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Fireworks light up West Beach in Santa Barbara on Independence Day in 2017. They will soar there again at 9 p.m. Monday to celebrate the Fourth of July.
Santa Barbara plans for fireworks, festival; Goleta prepares for an Old Fashioned Fourth By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR
Fireworks will soar above the Santa Barbara waterfront Monday night as the dramatic finale to a full-fledged Independence Day festival. A slate of family-friendly activities is planned, including the return of free, live music and dance performances. Meanwhile, Monday in Goleta, there won’t be a fireworks show, but spirits will soar just the same at Rancho La Patera & Stow House, where the Goleta Valley Historical Society is hosting its Old Fashioned Fourth of July. The
fun will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and admission costs $10 for adults and $5 for children. The Goleta event will feature music by The Nombres and The Wrinkled Teenagers. There will also be tractor rides, face painting for the kids, vendors, a food truck and a cash bar for beer and wine. And the event will feature an exhibit by the Central Coast Vintage Machinery Association. For more information, go to goletahistory.org. Down at Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara, the free Fourth of July activities on Monday will include face painting at 2 p.m. and the local rock band Area 51 at 4 p.m.
At the West Beach bandstand, there will be live music from noon to 8:50 p.m. Performers will vary from The Detar Music Review to Drifting Dimension, Sweetheart Sisters, Why Golf Why, Brandi Lentini and Band, Slideways + La Boheme dancers, Fiesta dancers, Riding Out the Storm, False Puppet and Petty Set Go. And the fireworks will soar through the night sky from 9 to 9:20 p.m. The fireworks soundtrack will be simulcast at Santa Barbara radio station KJEE, 92.9 FM. Plus, the fireworks will be live-streamed on Please see FIREWORKS on A2
This was part of the convoy of vehicles decked out in Fourth of July decorations during the Independence Day procession in 2020 on Channel Drive through Montecito.
Parades and more planned for Montecito, Carpinteria By KATHERINE ZEHNDER
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Expect parades, a car show, a barbecue and the return of a 20year tradition as Montecito and Carpinteria celebrate the Fourth of July in style this weekend. On Saturday, Carpinteria’s festivities include the Rods and Roses Show and Independence Day Parade. The Rods and Roses Show runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the parade starts at 3:30 p.m. The parade will go down Linden Avenue in Carpinteria. Additionally, on Monday, the Carpinteria Lions Club is hosting the annual community barbecue from noon to 4 p.m. at Lions Park, 6197 Casitas Pass Road, Carpinteria. Tickets are $18 for
For more information about the Village Fourth celebration in Montecito, see www. montecitofoundation.org.
adults, $15 for seniors and $10 for children. On Monday, Montecito will celebrate the Fourth with the Montecito Fire Department’s traditional pancake breakfast, which begins at 7:30 a.m. and is followed by the parade. The Fire Pancake Breakfast is being held for the first time since the pandemic started. “The pancake breakfast has been going on for 20 years with a pause for COVID,” said
Dana Newquist, co-founder of the Montecito Village Fourth Celebration. The breakfast will be held at Fire Station 91 at 595 San Ysidro Road, Montecito. Tickets are $10. All proceeds will benefit the Montecito Firefighters Association. Diane Pannkuk is the grand marshal of this year’s parade, which starts at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Upper Manning Park in Montecito and will end about an hour later at the upper Montecito village on East Valley Road. And Mr. Newquist is bringing his classic fire engine, a longtime hallmark of the Montecito parade. Please see PARADES on A2
Fireworks to soar in Santa Maria, Solvang; Family Fun Day planned in Lompoc By DAVE MASON and MARILYN MCMAHON THE NEWS-PRESS
Santa Maria is calling its Fourth of July show — what else? — “Red, White and Boom.” Monday’s Independence Day program will start with three hours of live music by Mestizo at 5:30 p.m. at the Elks Event Center, 4040 Highway 101, Santa Maria. The program is presented by Santa Maria Recreation and Parks and People for Leisure and Youth Inc., which, besides the live music, promises activities for kids and food and refreshments for purchase.
Gates open at 4 p.m. with a $10 fee per vehicle. For more information, call the recreation and parks department at 805-9250951, ext. 2260. The Santa Maria show is among Independence Day celebrations throughout North County, which features everything from a patriotic bike parade in Lompoc to the return of a major Solvang tradition. After a two-year hiatus, the Santa Ynez Valley Rotary Club is sponsoring the annual Fourth of July Festival and Fireworks Show at Old Mission Santa Inès, 1760 Mission Drive, Solvang. This family-friendly event
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will take place from 2 to 10 p.m. Monday. The fireworks show begins promptly at 9 p.m. “I am so excited to get our community back together again to celebrate the Fourth of July,” said Tammy Westwood, Santa Ynez Valley Rotary president. “This year’s event is going to be the best ever with more live music, new vendors, food trucks and mesmerizing fireworks. Not only will there be a fireworks show, but there will be live entertainment by Men from Mars, Jump Start and DJ Hecktik.” Included will be a large kids zone with bounce houses, face
painters, food vendors, craft beer, wine and more. Admission is $15, and children 12 and under are free when accompanied by an adult. Active military and immediate family members with ID are also free. All active military must show IDs at the entrance. For the first time, tickets will be sold online at www.syvrotary. org. There is no parking on site. Guests are encouraged to walk, ride their bikes or park in the free public lots in Solvang located at 1639 Copenhagen Drive, 464 Alisal Road and 1616 Oak St. For more information about
parking, visit www.solvangusa. com/getting-to-solvang/parkingin-solvang. Elsewhere, the city of Lompoc is celebrating Independence Day with its Fourth of July Family Fun Day. A patriotic bike parade kicks off the festivities in Lompoc at 11 a.m. Monday, starting at the Lompoc Veterans Memorial Building, 100 E. Locust Ave., and concluding at Ryon Park, 800 W. Ocean Ave. A limited number of bike helmets will be given away to children as part of the parade. From noon to 4 p.m., the community is invited to participate in a “picnic in the
park” at Ryon Park. There’ll be live music provided by The Fossils, food trucks, inflatables, face painting and more. Pets must be on a leash, and smoking, vaping and alcohol consumption won’t be permitted. No fireworks of any kind will be allowed at the event. A city-sponsored fireworks show won’t take place this year due to the lack of a safe location, according to a news release from the city of Lompoc. For more information, call Lompoc Parks and Recreation at 805-875-8100. email: dmason@newspress.com and mmcmahon@newspress.com
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