“Project Fiesta!” Celebrates 100 Years of Fiesta
Community
Fiesta/Old Spanish Days
S.B. Historical Museum
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Phone: (805) 966-1601
Email: info@sbhistorical.org
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Date & Time
Fri, Jul 12 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Jul 13 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sun, Jul 14 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wed, Jul 17 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Jul 18 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fri, Jul 19 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Jul 20 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wed, Jul 24 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Jul 25 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fri, Jul 26 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Jul 27 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sun, Jul 28 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wed, Jul 31 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Aug 01 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fri, Aug 02 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Aug 03 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wed, Aug 07 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Aug 08 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fri, Aug 09 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Aug 10 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sun, Aug 11 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Thu, Aug 15 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fri, Aug 16 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Aug 17 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Thu, Aug 22 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fri, Aug 23 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Aug 24 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sun, Aug 25 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wed, Aug 28 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Aug 29 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fri, Aug 30 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Aug 31 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wed, Sep 04 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Sep 05 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fri, Sep 06 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Sep 07 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sun, Sep 08 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wed, Sep 11 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Sep 12 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fri, Sep 13 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Sep 14 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wed, Sep 18 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Sep 19 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fri, Sep 20 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Sep 21 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sun, Sep 22 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wed, Sep 25 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Sep 26 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fri, Sep 27 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Sep 28 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wed, Oct 02 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Oct 03 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fri, Oct 04 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Oct 05 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sun, Oct 06 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wed, Oct 09 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Oct 10 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fri, Oct 11 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Oct 12 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wed, Oct 16 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Oct 17 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fri, Oct 18 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Oct 19 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sun, Oct 20 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wed, Oct 23 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Oct 24 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fri, Oct 25 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Oct 26 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wed, Oct 30 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Oct 31 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Address (map)
136 E De La Guerra St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Venue (website)
S.B. Historical Museum
The Santa Barbara Historical Museum celebrates the 100th anniversary of Old Spanish Days Fiesta with an enlarged, expanded version of its annual Project Fiesta! exhibition, opening July 12 and on view through November 1, 2024. For more information, visit www.sbhistorical.org.
Encompassing two galleries, the centerpiece of “Project Fiesta! Centennial” is the largest grouping of annual Fiesta posters ever exhibited. Most posters are from the Museum’s Fiesta-related collection, the largest found anywhere, with several on loan from community members.
Footage of the very first 1924 El Desfile Histórico (The Historical Parade), also from the Museum’s collections, shows hundreds of riders on horses sporting gleaming silver trimmed saddles, interspersed by flower decorated horse-drawn carriages and wagons, and high-stepping “dancing” horses. A saddle adorned with Fiesta’s official crest is on view, along with another decorated with hand-tooled silver and semiprecious gems.
Also from the Museum’s holdings are photographs, film, programs, sheet music, costumes, and a large selection of festive commemorative badges produced each year beginning in 1926. Parade attire is exhibited, including antique clothing altered to be worn by descendants of some of the oldest Santa Barbara families.
“Fiestas from years past will be brought to life with a century of memories,” says Dacia Harwood, Museum executive director. “This not only commemorates the Old Spanish Days Fiesta centennial, but also salutes the thousands upon thousands of community members who through the decades have created the celebrations.”