Editing Santa Barbara, California (section)

==Arts and culture==

===Performing arts===
Santa Barbara contains numerous performing art venues, including the 2,000-seat [[Arlington Theatre]], which is the largest indoor performance venue in Santa Barbara and site of the annual [[Santa Barbara International Film Festival]]. Other major venues include the [[Lobero Theatre]], a historic building and favorite venue for small concerts; the Granada Theater, the tallest building downtown, originally built by contractor C.B. Urton in 1924, but with the theatre remodeled and reopened in March 2008; and the [[Santa Barbara Bowl]], a 4,562-seat outdoor amphitheater in a canyon at the base of the Riviera.

The city is considered a haven for [[European classical music|classical music]] lovers with the [[Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra]], a professional opera company,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Opera Santa Barbara |url=https://www.operasb.org/ |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=Opera Santa Barbara |language=en-US |archive-date=September 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912230108/https://www.operasb.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and many non-profit classical music groups (such as [[Community Arts Music Association|CAMA]]). Several youth orchestras are also located in Santa Barbara, such as the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 18, 2020 |title=Youth Symphony - Santa Barbara Symphony |url=https://thesymphony.org/education/youth-symphony/ |access-date=September 14, 2023 |language=en-US |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928221350/https://thesymphony.org/education/youth-symphony/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Music Academy of the West]], located in [[Montecito, California|Montecito]], hosts an annual music festival in the summer, drawing renowned students and professionals.

===Tourism===
{{see also|City of Santa Barbara Historic Landmarks|National Register of Historic Places listings in Santa Barbara County, California}}
[[File:Santa Barbara Harbor 2015.jpg|thumb|right|Santa Barbara Harbor]]
[[File:SantaBarbaraCA OurLadyOfSorrowsChurch2 20170912.jpg|thumb|right|[[Our Lady of Sorrows Church (Santa Barbara, California)|Our Lady of Sorrows Church]] across from [[Alameda Park]]]]
[[File:Santa Barbara downtown shopping center.jpg|thumb|right|Outdoor shops in downtown Santa Barbara]]
Santa Barbara is a year-round tourist destination renowned for its fair weather, downtown beaches, and Spanish architecture. Tourism brings more than one billion dollars per year into the local economy, including $80 million in tax revenue.<ref>Baker, p. 91</ref> The waterfront along Cabrillo Boulevard is a draw for tourists centered on [[Stearns Wharf]]. The pier features shops, restaurants, and the [[Ty Warner Sea Center]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-d-santa-barbara-20150503-story.html|title=The hip Funk Zone adds color to often-stodgy Santa Barbara|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date= May 2, 2015|first=Rosemary |last=McClure}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Palminteri |first=John |date=October 2, 2023 |title=13 cruise ships to visit Santa Barbara waters for the fall season |url=https://keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/2023/10/02/13-cruise-ships-to-visit-santa-barbara-waters-for-the-fall-season/ |access-date=October 5, 2023 |work=News Channel 3-12 |language=en-US |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003183828/https://keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/2023/10/02/13-cruise-ships-to-visit-santa-barbara-waters-for-the-fall-season/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Mission Santa Barbara]], "The Queen of the Missions", is an active [[Franciscan]] mission and place of worship, sightseeing stop, and [[national historic landmark]]. Annually over the Memorial Day weekend, there is a chalk-art festival known as ''I Madonnari'', with ephemeral works of art created on the asphalt in front of the mission, and food stalls set up and music.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.com/news/2008/may/20/i-madonnaris-second-life-began-santa-barbara/|title=I Madonnari's Second Life Began in Santa Barbara|work=Santa Barbara Independent|date=May 21, 2008|access-date=August 1, 2018|archive-date=August 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804093451/http://www.independent.com/news/2008/may/20/i-madonnaris-second-life-began-santa-barbara/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Santa Barbara County Courthouse]], a red tiled Spanish-Moorish structure, provides a view of the downtown area from its open air tower. The [[Presidio of Santa Barbara]], a Spanish military installation and chapel built in 1782, was central to the town's early development and colonial roots. In 1855, the Presidio Chapel, being in decay, grew into the Apostolic College of Our Lady of Sorrows, now [[Our Lady of Sorrows Church (Santa Barbara, California)|Our Lady of Sorrows Church]].<ref>{{cite web | url  = http://www.our-lady-of-sorrows-santa-barbara.com| title = Our Lady of Sorrows Church| website = Official Website| access-date = March 30, 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Santa Barbara Granada Theater.jpg|thumb|The Granada Theatre]]

