Building a Joyful Community

Bringing People Together

We pride ourselves on being a place to cultivate and share JOY,
as part of our Santa Ynez Valley’s unique, powerful, supportive community.
Check out our Instagram Stories @JoyCafeSolvang for news about our upcoming shows, feasts, events, markets and parties.

  • Curated Artist Installations & Pop-ups

  • Cafe Pavillion Gallery Shows, Concerts, and Events

  • Artisian Markets (hosted around the valley)

  • Special Featured Events and Feasts

  • Writers Groups, Book Clubs, and Workshops

  • Charity Outreach and Fundraisers

Collaborations

Reach out if you would like to collaborate to curate a joyful community event, meeting, group, pavilion gathering, or special interest club at Joy Cafe
or coordinate an offsite location.

Coming Soon:
Check out recent podcasts hosted by Georgina with local community members on a variety of topics and subjects.

Featured Artists

We curate local artists’ work throughout Joy Cafe, exhibiting beautiful, inspiring pieces to admire, share, purchase, and embolden JOY within our cafe community.

  • Expressionist paintings, “In a Golden State” by Morgan Peyton

  • Paintings by Georgina (our very own Joy Cafe owner!)

  • Paintings by Barbara Goldstein

  • Doodle Series by “El Dood” (Jeff Chernov’s mixed media, colored pencil)
    Color in your own Dood for the DoodleVerse!

  • Paintings and sketches by Michelle Juliette Feldman of The Giving Ink

  • Pottery by Alana Trubitz

  • Paintings & Prints by Molly Rose

  • Still-Life Paintings by Rachelle Witt

Georgina, our JOYful, fearless leader, serving up coffee in a stylish cowgirl hat.
Blue and Green expressionist painting by Morgan Peyton

Painting by Morgan Peyton

Artist Jeff Chernov, also known as El Dood, sets up his art gallery show at Joy Cafe, with the door covered in colorful cartoon Dood characters.