Ojai Events — 2023-24 —

This renowned new works development program involves an intensive workshop process with some of our best writers, theater directors, dramaturges and audiences. The new works, usually 6 to 9 of them, are then performed for an audience on the final weekend at Zalk Theater in upper Ojai with top-notch actors and directors. Works developed in Ojai have gone on to Broadway and become Pulitzer Prize finalists.

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September 2023

15 third fridays in ojai october 2023

21 Ojai day october 2023

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Ojai Studio Artist tour

The Ojai Valley Chamber of Commerce organizes these year-round third Fridays throughout the year, featuring special events, food & drink and live music. Local shops stay open late for a night-market feel.

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On the Friday before Ojai Day, a cadre of dedicated artists take chalk in hand and create a huge mandala at the intersection of Ojai Avenue and Signal Street, ushering in a day of celebration, vendors, activities and fun for the whole family in Libbey Park.

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With more than 60 member artists opening their studios, the Ojai Studio Artist Tour has become a key event in Ojai’s identity as an artist colony for 37 years, bringing thousands of people to see new works, and OSA has also donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships since 1993.

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Ojai storytelling festival november 2023

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Ojai Film Festival

December 2023

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Serenity Season

Ojai valley inn theater & Arts

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The world’s finest storytellers find their way to Ojai the final weeks of October to share their wit and wisdom. Special adult events such as “Naughty Tales” also featured. Venues include Libbey Bowl, Ojai Art Center and Nutmeg’s Ojai House.

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For nearly a quarter century, the Ojai Film Festival has screened films from around the world that “enrich the human spirit.” Screenings take place at various venues around town and also include panelists, seminars, and post-screening questions and answers. Awards are announced at the festival’s Sunday brunch.

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The Ojai Valley Inn hosts a series of family-oriented events during the holidays, including The Ojai Valley Inn hosts special holiday events, including the Grand Easter Brunch & Egg Hunt, Fourth of July Barbecue, Holiday Tree Lighting, Breakfast with Santa, Cookies with Mrs. Claus and Christmas Grand Buffet.

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California’s oldest continously operating community arts center, the Art Center offers six theater productions a year, weekly Life Drawing classes, rotating fine art exhibits, Chamber Concerts, Literary readings and presentations, Art in the Park, The Great Art Theft, the Ojai Blues Fest and Contra Dancing and a variety of classes.