Going North

* Polo--The Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club will host a Pacific Coast Open polo tournament kick-off party on Friday. The first-time event will offer a professional polo game between international players who are participating in the Pacific Coast Open tournament the next three weeks. Included: live entertainment, hors d’oeuvres and a champagne divot stomp on the field at half-time. Hours: 5-8 p.m. The club is at 3300 Via Real, Carpinteria. $10. 684-6683. Internet: https://www.sbpolo.com.

* Theater--DramaDogs and the Santa Barbara Dance Alliance will stage “Infinite Notion” this weekend at Center Stage Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara. The drama, a new work by playwrights Michelle Osborne and Erica Connell, aims to “explore the past, consider the present and ponder the future.” Show times: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m. $15 general; $10 senior citizens and students with ID. The theater is on the second level at Paseo Nuevo shopping center. 963-0408.

* Singer-songwriter--k.d. lang and her “Invincible Summer Tour” will make a stop Saturday at Santa Barbara Bowl, 1122 Milpas St. Shelby Lynne will open the show at 7 p.m. $29-$50. 962-7411.

* Elizabethan--The Santa Barbara Live Oak Renaissance Faire and Midsummer Market will open Saturday at Live Oak Camp near Lake Cachuma. It features continuous performances on five stages, plus strolling entertainers, food and more. Hours: Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Ends Aug. 20. Festival grounds are 15 miles from downtown Santa Barbara on California 154. $15 general, $12 senior citizens, military and students, $5 children 5-11, free 4 and under. Parking, $4. 686-5054. Internet: https://www.sbrenfaire.com.

* Opera--Richard Strauss’ masterpiece “Ariadne auf Naxos” will be staged twice at the Lobero Theatre as part of the Music Academy of the West’s summer festival. The fully staged production will be sung in German with English supertitles. Randall Behr conducts the Festival Opera Orchestra. Show times: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $45, $25. Call for ticket availability. 963-0761.

* Ham Radio--The Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club will hold its annual Amateur Radio Hamfest on Sunday at the Santa Barbara Elks Lodge, 150 N. Kellogg Ave., Goleta. Highlights: demonstrations and exhibits by several local volunteer emergency response organizations, amateur television and satellite communication demonstrations, radio direction-finding competition and raffles. Free. 569-5700. Internet: https://www.sbarc.org.