BOOMERS! presents a Battle of the Bands competition featuring two performance nights and a finale night Oct. 23, 30, and Nov. 5 at Boomers, Santa Maria. Info: 928-4942 or BoomersParks.com.
VIVA EL ARTE DE SANTA BARBARA presents Banda Viento do Oro in concert Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Royal Theater, 884 Guadalupe St., Guadalupe. Info: 343-2939 or gcaec@verizon.net.
THE LOMPOC POPS ORCHESTRA presents its concert “Autumn Memories” Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 925 North F St., Lompoc. Cost is $15, $5 for kids. Info: 733-3811.
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NEDERLANDER presents “Monsters of Folk” featuring Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward, and Mike Mogis on Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. at the Granada Theatre, 1214 State St., Santa Barbara. Cost is $47. Info: 899-2222 or granadasb.org.
THE BASIN STREET REGULARS present the 33rd annual “Jubilee-by-the-Sea,” featuring 20 bands, five stages, and 118 shows over three days, Oct. 22 through 25 in Pismo Beach. Cost is $20 to $80 for all events, $20 to $40 for day badges. Info: pismojazz.com or 481-7840.
THE UCSB MULTICULTURAL CENTER presents “An Evening of Jarocho Music with Conjunto Hueyapan de la Familia Herrera” Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. in the MultiCultural Center, UCSB, Santa Barbara. Info: 893-8411.
THE SANTA BARBARA MUSIC CLUB presents an afternoon concert featuring Duettino Americain, Egle Januleviciute, and Mischa Bodnar and Ellen Feldman performing classical and romantic era pieces Oct. 24 at 3 p.m. at the Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 E Anapamu St., Santa Barbara. Info: 969-7634.
THE CAL POLY MUSIC DEPARTMENT presents the Choirs’ debut concert “Sounds of Autumn” Oct. 24 at 8 p.m. in the Sidney Harman Hall, Cal Poly, SLO. Info: 756-2406.
CROSSROADS CHURCH presents the Valley Wind Ensemble in concert Oct. 25 at 3 p.m. at Crossroads Church, corner of Highway 246 and La Latta Drive, Buellton. Free. Info: usa@englishgardenbuildings.com.
This article appears in Oct 22-29, 2009.