Santa Barbara, CA Live Event and Concert Drones
Air Views Media is a live event drone company serving Santa Barbara, Montecito and Goleta for Bowl concerts, festivals, resort events and live feeds. Our crew has flown the aerial livestream at Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco since 2023. FAA Part 107 certified pilots, $10M liability standard (optional up to $25M).
Santa Barbara
Live event drones in Santa Barbara
This page is for event producers, promoters and venues planning a live event in Santa Barbara. We fly concerts, festivals, parades, arena shows, races and brand activations, with drone feeds sent live to screens, the stream or a broadcast truck, plus fast edits for social. For homes, tourism and general aerials see our Santa Barbara, CA drone videographer page.
Concerts and festivals
Our crew has flown the aerial livestream at Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco since 2023. Concerts at the Santa Barbara Bowl are flown only with the venue's approval, after checking for flight restrictions. Festivals are flown inside the organizer's production plan. Flying directly over an open crowd is only allowed when the drone and the operation meet FAA rules for flying over people, so otherwise we keep flight paths over the stage, closed areas and open lanes. See Live drone feeds for video boards and Concert and festival FPV drones across the US.
Resorts and estate events
Luxury resorts, hotels and estate weddings suit live coverage and one-take fly-throughs with the owner's approval. Fully enclosed indoor flights are generally outside FAA airspace rules, so we fly one-take fly-throughs with the owner's approval; see indoor fly-through tours.
Airspace, islands and parks
Santa Barbara Airport in Goleta has Class C airspace from the surface to 4,000 feet around the airport, taking in Goleta and UCSB. Vandenberg Space Force Base up the coast has restricted military airspace, so coastal shoots stay well clear of it. Channel Islands National Park is National Park Service land, where launching or landing a drone is prohibited without the superintendent's written approval. California State Parks allow drones unless a park has posted an order banning them, and commercial filming in a state park needs a State Parks permit through the California Film Commission, with drone paperwork filed ahead of the shoot. We check every Santa Barbara location on the FAA sectional, B4UFLY and NOTAMs before quoting, and file LAANC or FAA authorization for any address that needs it. We confirm local permits, venue rules and airspace authorizations before every job.
Credits
the Outside Lands aerial livestream in Golden Gate Park, All Things Go Music Festival aerials at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens and an indoor micro-drone fly-through of the Tempo by Hilton hotel in Times Square.
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FAQs
Can you fly a concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl?
Only with the venue's approval. We plan each concert flight with the venue and check for flight restrictions first.
Can you fly an estate wedding in Montecito?
Yes, with the owner's approval, keeping neighboring homes and guests who have not agreed to be filmed out of frame.
What permits do you need for an event in Santa Barbara?
It depends on the venue. We confirm local permits, venue rules and airspace authorizations before every job and get the organizer's written approval.
Can you send a live drone feed to screens or a stream?
Yes. We send live drone video to LED screens, the livestream or a broadcast truck, and agree the format and cue points with your production team before show day.
What insurance do you carry?
Our standard policy is $10M liability, with optional coverage up to $25M when a venue, league or network requires it. Certificates naming your venue or production are issued before the shoot.
Request a Quote
Tell us the date, location and what you need filmed. Request a Quote or call 706-284-8364.