C ALENDAR OF Note to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and other events taking place in the Santa Barbara area for the next week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement the calendar. In order to be considered for inclusion in this calendar, information must be submitted no later than noon on the Wednesday eight days prior to publication date. Please send all news releases and digital artwork to slibowitz@yahoo.com)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 A Fab Four Half-Century – It was 50 years ago today (okay, Monday) that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play – one last time, that is. The Beatles performed their last live concert ever on August 29, 1966, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. To commemorate that final show, the Plaza Playhouse Theater in Carpinteria presents Sgt. Pepper, one of the more popular of The Beatles tribute bands. The group consists of several well-known Southern California musicians and singers who came together to form the tribute band: Tom Kolb (lead guitar, lead/background vocals), Lynn Skins Coulter (drums, lead/background vocals), Dennis Neil Jones (bass/keyboards, lead vocals), and Bill Horn (guitar, lead/ background vocals). Sgt. Pepper will follow the original 1966 set list. But being as that was a typically short show lasting just a half hour, they will also include considerably more of The Beatles’s music. The band played twice at Concerts in the Park in Santa Barbara previously, and you’ve got to think they might have been back if not for the truncated schedule this year. But the show in Carpinteria should be a lot more intimate than Chase Palm Park, even though there’s no room to dance. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 4916 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria COST: $20 general admission INFO: 6846380 or www.plazatheatercarpinteria. com Not Horsing Around – Band of Horses, the Seattle indie roots-rockers, tapped veteran studio legend Glyn Johns – whose credits date back to
Steve Miller’s first album in 1968 and include such classics as The Who’s Who’s Next, the Faces’ A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse, the Eagles – Desperado, Fairport Convention’s Rising for the Moon, Eric Clapton ‘s Slowhand and albums by the Clash, John Hiatt, Stevie Nicks, and Joan Armatrading – to produce 2012’s Mirage Rock. More recently, however, leader and multi-instrumentalists Ben Bridwell decided to align with the much more experimental Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle to spin the dials, with the result that Bridwell’s vocals are now couched in layers of synthesizers and other more modern atmospheric soundscapes to go along with the textured and often distorted guitars when they’re not delivering hook-filled singles like “Casual Party.” A dozen years into their career, the group plays its biggest venue in Santa Barbara to date, tonight at the Arlington. The Nashville-based The Wild Feathers – Ricky Young [guitar, vocals], Taylor Burns [guitar, vocals], Joel King [bass, vocals], and Ben Dumas [drums] – who spent more than two years on the road supporting their 2013 debut self-titled full-length album including appearances on Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O Brien, Seth Meyers, Craig Ferguson, and, naturally, ABC’s Nashville – open the show. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 1317 State St. COST: $25-$50 INFO: 963-4408/www. thearlingtontheatre.com or 800-7453000/www.ticketmaster.com SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 Taste of the Vine – The 14th annual fundraiser for William Sansum
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 JB in SB – Jackson Browne’s relationship to Montecito dates back more than 45 years to when he used to spend time in beach houses down by Eucalyptus Lane and surf the beach break. His musical connection to Santa Barbara is just as strong, as both the Lobero Theatre and the Santa Barbara Bowl are among his favorite venues anywhere in the world. The iconic singer-songwriter – who finally was the beneficiary of a tribute CD just two years ago, a full decade after he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – returns to the latter this evening for an endof-summer show. There’s no new music – his latest album remains Standing in the Breach, released the same year as the doubledisc tribute album Looking Into You. Expect to hear material from both. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: 1122 North Milpas St. COST: $45-$81 INFO: 962-7411 or www.sbbowl. com
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EVENTS by Steven Libowitz
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30 String of Hits – Just last week, the locally bred Big Bad Voodoo Daddy stormed the Granada Theatre with its high-octane version of swing music derived from the Big Band Era updated to modern times. This week, you can hear one of the original surviving bands from the era itself. The Glenn Miller Orchestra, still going strong 72 years after its founder’s death when his plane went down while he was on his way to Paris to entertain the troops during WWII, plays all of the hits of the band, one of the most successful and influential of the era. The current group features vocals by Nick Hilscher, Maria Schafer and The Moonlight Serenaders, plus, of course, one of the boldest and strongest horn and reed sections in the biz, performing the classics “Moonlight Serenade”, “Little Brown Jug”, “A String of Pearls”, “Chattanooga Choo-Choo”, “Pennsylvania 6-5000”, “In The Mood”, “Tuxedo Junction”, and many more. For more info on the band, visit www.glennmillerorchestra.com. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Marjorie Luke Theatre, Santa Barbara Junior High, 721 East Cota St. COST: $25-$39 INFO: (321) 441-9135 or www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/2550098
Diabetes Center is bigger and better than ever. Now located at QAD, Inc. in Summerland, the event features a spectacular view as well as live music, and live and silent auctions. Attendees will be able to partake in delectable food, fine wines, and handcrafted beer from some of the Central Coast’s best purveyors, and know that the proceeds are going to an organization whose mission is to improve the health and quality of life for men, women, and children in Santa Barbara County – and millions around the world – who suffer from diabetes. The center has been on the cutting edge of diabetes research, clinical care, and education since its founding in 1944 by Dr. Sansum, the first physician in the U.S. to manufacture and administer insulin in the treatment of diabetes. You can be on the cutting edge of the fundraiser by purchasing VIP tickets, which allow for admission to a special sponsor reception featuring first choice in the wines, beer, and gourmet food and a one-hour sneak preview of auction items. WHEN: 3 to 6 pm (2 pm VIP entry) WHERE: 100 Innovation Place, Santa Barbara COST: $95 general, $125 VIP INFO: 682-7640, ext. 246 or www.sansum.org/14thannual-taste-vine-auction/ Journos Jamming – It’s concert No. 239 or so in the Sings Like Hell series at the Lobero Theatre, the monthly singer-songwriter shows that Peggie Jones first brought to town way back in 1997, starting a run that lasts a lot longer than most
start-up businesses or marriages, a crazily successful achievement in the notoriously fickle world of pop music promotion. What’s even more impressive is that Jones keeps finding artists worthy of greater exposure to present at the grand old theater, where audiences are quiet and attentive (if not always willing to stay to the end) and often appreciative of music they’ve never heard before. Headlining tonight are Grammy nominees Eric Brace and Peter Cooper, the folk-ish duo that have created a harmony-filled body of clever and wry work that reflects their journalistic sensibilities – Brace is a former music writer for The Washington Post who also leads the renowned roots rock band Last Train Home, while Cooper is a writer and researcher at The Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum who used to be the senior music writer and columnist for The Tennessean newspaper. The pair kicked off 2016 with the release of their fourth duo record, C&O Canal, consisting of covers from Washington D.C.’s folk and bluegrass scene, paying tribute to the city where both spent many years, especially the Birchmere nightclub where The Seldom Scene proved a big influence. Opening is Michael Fracasso, the distinctively individual Austin via New York City-bred singer-songwriter who has worked with Lucinda Williams, Charlie Sexton, and Patty Griffon. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $39 INFO: 9630761 or www.lobero.com
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