Goleta Lemon Festival Returns September 26 and 27 for a Weekend of Music, Pie, and Enjoyable

The Goleta Lemon Festival returns to Girsh Park September 26 and 27, bringing two days of stay music, carnival rides, meals, basic automobiles, and the annual spectacle of individuals racing to eat pie as rapidly as doable.

This 12 months’s competition will unfold the leisure throughout two phases, with acts starting from rock and nation to blues and funk. Saturday’s UCLA Health Stage lineup builds towards a 4:45 p.m. set from Area 51, whereas Sunday closes with Goodlanders at 4:45 p.m. The Point Market Stage will function a rotating mixture of native musicians, dance teams, and youth performers all through the weekend.

The music is just a part of the attraction. The competition’s Kids Zone is including a number of new actions this 12 months, together with a mechanical dragon trip, an archery arcade from UCSB Department of Recreation, and new toddler bounces. There will even be a meet-and-greet spot with Zesty, the competition’s official lemon mascot. For meals, festivalgoers can discover Dave’s Dogs, Elubia’s Kitchen, Considered Coffee, Woodstock’s Pizza, burgers from Tink’s, lemon meringue pie, lemon bars, and loads of lemonade.

“We try to grow the festival in some way while maintaining a balance of the nostalgia that keeps our dedicated guests returning each year,” says Cortney Hebert-Rintoul, chief working officer of the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce, which organizes the competition.

That steadiness is probably most obvious within the competition’s annual traditions. The American Riviera Bank Pie Eating Contest returns at midday every day on the UCLA Health Stage. Saturday brings the nineteenth Annual Goleta Fall Classic Car Show, with awards scheduled for two:30 p.m. Safety Street, offered by CMC Rescue, will as soon as once more give children the possibility to climb aboard emergency automobiles and meet native first responders.

For Hebert-Rintoul, although, the competition’s largest draw is much less tangible. “The connection to our community is the heart of the Goleta Lemon Festival,” she says. An 18-member volunteer committee helps placed on the occasion, with some members returning 12 months after 12 months for a decade or extra. The competition can be the most important annual fundraiser for greater than 30 native nonprofits.

“It is a staple of our community,” she says, “and the excitement that is always brewing leading up to the festival is the driving force in bringing it all together and creating special memories each year.”

The Goleta Lemon Festival takes place Saturday, September 26, and Sunday, September 27, from 10 a.m. to six p.m. at Girsh Park. Admission is free. An all-inclusive Kids Activity Wristband is $30 when bought on-line earlier than September 24 and $40 on the competition.

For extra data, see lemonfestival.com