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Madeleine Peyroux
September 20

Emmylou Harris & Buddy Miller
September 27

Alexander Kobrin
October 5

Ronald K. Brown/Evidence
October 11

LA Theatre Works
October 14 & 15

Eddie Palmieri
October 16

Will Power
October 25

Keb’ Mo’
October 27

Arlo Guthrie with The Mammals
November 1

Alexander McCall Smith
November 5

Salvatore Licitra
November 6

Yuri Yunakov Ensemble with Ivo Papasov
November 14

Aulos Ensemble with Julianne Baird
December 4

Emerson String Quartet
December 9

Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack! Adventure
January 17–22
CANCELLED

Dee Dee Bridgewater
January 21

Wu Man
January 25

John Cleese
January 28 & 30

Chick Corea & Touchstone
February 7

Meredith Monk
& Vocal Ensemble

February 11

Leahy
February 12

Bonnie Raitt
February 14

Stan Won’t Dance
February 22

Masters of Persian Music
February 28

Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
March 6

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
March 7

Bocca Tango
March 12 & 13

Anne Lamott & Mary Chapin Carpenter
April 4

Ladysmith Black Mambazo
April 6

Frank Rich
April 9

Yundi Li
April 11

Lila Downs
April 18

The Actors’ Gang
April 20

California EAR Unit
April 22

Taj Mahal & Mavis Staples
April 25

Paul Taylor Dance Company
April 26

Ravi & Anoushka Shankar
April 30

Sharon Isbin
May 10

B.B. King
May 16

André Watts
May 18

Mark O’Connor
May 21

2005-2006 Performing Arts Season
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B.B. King 80th Birthday Celebration Tour

Tuesday, May 16
8 pm, Arlington Theatre

“The greatest living guitarist”
Rolling Stone

For more than half a century B.B. King has defined the blues for a worldwide audience. Since he started recording in the 1940s, he has released over fifty albums, many of them classics. Don’t miss this legend and his brilliant guitar Lucille when they celebrate B.B. King’s 80th birthday at the historic Arlington Theatre. Billboard exclaims, “His name has become a brand for his own style of blues.”

$75, $60 and $45 / UCSB students $25
All tickets subject to facility and convenience fees

$100 VIP ticket

(B.B. King tickets not available as part of Create Your Own Series)

Presented with generous support from Fredric E. Steck
and Bruce & Judy Anticouni

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