Downtown Business Spotlight is a virtual interview series, where we chat and get to know our Santa Barbara business owners. Join us for this interview series in collaboration with the Santa Barbara Independent, each Thursday at 3 PM.

THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 3 PM

TOPIC: Downtown Tours

Join Robin Elander in conversation with Evan Elizabeth Schoolnik Berger (Taste Santa Barbara Food Tours) and Teddi Drew (Wheel Fun Rentals & Santa Barbara Trolley Company) in this week’s Downtown Business Spotlight.
Did you miss the last Downtown Business Spotlight?
Watch it below!

TOPIC: Drinks for a Cause

Join Matt Kettmann in conversation with Tami Snow & Scott Stefan (Draughtsmen Aleworks), Jason Jones & Colin Campbell (Red Piano), and Melissa Baffa (Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History) in this week’s Downtown Business Spotlight.
Join us for a night of laughs with Eric Schwartz, Spencer Fischer Camilla Cleese on The Red Piano Backstage! This event will support The Red Piano/Marcie Kjoller Music Scholarship Fund, in partnership with The Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation. Doors open 6:30, show runs 7:30-9pm, June 10th.

There will be time after for a socially distanced meet and greet. No food available, all guests must be 21+. We look forward to seeing you at The Red Piano!
Santa Barbara Downtown Pride Window Competition 2021

Join us in spreading some pride in Santa Barbara this year with a friendly business competition benefitting Pacific Pride Foundation. Winning business receives bragging rights and the glow that comes from supporting our local LGBTQ+ community.

To learn more about Pacific Pride Foundation or to donate please click here. 

If you are a Santa Barbara business who would like to join the competition please email sierra@jakeandjones.com. The more, the merrier! 
Summer Solstice Celebration
Summer Solstice Celebration announces it's Blooming Art Gardens Guide, with activities throughout the community in June in lieu of it's annual Solstice Parade and Festival. Activities include: A Virtual State Street Parade film premier screening at the Arlington Theatre at 10 AM June 26th, pop up art activities, at businesses and displays around town plus a Solstice party at the Community Arts Workshop. There is still time to list your business or offering in the community guide, by emailing your contribution to Jinny at media@solsticeparade.com. Also enjoy a 2-hour playlist celebrating the 47th anniversary of Solstice by DJ Darla Bea! 
Check out the full schedule at www.solsticeparade.com

Check out the Blooming Art Gardens Guide at this link.

Check out DJ Darla's Bea's Solstice Playlist:
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS
 
JUNETEENTH COUNTYWIDE EVENTS
 
“On June 19, as we recognize Juneteenth, which commemorates the Emancipation of the last remaining slaves in Texas, although President Abraham Lincoln issued the Proclamation in 1863, and as we look at the uprisings all over the nation, let us remember that the fight for equality, inclusion, and justice, and the struggle, continues.”
-Lawanda Lyons-Pruitt, President, NAACP Santa Maria-Lompoc Chapter

In 2021, NAACP Santa Maria-Lompoc will be organizing a public Juneteenth commemoration event in Santa Maria. Juneteenth Santa Barbara in partnership with Healing Justice Santa Barbara is organizing Juneteenth programing in Santa Barbara and also virtually.

To learn more about participating and supporting these efforts and organizations, please visit NAACP Santa Maria-Lompoc and Juneteenth Santa Barbara.
 
Santa Barbara Juneteenth Events
Downtown Beautification Day – June 12
Volunteers Requested

Join the Downtown Santa Barbara Organization in celebrating our downtown businesses and community on this special beautification day on Saturday, June 12, from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm.

Come out and show our Downtown some love by helping us with some special projects in advance of the California's anticipated reopening on June 15. Volunteer to be a part of helping keep our community extra clean, beautiful, and resilient! 

Downtown Beautification Day will be a family friendly event where we will help with assist businesses with some minor maintenance projects and adorn businesses with flowers to show appreciation for all they've contributed to our community as well as pick up any litter we find! You will be given supplies and a special volunteer t-shirt on event day.
 Call for Storefront Art Submissions

The Downtown Organization of Santa Barbara Invites Local Artists and Non-Profits Organizations to Submit Artwork and Ideas to Be Displayed in Vacant Downtown Store Fronts

A community panel will select from the submissions works installed in staring June 2021.

The goal of the project is to highlight the contributions of our vibrant local arts community and enhance the experience of visiting downtown with visually enticing pop up window art installations. We also hope to draw attention to the available spaces and attract new businesses to our downtown corridor.

Fill out the application form below and submit a rendering of the work for consideration to Amy@DowntownSB.org.

A limited number of stipends are available due to the generous support of Santa Barbara Beautiful and the Santa Barbara Kiwanis Organization. The artists or organizations selected will also be promoted via DSB’s website, Social Media, and shared with local media.

If you are interested in also becoming a sponsor of this project or would like to have your space considered for an installation, email Robin Elander, Downtown SB Executive Director, at Robin@DowntownSB.org
State Street Promenade Market
June 10, 2021 · 3 PM - 7:30 PM
State Street between Figueroa & Carrillo Street
Happy June Everyone!

Start off the summer with us this Thursday on the 1000 block of State Street.
Come visit and support our wonderful small business and yummy local restaurants!

While you're on the block make sure to visit and support our local artisan vendors and stock up on your local goods from candles to soaps to jewelry! 
 
See you at the market! 
 
Make sure to follow our new Instagram page and email Amy@DowntownSB.org if you would like to become a vendor!