Old Spanish Days Santa Barbara - Fiesta

Thank You From El Presidente 2023

Posted Oct 05, 2023
Thank You From El Presidente 2023

It has been an honor to serve as El Presidente 2023. As we look back, it’s important to thank our sponsors and collaborative partners, our many community volunteers, and the City and County of Santa Barbara. Everyone contributed to making Fiesta 2023 a memorable, fun and safe community event. Thank you!

Fiesta is extremely important. It supports local businesses and non profits. It provides a platform for our local youth arts dance community. It keeps alive the history, traditions and culture that make Santa Barbara a special place. Fiesta brings together friends, family, colleagues and neighbors. Fiesta unites our community. 

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2023 Old Spanish Days Board of Directors

Posted Apr 25, 2023
2023 Old Spanish Days Board of Directors

The 2023 Old Spanish Days Board of Directors gathered on Cabrillo Boulevard
for an Iconic Photo.  Volunteers for the  99-year-old organization give their time and talent for the good of the community.  

Old Spanish Days (OSD) in Santa Barbara, Inc. is a 50l(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to honoring and preserving Santa Barbara's history, spirit, culture, heritage, and traditions. The 99-year-old organization is unique among festivals in that it is run entirely by a volunteer Board of Directors and supported by only one full-time staff member.

The Board of Directors represent a broad cross-section of the community and is responsible for planning and producing over a dozen major events during the week of Fiesta, several fundraising events leading up to the week and organizing over 500 other volunteers, participants, and performers.  

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2024 Pre-Fiesta Events

April 6 Spirit & Jr. Spirit of Fiesta Audition
May 11 La Primavera
June 20 Fiesta Ranchera
July 13 Fiesta Fashion Sale (Formerly known as the Costume Sale) 9am at Carriage Museum
July 27 Los Niños de las Flores Garden Party
July 28 La Recepción del Presidente

2024 Fiesta Events

Wednesday, July 31
La Fiesta Pequeña, 8 p.m. 
Mercado De La Guerra, 11 a.m.

Thursday, August 1
La Misa del Presidente, 10 a.m.
Las Noches de Ronda, 8 p.m.
DIGS, 5 p.m.
Mercado De La Guerra, 11 a.m.
Mercado de la Playa, 12 p.m.
Stock Horse and Rodeo

Friday, August 2
El Desfile Histórico (Parade), noon 
Flor y Canto, 7 p.m.
Las Noches de Ronda, 8 p.m.
Mercado De La Guerra, 11 a.m.
Mercado de la Playa, 12 p.m.
Horseman's Rendezvous
Stock Horse and Rodeo

Saturday, August 3
Children's Parade, 10 a.m.
Tardes de Ronda, 1 p.m.
Las Noches de Ronda, 8 p.m.
Mercado De La Guerra, 11 a.m.
Mercado de la Playa, 12 p.m.
Stock Horse and Rodeo

Sunday, August 
Mercado de la Playa, 11 a.m
Stock Horse and Rodeo


A Message from the Board

As we emerge from almost three years of COVID restrictions, Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara, Inc. is committed to returning to Fiesta events as we knew them before the pandemic while putting the health and the safety of our community first.  We continue to work with the City of Santa Barbara in areas such as parade route planning and venue locations.  The schedule and nature of Fiesta events, as presented here, are to the best of our knowledge but are subject to change due to uncertainties that are beyond our control.


Please support Old Spanish Days by purchasing items from our online store or purchasing tickets to an official Fiesta fundraiser.

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