A 4th of July Fireworks video we created a few years ago from the Upper Riviera neighborhood here in Santa Barbara. Shot from Dover Hill Road just above Alameda Padre Serra.

The Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation is hosting the 56th Annual Fourth of July Parade at 1 p.m. Thursday and a 5 p.m. Fourth of July Concert at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden.

The parade begins at 1 p.m. at Micheltorena and State streets and continues down State to Cota Street. It features entries from the Santa Barbara Fire Department, Santa Barbara Peace Corps Association, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 218, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Pipe & Drum Corps, La Boheme Dance Group, elected officials, and more. Both the parade and concert are free.

There will be Fourth of July activities at the Santa Barbara waterfront all day Thursday, with live music on Stearns Wharf starting at 11 a.m. and entertainment on West Beach starting at noon. There also will be food vendors, arts and crafts booths, and more.

Both festivals will conclude with a 9 p.m. fireworks show on West Beach, a simulcast of which will be broadcast on 92.9.

Santa Barbara City College, 721 Cliff Drive, will host its annual fireworks viewing at the Great Meadow on its West Campus as well as the Winslow Maxwell Overlook on the East Campus.

Montecito’s annual Village 4th of July Parade starts at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Upper Manning Park, 449 San Ysidro Road, and ends at Lower Manning Park, where the celebration will continue with lunch and live music.

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