Costumed celebrants and colourful floats welcomed the summer time season in Saturday’s Santa Barbara Solstice Parade.
The route was on Santa Barbara Road this yr since State Road is closed to visitors and has giant planters and out of doors eating constructions put in on the roadway.
Hundreds of individuals crowded the sidewalks to observe the parade individuals that included dancers, gymnasts, and bands enjoying dwell music.
Click on on the arrow on the best aspect of the image above to view a photograph gallery of the parade.
It’s town’s solely human-powered parade with floats being pushed and pulled uphill by means of downtown Santa Barbara to Alameda Park, the place the Summer time Solstice Celebration pageant was arrange with a dwell music stage and meals distributors.
A gaggle pushes a duck-themed float within the Solstice Parade whereas blasting the “Duck Tales” theme track on a speaker system Saturday. (Fritz Olenberger picture)
The Solstice Parade and Pageant hasn’t occurred within the metropolis since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Artists have been creating distinctive costumes and floats for the parade, with this yr’s theme of “Shine,” on the Neighborhood Arts Workshop since mid-Might.
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Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse walks with different Metropolis Council members within the Solstice Parade as a part of the Move the Hat ensemble fundraising for the parade organizers. (Fritz Olenberger picture)
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