On-air Community Calendar

A listing of nonprofit organization activities and free events in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. Below you will find the texts of the calendars as they were read on-air in the last two weeks, including links to their full listings on the KCBX On-line Community Calendar.

Click here to submit your event to the Online Community Calendar. It will be posted to the calendar within two days. All submissions to the Online Calendar are forwarded to the producer of the KCBX On-air Community Calendar. Many items posted on-line are featured on our on-air version. However, because of the production schedule for the on-air calendar, items need to be posted at least two weeks in advance of your event for possible inclusion.

You can also access the archive of monthly calendar listings from previous years as an aid in scheduling an event.

KCBX On-air Community Calendar, Week of May 20-26, 2013

Two master guitarists and a an award winning singer and songwriter will be appearing this Saturday evening at Castoro Cellars in Templeton.  The guitarists are David Olney and Sergio Webb, the singer is the Australian Anne McCue.   More information…

The Annual Festival of the Arts is taking place again Saturday in Paso Robles' downtown park. The day begins with a Plein Air Quick-Draw and Auction, followed by a fine art show, workshops and children's and teen events.  More information…

The Dunes Center in Nipomo is looking for people interested in being docents for this exciting natural area.  Interested people should attend a meeting for prospective and current docents on Thursday afternoon.  More information…

Boys and Girls Club of Northern SLO County is having a Tri-Tip BBQ -- With baked beans, garlic break and salad -- this Thursday evening at the club house on 26th Street in Paso.   More information…

There will be a public forum of candidates for the vacancy on the SLO City Council Thursday evening at the city's council chambers.  It is hosted by the local chapter of the League of Women Voters.   More information…

The Paso Robles Wine Festival is this weekend in the downtown City Park.  Over 60 wineries will be pouring.  There will be many food sampling, musical events and much.  Also beforehand there is a winemaker seminar.  More information…

A couple of events in Santa Barbara coming up.  Perpetual Drifters from Chico and the local stomp-folk group the Rainbow Girls are performing at SoHo.  More information… And the play "The Hero Twin A Mayan Story," will be at the Center Stage Theater.  More information…

Cal Poly's Early Music Ensemble directed by Thomas Davies will be performing pieces on the theme "Mission Milestones" at the SLO Mission  Friday evening.  Craig Russell will perform and to talk about the music.  More information…

The UCSB Dance Company will be performing one new work and several other works by noted choreographers next Wednesday and Thursday evenings at the Center Stage Theater.   More information…

The Annual Art and Music Festival to benefit Phoenix of Santa Barbara, called "Art Along the Creek," is Sunday afternoon along Mission Creek.  Over a dozen visual artists will be joined by a large number of local musicians.  More information…

There are auditions for youngsters from nine to eighteen years of age for parts in one-act adaptations of Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream.  They are next Tuesday afternoon at the SLO Little Theatre.  More information…

It's "Bands on the Run" this weekend at Morro Bay High.  It starts out Friday night with a "Carb-Up Concert and Pasta Feast," More information… followed by a 5 to 10k walk or run.   More information… It's put on by the school's Music Boosters.

The Friends of the Adobes in both Paso and San Miguel is having a nondenominational service this Sunday afternoon at the adobe on the Paso Airport Road off Highway 46.  It will feature history music and a common religious service.  More information…

A trio of musicians -- Jim Riccardo, Rebecca Sloan and Jessica Hoffman -- will be performing works by Beethoven, Bach and Handel in a concert this Sunday afternoon at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in SLO.  More information…

The Royal Garden Swing Orchestra joined by Inga Swearingen will be performing the sounds of the big band era this Saturday afternoon at the the D'Anbino Vinyards and Cellars on Pine Street in Paso.  More information…

The Fifth Annual Pedal to Paella, part of SLO County's Regional Rideshare Bike Month, is this Saturday at the Santa Margarita Community Park.  A fun bike ride will be followed by paella and good music. More information…

The SLO Little Theatre's production of the classic musical "The Sound of  Music," by Rodgers and Hammerstein opens this Friday evening and runs until the third week of June on Friday and Saturdays.  More information…

The SLO International Film Festival is holding summer filmmaking camps for young people aged seven to fourteen.  Camps will be on production and animation taught by professional filmmakers. Register now for the August camps. More information…

KCBX On-air Community Calendar, Week of May 13-19, 2013

There is a Garden Fresh Family Cooking Class at the SLO Botanical Garden Saturday afternoon.  The fee-based program is for kids in the 2nd to 6th grades and their parents or guardians.   More information…

There is a program on providing bird habitats for rodent control put on by the Morro Coast Audubon Society at the SLO Botanical Garden next Monday.  The free session will feature gardener and nature lover, Cory Kelso.  More information…

The Paso Robles Library book group is meeting on Thursday evening, and the novel under discussion will be Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers, a story about life in the shadow of the luxury hotels of Mumbai.  More information…

The Santa Barbara Symphony will be joined by the Santa Barbara Choral Society in a performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection," this Saturday and Sunday at the Granada Theatre.  More information…

The Alzheimer's Association is holding a series of sessions on strategies and resources for family caregivers for persons with the disease.  On Thursday morning the session will be at their offices in Santa Maria.  More information…

There's a beginner's tutorial on bird watching this Sunday at the Goleta Library taught by local expert Roger Millikan.  He'll talk about starting your own birding adventures at birding spots in the area.  More information…

The Santa Barbara County Action Network is honoring people who have made outstanding contributions to the community at its North County "Looking Forward" Awards Dinner Sunday at the Historical Santa Maria Inn.  More information…

Two different productions are at the Center Stage Theater this weekend.  Saturday night there's a premier of an original drama, "Fighting the Invisible." More information…  Sunday and Monday there's a reading of stories written by famous authors.   More information…

The Cuesta Choirs perform their Spring Concert Friday evening at the school's Performing Arts Center, featuring a mix of gospel, Broadway, American folk, jazz, and classical American composers.  More information…

The Coastal Voices and their Coastal Voices Jazz Trio will be performing Tin Pan Alley favorites on Sunday afternoon and Monday evening at St Andrew United Methodist Church in Santa Maria.  More information…

There's an Armed Forces Day celebration on Saturday afternoon at the Vets Hall in SLO, honoring U.S. military personnel from both San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara Counties.  More information…

There's a chamber music concert featuring both soloists and ensembles next Wednesday in the intimate setting of the Experimental Theater of the Cuesta College Performing Arts Center.  More information…

Registration opens next Monday for the summer camps of the SLO Little Theatre's Academy of Creative Theatre.   Camps are open to all levels of experience and some scholarships are available.  More information…

The North County Humane Society in Atascadero is celebrating the arrival of kittens by hosting what they're calling a "Baby Shower," with free finger food and water.  Bring the kittens a gift and you receive a raffle ticket for a gift basket.  More information…

Michael Katz, the children's storyteller and host of "Katz Pajamas," heard every Saturday morning on KCBX, will be telling stories under the shade of trees at the Fairview Gardens Avocado Orchard in Goleta on Saturday.  More information…

There will be a community forum entitled "Ending the Silence," on promoting better understanding of mental illness, next Tuesday evening in the Community Room of the SLO Library.  More information…

The Morro Bay Art Association is opening a month-long show on Thursday entitled "Parades and Festivals,"  It features the work of Jade Herrera and Jacqueline Morello, plus various glass artists from the area.    More information…

The San Luis Chamber Orchestra will be performing works by Verdi, Tchaikovsky and others in a concert this Sunday afternoon at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Los Osos. More information…