To celebrate this great day, the Santa Barbara Yacht Club will hold a Ceremonial Parade of Fleet starting at 1:00 PM. The SBYC invites our local fishing fleet and all other boats in the harbor that wish to participate to join in as well. Come out and watch the Parade of Fleet in the beautiful …
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Come out to listen to live Opera from Opera Santa Barbara with a selection of crowd favorites. The free Opera will rock the Wharf from 11:00 Am to 11:45 Am. Founded in 1994, Opera Santa Barbara contributes to the cultural enrichment of our community by celebrating and championing the breadth and beauty of opera …
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4:30 – 7:00 PM Double Wide Kings Come out to listen to live music by the Doublewide Kings. The free concert will rock the Wharf from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The Santa Barbara-based Doublewide Kings play a uniquely tweaked blend of original music and cover tunes that brings new …
2:00 – 3:30 PM Come out to listen to live music by Tequila Mockingbird. The free concert will rock the Wharf from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm. Tequila Mockingbird is a Santa Barbara-based rock band that has been performing around the area for many years. They specialize in dishing up …
12:00 – 4:00 PM To celebrate this great day, each of the four restaurants on the wharf will offer free tastings of their versions of the best clam chowder in Santa Barbara, from 12:00 PM until 4:00 PM, with a raffle of restaurant prizes. Participants in the tastings will be eligible to win gift coupons …
10:15 AM – 4:15 PM Lil’ Toot will be offering Free Rides for children 12 and under accompanied by an adult. Starting at 10:15 AM until 4:15 PM. Lil’ Toot, Santa Barbara’s original waterfront taxi, provides a 25 minute narrated boat rides and sunset boat rides between the Santa Barbara Harbor and Stearns Wharf every …
Celebrate the 150th birthday of Stearns Wharf, a grand birthday bash is planned for Saturday, October 8 from 11:00 am to 7:15pm. This iconic structure, which has served as Santa Barbara’s front door, the birthplace of an industry, and the community’s plank park, will be honored by cannon battles with a tall ship, an opera …
Stearns Wharf is more than a nice place to watch boats or fish, it’s a structure that changed the face of Santa Barbara-literally. 150 years ago, Santa Barbara, being surrounded by mountains, was an isolated pueblo. There were no roads into town, there was no railroad. When John Peck Stearns built the wharf in 1872 …