Santa Barbara 4th of July Fireworks

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

West Beach
Cabrillo Blvd. at State Street
Free, santabarbaraca.gov

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. 

 Enjoy a full day of live music at the West Beach Bandstand, sponsored by the PARC Foundation, before a 20-minute fireworks display presented by Garden State Fireworks and sponsored by the City of Santa Barbara Waterfront Department. Local radio station KjEE (92.9 FM) will simulcast the fireworks soundtrack.

2024 Concerts

12-12:45 p.m.   Rockshop Academy
1-1:45 p.m.   Peer Pressure
1:45 p.m.   2-Chief Master Sgt. Space Force John F. Bentivegna
2-3:30 p.m.   The Red Piano
3:30 p.m.   4:15 p.m.   Evan Blix
4:20 p.m.   5:10 p.m.   The Other Woman
5:10 p.m.   5:25 p.m.   Legacy FM
6-6:45 p.m.   East Valley Road
7-7:50 p.m.   False Puppet
8-8:50 p.m.   Petty, Set, Go
9-9:20 p.m.   Fireworks!

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.

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

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.

4th of July Fireworks Viewing at Anchor Rose

July 4, 2024, 7-11 p.m.

Anchor Rose
113 Harbor Way, Ste. 180 
Santa Barbara, CA 93109 
$40 ticket, theanchorrose.com/events
(805) 770-5069

Anchor Rose invites you to their annual 4th of July rooftop fireworks dance party with DJ Scott Topper, located in the Santa Barbara Harbor. From 7 PM to 11 PM, guests aged 21 and over can enjoy the festivities for $40, which includes a Tapas buffet. Experience the best views of the fireworks in town!

Santa Barbara 4th of July Concert

July 4, 2024, 5 p.m.

Santa Barbara Courthouse
Sunken Garden
1100 Anacapa St.
Santa Barbara, CA
Free, pcvf.org/4t-of-july-concert

Bring picnics, blankets, and low beach chairs for this annual concert featuring  The Prime Time Band. Enjoy pop tunes, family favorites and patriotic classics!

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