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Conviction of the Heart: by Steven Libowitz Singer Supports a Favorite Local Stage

What if they threw a concert and nobody came?

That’s a situation famed Santa Barbara singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins will face when he performs at the venerable Lobero Theatre on Sunday, June 28 – with absolutely

no one in the audience. Of course, the only reason the show wouldn’t fill the historic theater’s 600 seats is because of restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic that still forbids concert halls and other performance spaces from reopening to cut down on the

Lobero Theatre presents a Live Pay-Per-View concert featuring Kenny Loggins on Sunday, June 28 spread of COVID-19. With no date yet set for when theaters can once again draw an audience, the Lobero is reporting more than $1 million in lost revenue since closing in mid-March.

The Loggins show kicks off a series of low-priced live, pay-per-view concerts that will be streamed on the Lobero’s website (lobero.org) with proceeds supporting the venue and the National Independent Venue Association, which has similar oneoff theaters and halls as its members, all of whom are hurting during the closures.

Loggins, whose success (more than 25 million albums sold) is exceeded perhaps only by his big heart that has had him playing annually for Christmas Unity for more than 30 years, talked about the upcoming show at the intimate if empty hall.

Q. You’ve played just about every venue in town over the years not to mention huge arenas around the country back in the day. What made you say yes to this solo show alone on stage at the Lobero?

A. It is a weird thing to be playing at a theater with no one in the audience and just a few camera people hanging out. It’s because I see the Lobero as the sort of musical heart of Santa Barbara. At least it has been all the time since I moved here in 1973, with a lot of cool concerts, and the things Hale Milgrim and Sings Like Hell have brought, a unique level of artists to Santa Barbara. There’s just something very rootsy about the theater that feels like a hometown to me. I think it’s really important that these kinds of venues that are struggling, especially one here where I live, are able to make it through the pandemic. When they asked me, it was an immediate yes. But it’s not a solo show. I’ve got a trio playing.

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