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A free community celebration features drag storytelling, poetry, painting, face painting, music, and family fun at the historic Carousel Building. Santa Monica Pier and The Crow are inviting you to come celebrate creativity, storytelling, self-expression, and joy at the return of Fabulous Fables, a free all-ages community event on Sunday, June 7, inside the historic […]

A Pier to Pier Centennial: Celebrating Route 66 with Free Rides on the Pacific Wheel Two of America’s most historic landmarks are coming together for a rare coast-to-coast celebration. On Saturday, June 6, 2026 (6/6/26), the Santa Monica Pier and Chicago’s Navy Pier will unite to honor the Centennial anniversary of Route 66—the legendary highway […]

Welcome to the grand finale of our 30th anniversary celebration! Over our last two posts, we traced Pacific Park’s journey from its early days in 1996 to its rise as a nationally recognized coastal landmark. Today, we are bringing it home with “Sp30tlights: 30 Years of Fun” – Part 3, taking a look at our […]

Welcome back to our 30th anniversary celebration! In Part 1 of our Sp30tlights: 30 Years of Fun series, we looked at Pacific Park’s early roots on the historic Santa Monica Pier from 1996 to 2005. Today, we are diving straight into our second decade: 2006 to 2015. This was a decade defined by major expansion, […]

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