Discounts for Devotees of “The Dark”
The annual discount derby for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival next year is going on right now. SBIFF returns to town – or more accurately, dominates the entertainment calendar – from February 7-17, 2024, with its usual slate of celebrity tributes, industry panels, and 200 or so new independent and international films, including daily free screenings. It will be hard to top 2023’s “success rate” though, as nearly every Academy Award winner who picked up a statuette last March – including every major category winner – graced our local stage at the Arlington Theatre a month earlier.
Next year’s tributes won’t be announced until the fall and early winter, but the deadline to secure a 25-percent discount on passes and ticket packages comes to a close on August 15. Visit www.sbiff.org for details.
Meanwhile, individual tickets for UCSB Arts & Lectures’ 2023-24 slate of arts-spanning events and enlightening conversations already went on sale late last week. So the time to snap up a favorite anticipated dance performance, pop or classical concert, or other event or talk is now. You can still get discounts up to 25 percent by leveling up to one or more of A&L’s dozen curated series subscriptions that cobble together complementary events and offer other benefits, or take advantage of 10-percent savings by choosing your own package of at least four programs. Details and descriptions at www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu.
