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Kids Club: Sherman Oaks Library

10:00am @ Westfield Fashion Square
Bubblemania Presents Bubble Magic!

3:30pm @ Woodland Hills Branch Library
Parks After Dark Kickoff Festival

6:00pm @ Robinson Park
Shakespeare on the Bluff: Measure for Measure

8:00pm @ Loyola Marymount University
Rollettes Experience 2025 (RE25)

All day @ Sheraton Gateway LAX
Rapunzilla, The Monster With The Golden Hair

10am-11:15am @ Occidental College
Cooking In The City

11:00am @ Pretend City Children's Museum
Cool Crafts Roundup

1:30pm @ Rancho Los Alamitos
Seaside Sessions

4:00pm @ Dana Point Harbor
Summer Music and Dance: Viver Brasil

5:30pm @ Descanso Gardens
Summer Sip n Speak with Child Development and Education Specialists

5:30pm @ The Children's Neuropsychology Center
Summer Music Series at The Original Farmers Market

7:00pm @ The Original Farmers Market
Teen Movie Madness!

7:30pm @ Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
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Open Clay Time

3:00pm @ Craft Contemporary
Disney's FROZEN The Broadway Musical

7:30pm @ Bank of America Performing Arts Center
Way To Play Day

10:00am @ Pretend City Children's Museum
Splash in the Water

10:00am @ CSUN Aquatic Center at Castaic Lake Lower Lagoon
Parisian Party: Picnic with St Pierre

11:00am @ 2ND & PCH
Apricot Lane Farms Family Fridays

4:30pm @ Apricot Lane Farms
Sharks After Dark

5:30pm @ Ocean Institute
Somos NELA Night Market

6:00pm @ Somos NELA
Shakespeare by the Sea

7:00pm @ Newhart Middle School
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

8:00pm @ Hollywood Bowl
MOVIES on The Steps: Jumanji

8:00pm @ The Culver Steps
Paint and Sip Art Classes at Festival of Arts

8:30pm @ Festival of Arts
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Lotus Festival

All day @ Echo Park Lake
Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles Summer Concert Series 2025

6:00pm @ Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles @ MacArthur Park
Agoura Hills Movies in the Park 2025: The Parent Trap

7:45pm @ Reyes Adobe Historical Site
Art Within the Craft: Celebrating Production Designers as Artists

10 - 4 PM PT @ Rookie Media Studios
North Hollywood Farmers Market

8:30am @ North Hollywood Farmers Market
Sensory Friendly Saturdays

9:00am @ GRAMMY Museum
Tigerlily Foundation CHOICE

9:00am @ CSC Los Angeles
Hoag Health Center San Clemente Community Grand Opening

9:00am @ Hoag Health Center San Clemente
Apricot Lane Farms Guided Tours

9:00am @ Apricot Lane Farms
Plastic-Free July Cleanup Challenge with LA Waterkeeper: Santa Monica

9:00am @ Santa Monica Beach, Tower 20
Apricot Lane Farms Guided Tours

9:00am @ Apricot Lane Farms
July Artisan Market at RUNWAY

10:00am @ RUNWAY Playa Vista
Adventure Sails

10:00am @ Ocean Institute
STEM UP to the Challenge

11:00am @ Pretend City Children's Museum
Art on the Spectrum: Summer Workshop Series for Autistic Teens & Parents

11:00am @ El Sereno Children's Museum
Pinocchio

11:00am @ Morgan-Wixson Theatre
2nd Annual Lavender Festival

12:00pm @ Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm
Tee'd Up on The Green

1:00pm @ Bella Terra
Concerts on the Green at Festival of Arts

1:00pm @ Festival of Arts
Lights of Dreams Festival

1:30pm @ Echo Park Lake
The City of Santa Clarita's Concerts in the Park

5:00pm @ Central Park
Community Collage Pop-Up at KCRW Summer Nights!

