SoCal Museums "Museum Free-for-All" Day on Saturday, March 23, 2024

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SoCal Museums announces the Museums Free-for-All on Saturday, March 23, 2024. Over thirty museums—presenting art, cultural heritage, film, natural history, and science—will open their doors and offer free general admission.

Of particular interest to local audiences, the following Santa Barbara and Ventura County museums will be participating in Museums Free-for-All:

  • Museum of Ventura County

  • Santa Barbara Museum of Art

  • Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

More details at socalmuseums.org/annual-free-for-all-2024

The Free-for-All also serves as a reminder that free visitor days are available year-round at museums across Southern California. A calendar of free days can be found at socalmuseums.org/free.

73rd Annual Santa Paula Christmas Parade on Saturday, November 25, 2023

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The 73rd Annual Santa Paula Christmas Parade is planned for Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 6:30pm

Marching bands, toy soldiers, floats, automobiles, equestrians, community groups and Santa Claus will be part of the festivities.

This year’s theme is “Spirit of the Holidays” and Kay Wilson-Bolton and the Spirit of Santa Paula will be the grand marshalls.

Parade will be run rain or shine, eastbound on Main Street from Seventh St to Eleventh St.

www.chamberorganizer.com/Calendar/moreinfo.php?org_id=SPCA&eventid=471988

Santa Paula Theater Center Presents Ghostwalk 2023 on Weekends From October 13 to 29

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Santa Paula Theater Center presents Ghostwalk 2023 on Fridays through Sundays over the weekends of October 13-15, 20-22 and 27-29. Spaces are limited!

GHOSTWALK is Ventura County's original Halloween street theater presentation, a production of the Santa Paula Theater Center, now in its 29th year! Each year GhostWalk is presented in a different historic Santa Paula location. Flashlight in hand, walkers will be led along a route where they hear ghosts tell their tales of how they met their untimely ends. Some of the stories are true and based on history, and others are made up. You decide which is which!

This year’s location is the Masonic Temple at 102 N. 7th Street in Santa Paula. Tour schedules are every 15 minutes from 7-9pm on Fridays, 6:30-9pm on Saturdays and 6:30-8:30pm on Sundays. Each tour is limited to 30 people and is an hour long.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under, with a special $12 price for adult tickets on the opening weekend only. Online ticket sales open October 1st at GhostWalk.com.

Mountains to Sea Jubilee Family Event in Santa Paula on Saturday, October 21st

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Celebrate Ventura County's 150th Anniversary at the Mountains to Sea Jubilee, an all-day family event culminating in a music festival on October 21st, 2023.

The Family Fair at the Agriculture Museum, 926 Railroad Avenue, Santa Paula, is from 11 am - 3 pm and features food trucks, kids’ zone, community stages, pumpkin patch, petting zoo, historical walking tours, arts and crafts booths, sheriff, search and rescue dogs, historical enactors and exhibit opening Ventura County, The Place We Call Home.

The Music Festival is from 2:30 pm - 8:30 pm at Veterans Memorial Park, E. Ventura and Mill Streets in Santa Paula and features Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Mariachi Camarillo, Rey Fresco, Whiskey Business, and Charles Law Band. The Music Festival is limited capacity, $20 per ticket. Don't miss the local food trucks, beer & wine garden, and artisanal vendors at this all day event! Gates open at noon, please bring blankets or low chairs for festival-style seating on the lawn.

Tickets for the Music Festival at www.eventbrite.com/e/mountains-to-sea-jubilee-music-festival-tickets-696893225397.

Santa Paula Labor Day Parade, Monday, September 4, 2023

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The annual Santa Paula Labor Day Parade will be held on Monday, September 4, 2023 at 10 AM on Main Street in Santa Paula.

The parade is sponsored by the Santa Paula Labor Day Parade Committee, the Rotary Club of Santa Paula and the City of Santa Paula.

Walking groups with banners, musical groups, floats, workers riding in work-related vehicles, equestrians, and all groups representing a Labor Day theme are invited to participate. The parade starts at 7th and Main Street and ends at the gazebo at Santa Barbara and Mill.

www.spcity.org

2022 Santa Paula Rotary Pumpkin Patch at Limoneira Ranch (2023 Event Has Been Cancelled)

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THE 2023 PUMPKIN PATCH AT LIMONEIRA RANCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Updates at www.sppumpkinpatch.com.

The Santa Paula Rotary Pumpkin Patch at the Limoneira Ranch, 12471 Foothill Road, Santa Paula will be back every Saturday and Sunday this October 2022.

Admission to the pumpkin patch is $12 (2 and under free) and includes hay ride, hay maze, hay pyramid, live music and plenty of great photo opps. Additional activities are $5 and up. The Corn MAiZE is $12. Other activities include corn maize, pony rides, face painting, the "Pumpkin Chucker" and more. No reservations needed - you can buy tickets online or at the door.

Families can easily spend a full day at the patch enjoying music, delicious fall food favorites, and old-fashioned hay wagon rides through acres of pumpkins, squash and gourds. 

Hours are 10am to 5 pm on October 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23 and 39-30.

Visit sppumpkinpatch.com to learn more.

3rd Annual Santa Paula Police Memorial 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, May 9th

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The 3rd Annual Santa Paula Police Memorial 5K Run/Walk is planned for 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at the Santa Paula Train Depot, 963 E. Santa Barbara Street.

All net proceeds from the race will go to benefit the families of members of Santa Paula Police Department whose lives were lost in the line of duty.

Visit www.copquest.org/5k for more information.