===Events===
The annual Fiesta (originally called "Old Spanish Days") is celebrated every year in August. The Fiesta is hosted by the [[Native Daughters of the Golden West]] and the [[Native Sons of the Golden West]] in a joint committee called the Fiesta Board. Fiesta was originally started as a tourist attraction, like the [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]], to draw business into the town in the 1920s.<ref>Patricia Ann Hardwick. (2010). The Old Spanish Days Fiesta in Santa Barbara, California: Cultural Hybridity, Colonial Mythologies and the Romanticization of a Latino Heritage. ''Humanities Diliman,'' ''7''(2), 60–94.</ref><ref>Ty Smith, "'A delightful deception: The politics of public memory and the re-creation of Spanish Santa Barbara, 1920–1987." Doctoral dissertation, [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] 2014.</ref> Flower Girls and Las Señoritas march and participate in both Fiesta Pequeña (the kickoff of Fiesta) and the various parades. Flower Girls is for girls under 13. They throw roses and other flowers into the crowds. Las Señoritas are their older escorts. Many Señoritas join the Native Daughters at the age of 16.

The annual Santa Barbara French Festival takes place on [[Bastille Day]] weekend in July and is the largest French Festival in the western United States.<ref>{{cite web|last=Delsol|first=Christine|date=July 5, 2012|title=Santa Barbara French Festival, July 13–14|url=https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/Santa-Barbara-French-Festival-July-13-14-3686262.php|access-date=February 20, 2021|website=SFGATE|language=en-US}}</ref>

New Noise Music Conference and Festival, established in 2009, is a four-day event with the main party in the Funk Zone, a small art and wine tasting section of the city near the beach, and other small bands to local venues around the city. New Noise brings in over 75 bands and 50 speakers to the festival each year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newnoisesb.org/?page_id=55|title=New Noise Music Festival|date=2017|access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref>

For over 40 years, the Santa Barbara Arts and Crafts Show has been held on Cabrillo Boulevard, east of [[Stearns Wharf]] and along the beach, attracting thousands of people to see artwork made by artists and crafts people that live in Santa Barbara county. By the rules of the show, all the works displayed must have been made by the artists and craftspeople themselves, who sell their own goods. The show started in the early 1960s, and now has over 200 booths on Sundays. The show is also held on some Saturdays that are national holidays, but not during inclement weather.

The [[Santa Barbara International Film Festival]], another local non-profit, draws over 50,000 attendees during what is usually Santa Barbara's slow season in late January. SBIFF hosts a wide variety of celebrities, premieres, panels and movies from around the world and runs for 10 days.

The annual [[Santa Barbara Summer Solstice Parade|Summer Solstice Parade]] draws up to 100,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.solsticeparade.com/history.htm |title=History – Santa Barbara Summer Solstice Celebration |publisher=Solsticeparade.com |access-date=May 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514052829/http://solsticeparade.com/history.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2009 }}</ref> It is a colorful themed parade put on by local residents, and follows a route along Santa Barbara Street (formerly State Street) for approximately one mile, ending at [[Alameda Park]]. Its main rule is that no written messages or banners with words are allowed. Floats and costumes vary from the whimsical to the outrageous; parties and street events take place throughout the weekend of the parade, the first weekend after the solstice.

