Music in the Santa Ynez Valley

Here’s our list of musicians and bands who play regularly — or who have performed recently — in the Santa Ynez Valley communities of Solvang, Los Olivos, Santa Ynez, Buellton, and Los Alamos.

Use our tip line to let us know who we’re missing or to tell us about upcoming gigs!

Musicians and bands

Upcoming shows

33 Thunder	Bill Rotella	Brian Black
Carmen & the Renegade Vigilantes	Chris Beland	Different Strings
Dustin Janson	Erinn Alissa	Flannel 101
Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara	Grass Mountain	Jimmy Becker
Kelly Fitzgerald	Nicole Sophia	Oddly Straight
Out of the Blue	Rick Berthod	Soul Kool
T-Bone Ramblers	Tex Pistols	The Traveling Hurtados
Victor Valencia	Will Stephens & the Essentials

Recent appearances

82 Deluxe	Aaron Goodvin	Aaron Skiles
About Time	Adrian Floy & THC	Adrian Galysh
Agin Brothers	Agua Santa	Al Staehely
Alan Parsons	Alan Satchwell	Alan Satchwell Jazz Quartet
Amanda Castro	Amy Hānaialiʻi	Andras Jones
Andrea Magee	Andrew Duhon	Andrew Synowiec
Anthony Arriola	Antje Duvekot	Arwen Lewis
Astrid Young	Bad Cop / Bad Cop	Bad Habit
Barry McGuire	Bear Redell	Ben Betts
Bill Reiland Trio	Blue Breeze Band	Bluphoria
Bobby, Fin, & Dave aka BFD	Brad Colerick	Bradley Tyson
Brady Harris	Brass Mash	Brett Ryan Lietz
Brian Gore	Brother Swan	Bryan Titus Trio
Bug Guts	Cadillac Angels	Carly Jo Jackson
Cary Park	Cash Cooper	The Caverns
C.C. Adcock	The Centuries	Chad Carrier
Charlie Baker	Chauncey Bowers	Chickenbone Slim & the Biscuits
Chiquis	Chris Murphy	Chris Pelonis
Chris Stills	Chris Young	Christian Lopez
Christian Love	Christie Lenée	Christina Apostolopoulos
Christopher Paul Stelling	CJ Solar	Claude Bourbon
Claude Hopper	The Coconuts	Corey Hugh Highberg
Coveralls	Cristina Vane	Crown City Bombers
Cuyama Mama & the Hot Flashes	Cynthia Carle	Cynthia Ford
Cyrus Clarke	D Henry Fenton	The Dales
Daniel Formica	Darrell Scott	Dauzat St. Marie
Dave Bernal	Dave Mason	Dave Stamey
Dave Tate	David Nail	David Newbould
David Segall	David Starr	Dawn Patrol
Dead Rock West	Dear Darling	Denise Donatelli
The Dennis and Laura Show	Derek Frank	Dezelle
Dirty Cello	DJ Daisy Van Tassel	Do No Harm
Doctor Wu	Doublewide Kings	Doug Groshart
The Down Yonders	The Duo-Glides	Dustin Lynch
Ed Snodderly	Eli Young Band	Elías & Madeline
Elliott Callaway	Engelbert Humperdinck	Eric Lugosch
Eric Zobel	Ethan Burns	Ethan Margolis aka Emaginario
The Excellent Tradesmen	Falcon Heavy	Farm Truck
The Faux Paws	Firebug	Five Parts Devil
Foggy Dew	The Fossils	Francesca Brown
Frankie Lee & the Infernos	Freddie Steady KRC	The Free Radicals
Freedom Heartsong	The Furious Seasons	Gator Souffle
The Genuine Article	George Adrian	George Krikes
George Quirin	Gerardo Coronel	GhostMonster
Gina Georgette & the Monarchs	Girl Named Tom	Glen Phillips
The Goodlanders	Grady DiPietro	Graybill
The Great Dying	Green Flag Summer	Greg Adams and East Bay Soul
Greg Hoy	Hannah Aldridge	Harrison Flynn
Hayli Carleton	The Heart	Heather Pierson
Highway Starr	The Hoodlum Friends	Hot Roux
Hunka Hunka Hula Revue	The Idiomatiques	Ignition
Indigenous	Jacie Lynn Jones	Jackie Bristow
Jackson Gillies	Jacob Cole	James Byous
James Gentry	James Lee Stanley	Jamie & Gail
Jamie Green	Jannike	Jared James Nichols
Jared Nels	Jay Rin	Jayden Secor Band
Jeff Berkley	Jeff Elliott	Jeff Ross & Dave Atell
Jefferson Berry	Jeffrey Foucault	Jeffrey Halford & the Healers
Jeffrey Pine	Jen Howard	Jeremiah Johnson
