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Join us for the Love Above All Ball, Santa Ynez Valley Pride's biggest fundraising event of the year, supporting Pride events in 2026, including their landmark Pride Parade & Festival, Youth Connect initiative, and youth scholarship opportunities.

The Love Ball will be held at the Craft House at Corque Hotel in Solvang, CA, on February 28, 2026 from 7pm - 10pm. This elegant and elevated event will feature a silent auction, psychic love readings for couples and singles, passed hors d'oeuvres, a hosted bar for 21+, and incredible music to dance the night away!

Tickets are on sale now at a special price, but prices will increase on January 1st. They are offering special ticket pricing for guests 18-20, emphasizing the importance of inclusivity and community for young queer adults in the Santa Ynez Valley area.

Your ticket purchase will directly support their mission to create a safe, supportive, and empowering home for the LGBTQ+ community in the Santa Ynez Valley.

Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps are on quite a roll.

Her persuasive pipes slathered in honey and soaked in Texas-bred sass, keyboardist Teresa James and her band, the Rhythm Tramps, have long reigned as one of Los Angeles’ leading contemporary blues outfits, even though their uncommonly imaginative repertoire, much of it supplied by Terry Wilson, James’ husband, producer, and bassist, is by no means strictly limited to the 12-bar form. Their 2019 CD Here in Babylon was nominated for a Grammy in the Contemporary Blues Album category.

Rose-Colored Glasses, the band’s new release on Blue Heart Records, continues that proud tradition. It’s their 12th album and once again showcases Teresa’s enticing way with a lyric and Terry’s prolific songwriting talent, poured over grooves that’ll grab listeners and refuse to let go until the very last notes have rung. A coterie of Texas guitar greats guest on the set, including Anson Funderburgh, Lee Roy Parnell, Johnny Lee Schell, Snuffy Walden, and Dean Parks. “This new album is kind of veering a little bit more into soul,” says Teresa. “But to me, blues is more of a state of mind. It’s where you’re coming from. It’s the attitude and the heart that you bring to it.”

Soon to have a full dozen albums under their collective belt spanning 23 exciting years, Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps remain a staple of the Los Angeles-area blues scene in addition to an international touring artist, with a sound all their own. Moving easily from Texas-style grease and blues into Memphis soul or New Orleans-flavored grooves and all points in between with fun and abandonment, as one critic said, “there are no clichés in this band.”

In his 50-plus years of playing the instrument, Carl has created a wildly successful, multi-faceted career. He is a critically acclaimed musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, producer and educator with sixteen albums and two live DVDs released worldwide. Carl is commonly regarded as a guitar virtuoso capable of playing any style of music with remarkable mastery and conviction. He has been one of LA’s elite “first call” session players for the past 40 years, playing on hundreds of records, movie soundtracks and television shows. Verheyen has graced the pages of countless industry publications and been the subject of numerous articles chronicling his rise to the forefront of the modern-day guitar scene. Carl has won numerous polls and musical honors in the US, Germany, France, Italy and the UK.

A member of the smash hit British rock group Supertramp since 1985, Carl has played to millions of enthusiastic fans in sold out arenas worldwide. As the creative force behind the Carl Verheyen Band, he has released an impressive and eclectic discography that showcases his endless talents across a wide array of musical genres. The CVB tours all over the world and continues to draw fans on the festival circuit as well as theaters and clubs.

Tommy Castro & The Painkillers at The Siren in Morro Bay

Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The Siren
900 Main Street, Morro Bay, CA 93442

Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Siren
900 Main Street, Morro Bay, CA 93442

Sun, Feb 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
SOhO Restaurant & Music Club
1221 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Dinners in the back half and sides of the stage room with dancefloor.

Dive into printmaking with our hands-on workshop designed for artists of all levels. Learn the technique of linocut printmaking on soft, easy-to-cut rubber blocks and create a design to make unique handmade stationery, cards, or art for your home. This workshop will provide you with all of the materials and tools necessary to create stamps and printed stationery from start to finish. Ages 13+.

Ojai Music Festival and Black Barn Sessions present Sound Unseen, a unique musical experience where the visual element of the performance is removed, and the audience is enveloped in sound as the music fills the space and surrounds the listeners. Featuring a new work by Mattie Barbier, created expressly for this event and played by members of the new music collective Wild Up.

Join us for a ribbon cutting at Ghirardelli Chocolate & Ice Cream Shop in Santa Barbara! The first 100 guests receive a free Hot Fudge Sundae and tote bag. Enjoy $5 Mini Sundaes, music from a DJ, and giveaways. Don’t miss this sweet celebration!

Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture (SEEAG) is hosting its first free “Farm Day Every Day” tour for 2026 at Allan Hancock College Student Vineyard & Farm in Santa Maria on Saturday, January 31, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Visitors of all ages will tour the student vineyards, fruit orchard, greenhouse and diverse garden areas, and learn about the impact students are having on local agriculture.

SEEAG hosts its annual Farm Day in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties and student agriculture education programs. The Santa Barbara County Farm Lab site is at Allan Hancock College and will be open to visitors during the January 31 Farm Day Every Day event.

Farm Day Every Day is a year-round initiative that builds the connection between the public and local agriculture by offering free farm tours in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.

Registration for the January 31 tour opens on Friday, January 23 at 10:00 a.m. Limited tickets are available. To learn how to register, go to https://www.seeag.org/farm-day-every-day.