradition, with creative wordplay and deft guitar work performs with his band in support of his new EP, "When the Bird Sees the Solid Ground."	University of California, Santa Barbara – Campbell Hall Santa Barbara, CA Wed 11/28/18 at 8pm