===Other attractions===

*[[Rafael Gonzalez House]] – [[Adobe]] residence of the alcalde of Santa Barbara in the 1820s, and a [[National Historic Landmark]].
*[[Santa Barbara's Moreton Bay Fig Tree]] – a giant [[Moreton Bay Fig]], {{convert|80|ft|m|round=5}} tall, which has one of the largest total shaded areas of any tree in North America
*[[Burton Mound]] – on Mason Street at Burton Circle, this mound is thought to be the [[Chumash people|Chumash]] village of [[Syujton]], recorded by [[Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo]] in 1542, and again by Fr. Crespí and Portolá in 1769. ([[California Historical Landmark]] No. 306)
*[[De La Guerra Plaza]] (Casa de la Guerra) – Site of the first City Hall, and still the center of the city's administration. (California Historical Landmark No. 307) Also the location of the [[Santa Barbara News-Press]].
*[[Covarrubias Adobe]] – Built in 1817; adjacent to the [[Santa Barbara Historical Museum]] on Santa Barbara Street. (California Historical Landmark No. 308)
*[[Hastings Adobe (Santa Barbara, California)|Hastings Adobe]] – Built in 1854, partially from material recovered from the wreck of the ''[[S.S. Winfield Scott]]''. (California Historical Landmark No. 559)
*[[Hill-Carrillo Adobe]] – Built in 1825 by [[Daniel A. Hill]] for his wife Rafaela L. Ortega y Olivera; currently at 11 E. Carrillo Street.
*[[Cold Spring Tavern]]
*[[Santa Barbara Zoo]]
*[[Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary]]
*[[Channel Islands National Park]]
*[[Presidio of Santa Barbara|El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park]]

===Museums===
[[File:Casa de la Guerra right side.jpg|right|thumb|[[Casa de la Guerra]] is currently open as a museum.]]

The [[Santa Barbara Museum of Art]] (SBMA), located on State Street, features nationally recognized collections and special exhibitions of international importance. Highlights of the Museum's permanent collection include antiquities; 19th-century French, British, and American art; 20th-century and contemporary European, North American, and Latin American art; Asian art; photography; and works on paper. It has an education program that serves local and surrounding communities through extensive on-site programming and curriculum resources.

[http://www.mcasantabarbara.org Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara] (MCASB), located on the top floor of Paseo Nuevo shopping mall, is a non-profit, non-collecting museum dedicated to the exhibition, education, and cultivation of the arts of our time. It offers free admission to its exhibitions and public programming.

Other art venues include the [[University art museum, Santa Barbara|University Art Museum]] on the University of California at Santa Barbara Campus, various private galleries, and a wide variety of art and photography shows. The [[Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History]] is located immediately behind the [[Santa Barbara Mission]] in a complex of Mission-style buildings set in a park-like campus. The Museum offers indoor and outdoor exhibits and a state-of-the-art planetarium.

The [[Santa Barbara Historical Museum]] is located on De La Guerra Street. The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is located at 113 Harbor Way (the former [[Naval Reserve Center Santa Barbara]]) on the waterfront. The [[Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum]] (free admission) houses a collection of historical documents and manuscripts. Two open air museums here are [[Lotusland]] and [[Casa del Herrero]], exemplifying the American Country Place era in Santa Barbara. [[Casa Dolores]], center for the popular arts of Mexico, is devoted to the collection, preservation, study, and exhibition of an extensive variety of objects of the popular arts of Mexico.

The Reagan Ranch Center is a three-story museum and gallery operated by [[Young America's Foundation]], next to the Amtrak Station on Lower State Street. Its focus is the history of the [[Rancho del Cielo]] and the role it played in Ronald Reagan's life.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://reaganranch.yaf.org/exhibits-galleries/the-reagan-ranch-center-gallery/|title=The Reagan Ranch Center Gallery – Reagan Ranch|work=Reagan Ranch|access-date=June 18, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>