Santa Barbara 4th of July Fireworks

July 4, 2023, 12-9:30 p.m.

Stearns Wharf & West Beach
Cabrillo Blvd. at State Street
Free, santabarbaraca.gov | stearnswharf.org

Fireworks at 9 p.m. from West Beach

The City of Santa Barbara 4th of July includes food, music, fireworks, and beach fun for all ages. Stearns Wharf Merchants Association and West Beach, Santa Barbara:

2023 West Beach Concerts July 4, 2023, 12-9 p.m.

• Brasscals concert 12 p.m.
• Face painting 2 p.m.
• Area 51 concert 4 p.m.
• Firework show 9 p.m.

The wharf offers many attractions while you are waiting for the fireworks show to begin including: ice cream, sherbet, candy, popcorn, fudge, and cotton candy Jewelry, art, crafts, gifts, and toys Shells, minerals, and fossils, Wine tasting, Sportswear, clothing, Fishing gear, rental and bait and tackle, Palmreading, Fresh fish, shellfish, steaks, primerib, fish and chips, burgers, cocktails, exotic tropical drinks, Child-friendly water taxi and harbor tours Interactive Sea Center museum

Activities & entertainment

• Face painting
• Ice cream, sherbet, candy, popcorn, fudge, and cotton candy
• Jewelry, art, crafts, gifts, and toys
• Wine tasting
• Palm reading
• Fresh fish, shellfish, steaks, prime rib, fish and chips, burgers, cocktails, exotic tropical drinks, and more
• Child-friendly water taxi and harbor tours
• Interactive Sea Center museum

Watch the fireworks after dark from one of the best locations in the city with the display shooting off right next to Stearns Wharf.

Stearns Wharf is located in the harbor in Santa Barbara, California. When completed in 1872, it became the longest deep-water Wharf between San Pedro and San Francisco. Named for its builder, local lumberman John P. Stearns, the wharf served the passenger and freight shipping needs of California’s South Coast for over a century. Stearns Wharf, Your local destination - and where State Street Meets the Sea. Ninety minutes free parking, and always dog-on-a-leash friendly.

An all-American celebration at West Beach and on Stearns Wharf. Working with its nonprofit partner, local musicians will bring fun summer sounds and patriotic music to a West Beach stage, and food vendors will stage along Cabrillo Boulevard from State to Castillo streets from noon to 9 p.m. The day of celebration ends with a bang during a 20-minute fireworks display.

Santa Barbara 4th of July Concert

July 4, 2023, 11 a.m.

Santa Barbara Courthouse
Sunken Garden
1100 Anacapa St.
Santa Barbara, CA
Free, pcvf-4th-july.com

Bring picnics, blankets, and low beach chairs for this annual concert featuring Vandenberg Space Force Base Honor guard, The Prime Time Band, and Polynesian dancers from Hula Anyone. Enjoy pop tunes, family favorites and patriotic classics!

Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.