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By Brett Hodges The Lobero Theatre has seen many colorful and memorable performances in its 148-year history. But arguably the most bizarre took place over three days beginning on January...

By Brett Hodges On New Year’s Eve 1947 the comic whirlwind that was Lucille Ball took to the Lobero stage in the ambitious comedy-fantasy Dream Girl. Lucille Ball had begun...

By Brett Hodges It was the holiday season in Santa Barbara in 1883, and the town was in the throes of roller-skating mania. The Lobero Opera House was skating-central, with...

1952 was the year America fell in love with José Greco and classical flamenco dance. That was the year Greco - almost single-handedly - revived the art of flamenco and...

Browsing the calendar of events at American theaters and opera houses in the late 1800’s can be an uncomfortable experience for the modern sensibility. It was a time when stage...

On a wintery evening in February 1938, American singer Marian Anderson enthralled a Lobero audience with her extraordinary contralto voice. Known for her warm and modest personality, few audience members...

On Saturday, October 17, 1896, the Lobero Opera House’s 1300 seats were filled - and hundreds were turned away at the door - when women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony...

Jazz pianist McCoy Tyner and the Lobero Theatre had a relationship that spanned 34 years and helped establish the Lobero as one of the premier live jazz venues in the...

By Lobero Theatre Director of Development, Brandon Mowery Over the past few COVID influenced months, the Lobero has worked hard to keep the theater relevant, and one avenue we’ve managed...

On the evening of October 4, 1977, a petite woman with a Swiss-German accent held a standing-room-only Lobero audience spellbound as she spoke about what she called the greatest mystery...