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Youth Day on the Pier
Published on October 23, 2025
The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel was lit green on Saturday, October 11 in recognition of Youth Day.
On Saturday, October 11 2025, Pacific Park participated in the first Youth Day on the Pier! Pacific Park and the Santa Monica Pier Corporation hosted over 500 youth from across Los Angeles. This marks a brand new tradition for the Santa Monica Pier. Amongst those participating, the Girl Scouts of Southern California had hundreds of their scouts here at the pier, and The Hands and Hearts of Hope organization hosted many children for this day of joy, play, and discovery. We brought a pier-load of fun with entertainment, classic merry-go-round rides, unlimited games and rides at Pacific Park, and so much more.
The Pacific Wheel was lit in green, the color of the Girl Scouts of Southern California, to mark the special day.
More about The Hands and Hearts of Hope organization:
Hands and Hearts of Hope was founded to locate and reach out to underserved individuals and groups, to provide assistance in the ways that will make the greatest difference in the moment and in the future.
More about The Girl Scouts of America:
The Girl Scouts are giving thousands of girls around America the opportunity to try new things while working together to make a positive difference. Whether visiting an animal shelter, camping, hosting a dance-off, or filming a movie—they’re learning to take risks, trust their gut, and team up with others for good.
WHAT:
Special Lighting of the Pacific Wheel for Youth Day
WHEN:
Saturday, October 11
dusk (around 6 – 6:30 PM) to midnight
WHERE:
Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier
See the lights from home at www.pacpark.com/live.
Pacific Park regularly programs the Ferris wheel to display seasonal programing and themed light designs for holidays and special occasions. The Pacific Wheel’s state-of-the-art lighting package was installed in 2016 and can display over 1.6 million different colors and animate patterns and icons in 24 frames per second. The energy efficient LEDs on the face of the Ferris wheel are powered by solar arrays inside Pacific Park. The light programs are curated and designed by Pacific Park staff. Each design is manually animated; some designs can take hours of programming. The aim is to provide fun, high-energy, and sometimes whimsical designs to entertain guests on the Santa Monica Pier and surrounding beaches.
Feature image courtesy of @pacpark