Celebrating summer! Santa Barbara’s Summer Solstice Parade expected to attract 100,000 people

In a collection of buildings off of Garden Street in downtown Santa Barbara, people are putting the finishing touches on a crazy assortment of floats and costumes for what’s become a South Coast tradition.

It’s the Santa Barbara Summer Solstice Parade, which looks like a cross between a parade at Disneyland and the creations of a group of bohemian artists.

“We’re expecting a really amazing parade,” said Solstice Executive Director Penny Little. “The theme is Wild World, and so we have all this wild creativity happening over here in the wild world of Solstice…

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