is there shade?

Is there shade at Santa Barbara Bowl?

Some seats, yes. For a typical July 7:00 PM show at Santa Barbara Bowl, roughly 91% of the seating bowl is shaded on average across the event. Shade grows through the late afternoon; by 6:00 PM about 72% of seats are out of the sun.

Most shaded sections (July evening show)

• Section Pit 2 — pit, ~99% shaded across the event
• Section Pit 3 — pit, ~99% shaded across the event
• Section 208 — pavilion, ~98% shaded across the event
• Section 107 — pavilion, ~98% shaded across the event
• Section Pit 1 — pit, ~98% shaded across the event
• Section 106 — pavilion, ~98% shaded across the event

Roof & cover

No — Santa Barbara Bowl is open air.

How this is computed

Santa Barbara Bowl (Santa Barbara, CA) is oriented 280° from true north. We compute the sun's astronomical position for your exact date and start time and run it against the seating geometry — plus live schedules and hour-by-hour forecast on the interactive site.

Interactive shade map for Santa Barbara Bowl · Satellite shadow view