During its first concert of 2024, the Riptide Big Band will celebrate its 10th anniversary, as the local ensemble was founded in early 2014. The celebration dance will be held on Sunday, Feb. 11, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the Elwin Mussell Senior Center in Santa Maria.
Thanks to ongoing support from the Santa Maria Valley Senior Club and the Community Foundation of San Luis Obispo County, the Riptide Big Band has been providing free music events at venues across Central Coast throughout the past decade.
The 16-piece band includes musicians from both Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties and specializes in big band era music, soft rock from the ’60s and ’70s, and the music standards of the ’30s and ’40s.
Visit riptidebb.com for more info on the group’s upcoming concert. The Elwin Mussell Senior Center is located at 510 Park Ave., Santa Maria.
This article appears in Feb 1-11, 2024.