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East Sac 4th of July Parade of 2020 Cancelled

East Sac 4th of July Parade of 2020 Cancelled

Posted by on Jul 4, 2020 in 4th of July, East Sac, Events, Fab 40's | 0 comments

As you can probably already guess, the famous East Sac 4th of July parade is officially not happening this year. The need for social distancing and limiting the spread of the Coronavirus is greater than the need to have our traditional parade. As the story goes, this amazing tradition starting about 90 years ago when a handful of kids with a wagon and a dog circled the blocks up 41st Street, across J Street, down 42nd Street, along Folsom Blvd and back up 41st Street creating what has been the parade route that so many of us have loved ever since. My wife and I have often ridden our tandem, recumbent, five wheeled bike along the parade route over the past 12 years. This will be the first year that there will be no fire engines or any other official parade. The City of Sacramento isn’t issuing any street closure permits this year in an effort to encourage social distancing. It’s affecting the big parade and the smaller block parties around the city. For the first time in over twenty years, the block that I live on near McKinley park won’t be blocking off our street for our annual block party and instead we will each be celebrating in our front yards instead of gathered together as a cluster in the center of the block. I hope everyone has a safe and physically distanced 4th of July this year and that we get to see you all at the Fab 40’s parade next year!  ...

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East Sac Fab 40’s 4th Of July Parade 2019

East Sac Fab 40’s 4th Of July Parade 2019

Posted by on Jul 2, 2019 in 4th of July, East Sac, Events, Fab 40's | 0 comments

Get ready to kick off the summer with hundreds of your favorite neighbors at the East Sac Fab 40’s 4th Of July Parade! Once again, the parade will start at 11:00 on 41st Street between J and M Street. The parade will do a big loop onto J Street, down 42nd Street, around Folsom Boulevard and then finish where it started on 41st Street. Then it will breakout into a large block party with live bands and people milling in the streets and visiting with their neighbors. When we call it a parade what we really mean is a bunch of festive neighbors ambling along together and a few people sitting on the sidewalks or front lawns watching the masses of revealers doing the slowest walk around the block as possible. There are usually more people in the parade than watching it so come out and join us. The weather this year is going to be perfect for being outdoors so I expect record levels of turnout this year. This will also be a great opportunity to have a block party and hang out with your neighbors so take advantage of a 4th of July that’s not over 100 degrees and get outside early and often on this amazing day! Pictures provided from 2017 by the incredibly talented Carlos Castille of...

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East Sac 4th of July Parade 2018

East Sac 4th of July Parade 2018

Posted by on Jun 28, 2018 in 4th of July, East Sac, Events, Fab 40's | 0 comments

The weather has heated up and summer is almost here! We’re just a week away from the biggest neighborhood block party of the year.  The East Sac 4th of July parade is a great way to start off your summer celebrations. Come and hang out with hundreds of neighbors and see all the amazing ways that people show their festive red, white and blue spirits.  Unless things have changed from all of the past years, the parade will start at 11:00 on 41st Street just south of J Street. The block will be packed all the way down to M Street and probably even half way down the next block.  Once the parade starts it will do a big loop onto J Street, down 42nd Street, around Folsom Boulevard and then finish where it started on 41st Street. Then it will breakout into a large block party with live bands and people milling in the streets and visiting with their neighbors. When we call it a parade what we really mean is a bunch of festive neighbors ambling along together and a few people sitting on the sidewalks or front lawns watching the masses of revealers doing the slowest walk around the block as possible.  Do as we do after the morning parade and go have a great block party and get to know your neighbors better or make your way to Cal Expo in the evening (or somewhere with a good view of the sky above Cal Expo) and enjoy the fireworks show.  I love the community that we have here in East Sac and knowing more of my neighbors here than I have in all of my pervious homes combined. Given that I’m never leaving East Sac or my home now that I’ve discovered them, the number of neighbors I know will continue to grow over the years due to great events like this.  Here are some pictures from last year taking by the incredibly talented Carlos Castille of http://www.castillephotography.com! ...

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Independence Day Celebration

Independence Day Celebration

Posted by on Jul 2, 2015 in 4th of July, Cal Expo | 0 comments

After the day’s parades and barbecues, then come the fireworks. And in Sacramento, the place where the fireworks shine brightest is Cal Expo. While they can be seen for quite a distance, the best place to see the fireworks display is at Cal Expo’s Miller Lite Grandstand. Gates open at 6pm, with the fireworks beginning around 9:30pm. In-between, there will be live music, dancing and other family-friendly activities. Admission is free, and parking is $10. For more information, go to www.calexpo.ca.gov....

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4th of July Festivities

4th of July Festivities

Posted by on Jul 2, 2015 in 4th of July, East Sac, Events, Fab 40's | 0 comments

If you’re feeling extra patriotic this 4th of July, you’re in luck if you live in East Sac. First, the River Park Neighborhood Association will hold its annual Fourth of July Festival at Glenn Hall Park. Starting at 10am, the Firecracker antique car parade and kids bike parade wind their way through the neighborhood to the park. The festival includes games, races, art displays, live music and refreshments. Or you can get yourself into the red, white and blue mood with the East Sacramento Fourth of July parade, which begins at 11am on the corner of 41st and M Streets. With this parade, many of the people that come to watch end up walking along with the participants. It’s a great show of East Sac neighborhood pride and togetherness as well as a way to celebrate our nation’s freedoms.  ...

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4th of July Parade in East Sac’s Fab 40’s

4th of July Parade in East Sac’s Fab 40’s

Posted by on Jun 30, 2014 in 4th of July, East Sac, Events, Fab 40's | 0 comments

This year will be another great 4th of July parade in East Sac’s Fab 40’s! We will start on 41st Street between J and M and sometime around 11:00 we will roll out in a large, neighborly mob up the block to J Street, down 42nd Street to Folsom and then back up 41st Street. I’m not sure what makes this event so magical, but it is. There is no marching band, baton twirling troupes, fancy cars, groups of Kiwanis/Rotary Club/Fraternal Order of anything. It will be neighbors on foot, bike, wagon, motorized beer cooler or other crazy contraptions. Some people will dress up in red, white and blue, some people will dress up like Uncle Sam. Aside from a firetruck and some great front yard parties, there is very little organization that the casual observer can see.  The vast majority of people that go to this 4th of July Parade aren’t going to watch the parade roll past them, they are there to walk side by side with hundreds of fellow neighbors the whole route. I guess that is what makes this parade so special. We aren’t going there to watch it, we are going there to be a part of it. I do love my...

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