Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Santa Barbara, Verenigde Staten

Topdrukte — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Gray whale migration (15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)), Christmas and New Year (24 dec – 1 jan)

Druk — Santa Barbara Film Festival

• Festival

  Santa Barbara Film Festival

  4–16 feb · meestalDruk

  Eleven days in early February with the awards-season names doing tributes at the Arlington, which is why the hotels fill in a month nothing else would fill them. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Gray whale migration (15 dec – 15 apr (meestal))

Druk — Spring break in Verenigde Staten

• Natuur

  Backcountry wildflowers

  1 mrt – 25 apr · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  Poppies and lupine on Figueroa Mountain and the Santa Ynez hills for a few weeks in spring, and a dramatic show only in years the winter rain arrived on time.

Nog steeds bezig: Gray whale migration (15 dec – 15 apr (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Backcountry wildflowers (1 mrt – 25 apr (meestal)), Gray whale migration (15 dec – 15 apr (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Seizoen

  May gray and June gloom

  1 mei – 10 jul · meestalMistseizoen

  A marine layer sits over the coast most mornings in early summer and burns off around midday, or does not. Ten minutes inland over the pass it is clear and much warmer. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Blue and humpback season

  15 mei – 15 sep · meestalWalvisseizoen

  Blues and humpbacks feed in the channel off the Channel Islands through the summer, the largest animal that has ever lived on a day trip from a small harbour.

Topdrukte — Summer Solstice Parade, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Festival

  Summer Solstice Parade

  19–22 jun · meestalKunstenfestivalDruk

  A costumed, wordless parade up State Street on the Saturday nearest the solstice, with no motors and no written signs allowed in it. The town's counterweight to its own tidiness. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: May gray and June gloom (1 mei – 10 jul (meestal)), Blue and humpback season (15 mei – 15 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Independence Day, Old Spanish Days Fiesta

• Feestdag

  Independence Day

  3–5 julNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Old Spanish Days Fiesta

  29 jul – 10 aug · meestalGroot festivalDrukBoek vroeg

  Five days from the Wednesday before the first Saturday in August: horses down State Street, dancing at the Mission steps and confetti eggs cracked over strangers' heads. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: May gray and June gloom (1 mei – 10 jul (meestal)), Blue and humpback season (15 mei – 15 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Blue and humpback season (15 mei – 15 sep (meestal)), Old Spanish Days Fiesta (29 jul – 10 aug (meestal))

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Risico

  Sundowner wind and fire season

  15 sep – 15 dec · meestalRookseizoen

  Hot dry winds fall down the Santa Ynez range onto the town in the evenings of late autumn, which is when this coast's serious fires have started. The season ends with the first real rain. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Blue and humpback season (15 mei – 15 sep (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Sundowner wind and fire season (15 sep – 15 dec (meestal))

Druk — Thanksgiving break in Verenigde Staten

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Sundowner wind and fire season (15 sep – 15 dec (meestal))

Topdrukte — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten

• Natuur

  Gray whale migration

  15 dec – 15 apr · meestalWalvisseizoen

  Grays pass down the channel to Baja through the winter and back north with calves from late February, close enough in that the boats out of the harbour are a half-day trip.

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year

  24 dec – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingenDruk

  Christmas Day and New Year's Day are federal holidays: on 25 December most shops, museums and many restaurants close, and airports stay busy through the week between as families travel. New Year's Eve fills bars and restaurants, many at set-menu prices. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sundowner wind and fire season (15 sep – 15 dec (meestal))