Jess Bush	Jesse Pappas	Jill Martini & the Shrunken Heads
Jim Kimo West	Jim Messina	Jim Rankin
Jimbo Scott & Yesterday's Biscuits	Jimi Nelson	The Jimmy Psycho Experiment
Jineanne Coderre	JKG Jazz Trio	Joe Pug
Joel Martin	Joel Rafael	John Cruz
John Doe	John Lyle	Johnny Irion
Jon Snodgrass	Jonathan Firey	Jonathan Foster
Jonathan McEuen	JonesHouse	J.P. McDermott & Western Bop Deluxe
Juanes	Juke Joint Jammers	Julielle
Jumpstart	Just Dave Band	Kaitlyn Chui
Kaleo Young	Karl McHugh	Kathleen Sieck & the Paradise Road
Katie Skene	Keith Cox	Kelly's Lot
Kelp	Ken Margolis	Kenny G
Kenny Taylor	Kim Margolis	Kim Richey
Kinsella Brothers	Knee Deep	Kyle Eldridge
Kyran Daniel	Laberinto	The Lao Tizer Band
Larry Williams & the Groove	The Last Decade	Laura Cheadle
Lauren & Silas	Laurence Juber	The Les Rose Quartet
Leslie Mendelson	Lindsey Marie	LiveWire
Loc Dawgs	Logan Livermore Band	Lois Mahalia
Loren Radis	Los Spindleros	Lost Leaders
Louie Ortega	The Lowdown Dudes	Luke Sweeney
Lux Lawless	The Mac Talley Trip	Mad Caddies
Maitland Ward	Makena Tate	Mama's Broke
Mambo Soul	Manny Mestas	Manuel the Band
Marcus Eaton	Marika & the Ohms	Mark Tesla Band
Mary Scholz	Matt McCarrin	Matt Moody
Matt Suarez	Matt the Electrician	Maurice Tani
Max Esparza	May Erlewine	McGuire/Moffet Band
Meta & the Cornerstones	Mia Girard	Mike Kelsen
Minor Birds	Missbehavin'	The Mod Squad
Molly Miller	The Molly Ringwald Project	Moments in Time
Motel Drive	Mustangs of the West	Natalie Adele
Natalie Espinoza	Natalie Wattré	Nataly Lola
Nate Latta	Nate Latta & The CA Stars	Nefesh Mountain Band
Neil Erickson	New Clementine	The New Vibe
Nick DeLeo	Nick Justice	Night Ridge
Noach Tangeras Band	Noah Vonne	The Nombres
Out of the Blue Duo	Ozomatli	Pablo Cruise
Paradise Kings	Paradise Road	Pat Kelley
Patricia Vonne	Patrick Sampson	Paul Kent
Paul Thorn	Peppino D'Agostino	Peter Freiberger
Peter Janson	Peter Lewis	Peter Yarrow
Pi Jacobs	Pickup 6	Plastic Harpoons
The Pleasures	Poi Rogers	The Popravinas
Porch Critter	Pricey Diggs	Pryor Baird
Pull the Trigger	Rachael Sage	Rachel Baiman
The Radio Prophets	Ramon Fermin	Raspin
Ray Jaurique	The Rayford Bros	Rebel Heart
Rent Party Blues Band	The Reserve	Rhythm Ace & The Nu-Tones
Richard & Tony	Richiman & Groove Nice	The Rincons (aka The Dusty Jugz)
Robbie Fulks	Robert Heft	Robert Herrera
Rocky Logue	Rommel Sacan	Rosa Pullman
Rosy Nolan	Runaway	Rusty Lindsey
Sage & Austin	Salt Martians	Sam Kulchin
Sandra North	Sarah Lee Guthrie	Scotty McCreery
Sean Wiggins	Seth Shomes	Shane Alexander
Shawn Jones	Shay Moulder	Sitara Son
Skunk Puppy	Smelly Cat	Smith & Tegio
So What Kombo	Sofia Guerra	Soul Cats
Soul Majestic	Soul Stingers	Soundhouse
Spencer the Gardener	Stacked	Stacy Antonel
The Starhoppers	Stephen Styles	Steve Key
Steve Ochoa	Steven McClintock	The Storytellers
Stray Herd	Susie Glaze New Folk Ensemble	Sven Holcomb
The Tearaways	Teddy Jack	Teddy Spanke
Tegan & Sara	Terry & the Ripleys	Terry Lawless
Thea the Band	Thomson Dawson	Three Dog Night
Three on a Match	TikiBomb	Tim Flannery
Tina Schlieske & the Graceland Exiles	Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan	Tommy Drinkard & the Remedy
Tony Ybarra	Tower of Power	Tremoloco
Tu Chez	Uncle John's Band	Unfinished Business
Vicious Rooster	Victoria Bailey	The VineYardByrds
The Vinylistics	Vlad Fedo	Walk the Whale
War	The Waymarkers	Whiskey Business
Whole Hog	Whosehouseisthis?	Will Breman
Willie Nile	Willie Watson	The Winetones
Winterlark	Yamila Guerra	The Young Fables
Zydeco Zippers