Summer Solstice 2024 Santa Barbara. The parade will travel up santa barbara street from ortega street to sola street and then end at the solstice festival in alameda park. All performances are free and open to the.

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the theme for this annual event will be “flights of fancy.”. The santa barbara summer solstice parade & festival began in 1974 and is now the largest event in santa barbara county drawing crowds of over 100,000 spectators from around the world.