The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will be lit green, gold, red, white, and blue on Monday, June 19 in recognition of Juneteenth. Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. It is also called Emancipation Day or Jubilee Day in Texas. […]
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The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will be lit red, white, and blue on Wednesday, June 14 in recognition of Flag Day 2023. Flag Day is a United States federal holiday that commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. The Flag Resolution, passed on June 14, […]
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The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will be lit red, white, and green on Friday, May 5 in recognition of Cinco De Mayo. Cinco de Mayo is a festive holiday that has become widely celebrated in the United States, particularly in the city of Los Angeles and its surrounding areas like Santa Monica. The holiday commemorates the Mexican army’s victory […]
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The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will be lit red on Monday, May 1 in recognition of AAPI Heritage Month, 2023. Since the early 1990s, the United States has observed Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI Heritage Month), a month-long celebration of the history, culture, and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. It […]
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The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will be lit red and gold on Thursday, March 30 to Sunday, April 2 ahead of the weekend’s WWE WrestleMania event at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. WrestleMania was first held in 1985, and has been held every year since then, except for 2020, when it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The […]
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The Ferris wheel will feature a custom computer-generated lighting program with Irish green patterns, transitions and lucky shamrocks. Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on the 90-foot-tall Ferris Wheel with displays of Irish green patterns, transitions and lucky shamrocks. The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will be lit green all weekend in recognition of […]
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Universal Music Group arranged for a special lighting of the Pacific Wheel to celebrate the Kali Uchis’s first studio release since 2020 Grammy-winning artist Kali Uchis has unveiled her newest English language album, Red Moon In Venus, out on March 3 via Geffen Records/Universal Music. “Love is the message,” Uchis explains about the new album, “a timeless, burning expression of […]
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