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Pip & Pop Art Exhibit Takes Over the Santa Monica Pier Carousel

Australian artist Pip & Pop creates an art installation in the windows of the historic Santa Monica Pier carousel building.   The windows of the historic carousel building on the Pier, The Charles Looff Hippodrome, will be all decked out for the holidays. Australian artist Tanya Schultz works as Pip & Pop to create immersive […]

Get Pictures With Surfer Santa on the Santa Monica Pier

Get your photo taken with Surfer Santa on the Santa Monica Pier Before Santa works his magic all night long on Christmas Eve, he’s surfin’ on over to Santa Monica to take photos with guests on the Pier. In true Santa Monica style, Santa will be beach-ready during his stop at the Santa Monica Pier. […]

Santa Monica Pier’s Pacific Wheel Lights Up for Thanksgiving

Pacific Park to Display 90-Foot Tall Turkey on Its Ferris Wheel For Thanksgiving If you visit the beach in Santa Monica during Thanksgiving week, you’ll be astonished to see a very tall turkey spinning across the 90ft face of the Pacific Wheel. The Ferris wheel’s 174K LEDs will be all dressed up for Thanksgiving with [...]

Ice Skate in Downtown Santa Monica at Ice Santa Monica

You don't have to leave the beach in sunny Santa Monica to ice skate outside thanks to Ice at Santa Monica.   Ice at Santa Monica will return to Downtown Santa Monica with an 8,000 square-foot ice-skating rink on the corner of Fifth Street and Arizona Avenue.   Since 2006, every holiday season our local [...]