5:00pm @ Los Angeles Chinatown Plaza
Tribute Saturdays at Festival of Arts

5:30pm @ Festival of Arts
Yacht Rock Night at the Museum

6:00pm @ Catalina Museum for Art & History
Off the 405: Madi Diaz

6:00pm @ The Getty Center
Rich Manley: Journal of Mystery

7:00pm @ Loews Hollywood Hotel
Shakespeare by the Sea

7:00pm @ Wilmington Waterfront Promenade
Cinema Botanica: Flow

7:00pm @ California Botanic Garden
Movies Under the Stars at One Colorado

8:30pm @ One Colorado
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Alice and the Wonderful Tea Party

12:30pm @ Santa Monica Playhouse
Family Fun Day's

10am - 12pm @ Elysian Valley Community Garden
Baby Steps

8:00am @ Pretend City Children's Museum
Smorgasburg 2025 Ice Cream Alley

10:00am @ ROW DTLA
Family Fundays

10:30am @ Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
A Faery Hunt Enchanted Adventure

10:30am @ Crestwood Hills Park
Tiny Porch Concerts: Hot Buttered Rum with Special Guest The Doohickeys

5:00pm @ Peter Strauss Ranch
Soulful Sundays at Festival of Arts

5:30pm @ Festival of Arts
Shakespeare by the Sea

7:00pm @ Loma Alta Park
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Family Matinees Courtesy of Mattel

11:00am @ Egyptian Theatre
Summer of Smorgasburg

10:00am @ ROW DTLA
Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival: Love’s Labour’s Lost

7:00pm @ Griffith Park
Persona: Exploring Self Portraiture

Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-5pm @ Forest Lawn Museum
Bamboozled: An Unexpected Bamboo Adventure

All day @ South Coast Botanic Garden
Tea for Two: The Teapots of Gloria and Sonny Kamm

12:00-6:00pm Tues-Sat @ Craft in America Center
A Midsummer Night's Dream

All day @ Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
Titanic: A Voyage Through Time

All day @ Beverly Center
Rescue Exhibition

All day @ Discovery Cube Los Angeles
Creative Minds: Italian American Inventors and Innovators

10:00am @ Italian American Museum of Los Angeles
Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art

12:00pm @ The Fowler Museum at UCLA
Wired for Wonder: A Multisensory Maze

10:00am @ Kidspace Children's Museum
Diary of Flowers: Artists and Their Worlds

11:00am @ The Museum of Contemporary Art
Butterfly Pavilion

9:30am @ Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
From Los Angeles to Catalina: The Art of Sonia Romero

10:00am @ Catalina Museum for Art & History
Kidspace Campout

10:00am @ Kidspace Children's Museum
Fairytale CAMP

10:00am @ CAMP Los Angeles
World of the Terracotta Warriors: New Archaeological Discoveries in Shaanxi in the 21st Century

10:00am @ Bowers Museum
Sunset Series at South Coast Botanic Garden

5:00pm @ South Coast Botanic Garden
Kayak Harbor Tour

9:00am @ Ocean Institute
Grand Performances

6:00pm @ California Plaza
Guided Snorkel Tour

7:30am @ Ocean Institute
The World’s Biggest Boombox

10:00am @ Citadel Outlets
ANTARCTICA 3D

11:00am @ The California Science Center
Sunset Sail

4:30pm @ Ocean Institute
Tiny Tots

9:30am @ Ocean Institute
Bioluminescence Night Cruise

8:30pm @ Ocean Institute
59th Annual Sawdust Art Festival

11:00am @ Sawdust Art Festival
Youth Art Classes at Festival of Arts

12:30pm @ Festival of Arts
Teen and Adult Art Classes at Festival of Arts

3:00pm @ Festival of Arts
Shakespeare by the Sea

7:00pm @ Valley Park
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All Ages Sensory-Friendly Silent Disco

4:00pm @ Signal Hill Public Library
All-Inclusive Zumba

6:00pm @ San Fernando Recreation Park
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PCH Explorers Kids Club: Summer Edition

10:00am @ 2ND & PCH
Toddler Sing-Along at the Skirball

3:00pm @ Skirball Cultural Center
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The Point Kids Club: Space Explorers

10:00am @ The Point
PLAY on The Steps

10:00am @ The Culver Steps
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Santa Monica 4th of July Parade

Ocean Park Library

Free

Fri, Jul 4

9:30am - 12:00pm

The 2025 Santa Monica Parade celebrates the Arts!

FULL DESCRIPTION

Join Santa Monica for 18th its annual Fourth of July Parade celebrating the vibrant artistic spirit of the community. Pick up your free goody bag from the Main Street Visitor Information Center to receive an art kit, coloring sheet and Santa Monica-themed treats, available to the first 200 kids.

Parade kicks off at 9:30 a.m. at Pico and Main Street and ends in Beach Lot 5 South. The official grandstand announcement location will be in front of the Ocean Park Library.

Ocean Park Library

2601 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90405, USA

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