Events

November 8, 2020

Delirium 2020: A Two-Night Virtual Experience Featuring Pete Davidson

By Joshen Mantai

This year amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, UC Santa Barbara’s Associated Students program board moved its annual Halloween concert Delirium online and adapted it into a two-night entertainment fest. 

October 25, 2020

Defeating Fear With Laughter: “The Great Dictator” in a Modern Context

By Jonathan Kim

Associate Professor Maggie Hennefeld, from the University of Minnesota, invited UCSB students for a Zoom discussion as part of the Carsey-Wolf Center’s ongoing series on subversive cinema.

September 15, 2020

The Baddest Bitch in Town: Bretman Rock

By Liliana Linan

Instead of coming off like a disconnected interview, Bretman Rock’s openness and vibrant energy made the event feel like a FaceTime call with your best friend.

July 13, 2020

Vegan Queen Tabitha Brown Brings Her Garlic Powder and Catchphrases to UCSB

By Sunidhi Sridhar

If you’re on TikTok like the rest of us, you’ve probably come across one of Tabitha Brown’s videos.

May 24, 2020

Keeping Afloat With SadGirl

By Liliana Linan

As part of the Associated Students (A.S.) Program Board’s “Live on the Rise” series, the Los Angeles band SadGirl performed and answered questions on a Zoom livestream this past Wednesday night.

May 23, 2020

Flamethrowers and Flashing Tits: What More Could You Want From a David Dobrik Event?

By Kristina Valencia

The king of YouTube himself, David Dobrik, made a virtual appearance on Zoom for an event held exclusively for Gauchos.

May 19, 2020

Steve Aoki Brings the (Virtual) Rave to You

By Sunidhi Sridhar

Isla Vista’s favorite DJ, Steve Aoki, brought the rave to everyone’s living rooms this past Sunday night for a one-and-a-half-hour-long live set streamed straight from his Las Vegas mansion. 

May 10, 2020

Lil Paint-y With Lil Yachty

By Hannah George

No Zoom class will ever be quite as entertaining, or maybe even as educational, as this past Friday night’s Yachty art expo.

March 10, 2020

Zack Fox Brings Laughs to I.V. Theater Amidst End-of-Quarter Stress

By Melody Pezeshkian

Zack Fox packed I.V. Theater last Wednesday night at UC Santa Barbara as crowds arrived early and waited excitedly for Fox to bring a pre-dead week treat of laughter.

February 21, 2020

Theater and Dance Brings a Thrilling Performance of “Hookman” to Performing Arts Theater

By Jennifer Sor

This past weekend, the UC Santa Barbara Department of Theater and Dance gave an exciting performance of “Hookman,” bringing the 2012 slasher comedy to life in the Performing Arts Theater.

February 13, 2020

Shrunken Heads Production Brings a Stunning Performance of “Mamma Mia!” to UC Santa Barbara

By Jennifer Sor

The Shrunken Heads Production Company performed “Mamma Mia!” this past weekend in the Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, bringing a showstopper performance of the 1999 British musical.

October 26, 2019

Trevor Wallace Draws a Packed House to Embarcadero Hall

By Jennifer Sor

For someone who’s never attended UC Santa Barbara, there is no one who fits the epitome of Isla Vista quite like Trevor Wallace. 

April 23, 2019

Jaboukie Young-White Illuminates I.V. Theater

By Hannah Jackson

Young-White’s stand-up was not only uproariously funny but filled with wisdom about parental acceptance, persistence, the mark of success and civil discourse.

February 7, 2019

An I.V. Band to Watch: Noise Complaint

By Ryan Yates

Noise Complaint is uniquely their own, and they make sure you know it as they grind out every set list with a grit that belongs to the pros.

March 7, 2018

Mt. Eddy Brings Candid Charisma to Velvet Jones

By Jake Einsiedl

With spilled drinks slicking the floor, sweaty faces shining in the light and surprise pushes from spur of the moment mosh pits, Mt. Eddy proved all you need is the music to forget yourself and enjoy the moment.

January 24, 2018

Trevor Noah Takes on Late Night Talk at Arlington

By Stephany Rubio

In the age of late-night talk shows taking over television, Noah knows how to bring in the younger viewers, and you cannot blame him for knowing how to rile up millennials (myself included).