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Welcome

The Ojai Retreat Cultural Center is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation which provides educational and cultural programs that enrich the human mind and spirit, and bring about a change in human consciousness and the world. For more information about our program offerings, please contact us.

For the last 30 years, The Ojai Retreat Cultural Center offered programs in the following areas:
the environment
spirituality and philosophy
the arts, concerts and films
health and healing
global and local issues
education

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group event at ojai retreat cultural center with dancers in red skirts

ojai retreat cultural center group event on patio with tables

The Ojai Retreat Cultural Center offers 5 distinctive venues for small and large groups (up to 100 people).

More about our venues

The Ojai Retreat Cultural Center offers inside and outside venues. The inside venues include the the Living Room (for groups up to 100 people) and the upstairs Quiet Room (for groups up to 15 people). The outdoor venues include the Mountain View Terrace (for up to 100 people), the Pink Moment Event Center (for up to 150 people), and the Waterfall Garden (for up to 100 people). (See photos here)

ojai retreat cultural center event overlooking the valley

You can rent our venues for your own events. For more information, please contact the office.

Ojai is situated in a small east-west valley, north of Ventura and east of Santa Barbara. It is approximately 15 miles inland from the Pacific coast.

Since Ojai is lined up with an east-west mountain range, it is one of few towns in the world to have a “Pink Moment” occur as the sun is setting, when the fading sunlight creates a brilliant shade of pink for several minutes on the Topatopa Bluffs at the east end of the Ojai Valley, over 6,000 feet above sea level. Nordhoff Ridge, the western extension of the Topatopa Mountains, towers over the north side of the town and valley at more than 5,000 feet. Sulphur Mountain creates the southern ranges bounding the Ojai Valley, a little under 3,000 feet in elevation.

The Ventura River flows through the Ventura River Valley, draining the mountains surrounding Ojai to the north and east and emptying into the Pacific Ocean at the city of Ventura.

The climate of Ojai is Mediterranean, characterized by hot, dry summers and mild winters, with lows at night sometimes below freezing. As is typical for much of coastal southern California, most precipitation falls in the form of rain between the months of October and April, with intervening dry summers.

The town of Ojai and its surrounding area is home to many unique recreational activities. Los Padres National Forest borders the town on the north, and many backcountry areas within the forest are accessible from Highway 33, which is the major highway through town south to north. To the west, the Lake Casitas Recreation Area offers camping, picnicking, and hiking as well.