Under this year’s subtitle “ The Prince of Peace,” the Festival blends music, narrations and other expressive elements, and serves as an unofficial Santa Barbara kickoff for the Christmas “holy season.” Cultural comfort food is in order, especially after the virally challenged COVID years.įrom a more categorically spiritual perspective, Westmont College goes downtown this weekend - to the Granada Theatre, to be exact - for its popular Christmas Festival, on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon (December 3-4).
Whereas other periods of the concert calendar are prone to lure audiences with fresh content and names, December is well-stocked with old reliables. It’s coming on Christmas, they’re cutting down trees, and musical institutions are dusting off wreaths. To receive Josef Woodard’s music newsletter in your inbox each Thursday, sign up at /newsletters. This edition of ON the Beat was originally emailed to subscribers on December 1, 2022.
