Fiesta La Ballona, Culver City’s Party in the Park, will be held at its traditional time, the final three-day weekend of August, Aug. 25-27, at its longtime home, Veterans Park.

The half-century old event features carnival rides and games, live performances, 100 booths spotlighting local organizations as well as artisan wares and other vendors, a petting zoo and pony rides, a beer and wine garden, food trucks and a food court, and other special events.

Fiesta La Ballona is bicycle-friendly.

It strives to be a zero waste event.

Admission is free to this spectacular end-of-summer festival.

Fiesta La Ballona is part of Culver City’s Centennial celebration, which ends one month later.

Last year, Fiesta attracted 30,000 visitors over the course of the weekend.

In the early 1950s, Fiesta La Ballona began as a weeklong celebration of the region’s first settlers.

Fiesta has evolved as a three-day festival that kicks off on a Friday afternoon and closes down on a Sunday night.

Fiesta is named after La Ballona Creek, the 8.8-mile waterway that flows through the city.

Fiesta hours:

• 4:30 to 10 on Friday (carnival rides start at 6)
• 11 to 10 on Saturday and
• 11 to 9 on Sunday.

The City of Culver City’s Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department and the Fiesta La Ballona Committee organize and produce Fiesta with the support from scores of volunteers.  A variety of local sponsors also help fund and support Fiesta.  Information on unique and tailored sponsorship opportunities is available by contacting fiesta.laballona@culvercity.org or 310-253-6667.  To learn more about Fiesta La Ballona or to sign up to be a volunteer, visit the website at www.fiestalaballona.org.  You can also find Fiesta La Ballona on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram #FLB2017.