Calendar of Events

SEPTEMBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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EPTEMBER 3-4 Aloha Beach Festival

Location: Surfers’s Point Shoreline Drive, Ventura Times: Varies Contact: 805-200-8674 aloha@alohabeachfestival.us The fun and fantastic festival returns after its pandemic hiatus workshop. Described as “surfing contest, frisbee contest and music festival” the Aloha Beach Festival is the creation Chipper “Bro” Bell, Patagonia’s goodwill ambassador.

SEPTEMBER 16-17 “Mountain Film on Tour”

Time: Gates open at 5 p.m. Location: Ojai Valley School, 723 El Paseo Road Contact: ovlc.org, 805-649-6852 The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy brings back the Telluride Mountain Film on Tour, featuring the finest adventure and outdoor films, live music, food trucks, beer and wine. Friday is the special farm-to-table dinner and screening, Saturday the main event.

SEPTEMBER 24 George Lopez

Time: 5 p.m. Location: Libbey Bowl 210 South Signal Street Contact: libbeybowl.org George Lopez’s multi-faceted career encompasses television, film, standup comedy, and late-night television. Lopez can be seen in his Netflix original comedy special “We’ll Do It For Half” which premiered globally last summer.

SEPTEMBER 25 "The Great Art Theft Gala"

Time: 12 to 4 p.m. Locations: Varies, most in Libbey Bowl. Ojai Art Center Theater 113 South Montgomery Street Contact: OjaiAct.org, 805-640-8797. The annual Great Art Theft is a key fundraising event for the Art Center, in which participants purchase $100 tickets to enter into a drawing for original art donated by Ojai artists. Tickets are available now through the date of the gala.

SEPTEMBER 30 Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite

Time: 5 p.m. Location: Libbey Bowl 210 South Signal Street Contact: libbeybowl.org Rock and Roll and Blues Hall of Famer Elvin Bishop first hit the scene with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band back in 1965, playing raw, eye-popping blues, and penning the evergreen radio hit “Fooled Around Fell In Love.” Musselwhite cut his musical teeth alongside Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf and everyone on the South side of Chicago in the early 1960s.

Ojai Studio Artists Tour

Times: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Varied. Contact: ojaistudioartists.org The 38th annual tour will feature a rare look at more than 70-plus artists in their natural habitat. The Museum will host OSA artists in their exhibit "Perception & Persistence." The tour is free, prior online registration requested.

OCTOBER 15 Ojai Day

Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Libbey Park Contact: OjaiDay.com Ojai comes together to celebrate itself with events, music, vendors, exhibits, food and more.

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