Live from the Lobero Theatre with Kenny Loggins The Lobero has launched a specially-priced LIVE, Pay-Per-View concert event with local philanthropist and notable musician, Kenny Loggins. Loggins will be performing...
On the (dark and stormy?) night of June 15, 1929, a Lobero audience was subjected to an evening of terror when Bela Lugosi took the stage as the blood-sucking vampire...
On June 13, 1946, the film actor Basil Rathbone took to the Lobero stage in the US premiere of the romantic thriller “Obsession”. But audience members could be forgiven if...
On June 9, 1891, bare-knuckle boxing champion John L. Sullivan tried his (probably) battered and bloodied hand at acting, marking his debut with a performance at the Lobero. Sullivan has...
On June 8, 1948, indomitable matador Barnaby Conrad recounted his time in the ring to an enraptured Lobero audience. Twenty-six years old at the time, he told of how, a...
On June 7, 1940, renowned Hollywood actress Joan Blondell appeared in the world premiere of the comedy farce “Goodbye to Love” before a packed Lobero audience. Hopes were high that...
On June 3, 1887, 11 seniors from Santa Barbara High School were celebrated in a standing-room-only graduation ceremony at Lobero’s Opera House. The Lobero was lavishly decorated with flags and...
On June 1, 1955, Aldous Huxley, one of the most provocative thinkers of the 20th century, gave a talk on the Lobero stage. Huxley was the author of the influential...
On May 27 & 28, 1963, Psychic Peter Hurkos appeared at the Lobero as part of a wildly popular West Coast ESP tour. Peter Hurkos, the “Man with the X-Ray...
On May 24, 1988 Nigeria's King Sunny Ade played the Lobero Theatre for the first time. King Sunny Ade, “The King of Juju Music” is one of the true superstars...