Fireworks

Today

Moorpark: The city will offer the Third of July Fireworks Extravaganza from 4 to 9:30 p.m. at Arroyo Vista Community Park, 4550 Tierra Rejada Road. On tap will be live music, food vendors, games and more. The Red Wagon Parade begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by a sky-diving team at 7. Fireworks start at 9. $2. (805) 517-6300.

Sunday

Camarillo: The Pleasant Valley-Somis Lions Club Fireworks Spectacular will be held at Freedom Park in Camarillo. Gates open at 3 p.m. There will be food, raffles, jolly jumpers, live entertainment and other attractions from 4 to 8 p.m. The fireworks show begins at 9:10 p.m. The park is at Camarillo Airport off Pleasant Valley Road between Eubanks Street and Freedom Park Drive. Admission and parking are free. (805) 484-8388, Ext. 395.

Fillmore: The annual Star-Spangled Car Show & Festival will highlight more than 300 street cars, classic models, hot rods and trucks at Central Park and along Central Avenue from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Also on tap will be arts and crafts vendors, food, live entertainment, a horseshoe tournament, vintage train rides and children’s activities.

A fireworks display will start at 9 p.m. at the Fillmore High School football field, 555 Central Ave. Gates open at 6 p.m., with entertainment beginning at 6:45 p.m. Free. (805) 492-2114 or 524-3701.

Oxnard: Channel Islands Harbor will offer festivities beginning at 11 a.m. with a children’s parade, followed by live entertainment, arts and crafts, food, a farmers market and harbor tours, until 5:30 p.m. Fireworks begin at 9 p.m. Free. (805) 985-4852.

Ojai: The Ojai Independence Day Committee will host a barbecue dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. ($5 to $8), followed by a free concert with the Ojai Band and Joe Boccali & the Ojai Valley Boys. Libbey Park, Signal and Montgomery streets. (805) 646-4295.

Santa Paula: The city will offer a pancake breakfast at the train depot, 10th and Santa Barbara streets, from 8 to 10 a.m. $3.

At 9:30 a.m., a ceremony near the depot will commemorate the 125th anniversary of the planting of a Moreton Bay fig tree on July 4, 1879. The ceremony will include a color guard, patriotic songs, a reading of the Declaration of Independence and a talk about the tree’s significance to the community.

A pyrotechnics show will take place at 9 p.m. at Harding Park, East Harvard Boulevard and South 13th Street. Free. (805) 525-4478.

Simi Valley: The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library’s annual holiday affair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. includes entertainment, Civil War encampment, games, presidential look-alikes, face painting, storytelling, food and a concert by the Los Angeles Police Department Concert Band. Free. The museum is at 40 Presidential Drive. $7; $5 for seniors and children 11 to 17; free for children 10 and under. (800) 410-8354.

Gates open at 1 p.m. at Simi Valley High School, 5400 Cochran St., for the city’s “Salute to Heroes” holiday event cosponsored by Rotary Club of Simi Valley. Music acts include the Sherrelles, the Drifters, the Coasters, the Platters and Tony Danny Joseph. Also featured are food, games and crafts. Fireworks start at 9 p.m. $9, $6 children 4 to 12. (805) 584-4400.

Thousand Oaks: The Conejo Recreation and Park District and the city of Thousand Oaks will offer several free and low-cost activities. All-ages nature walk, 7 a.m., west terminus of Avenida de Los Arboles in Wildwood Park, Thousand Oaks (free). Pancake breakfast, 8 to 11 a.m., Borchard Community Center, 190 Reino Road, Newbury Park ($2-$3). Home Run Derby for people 50 and older, 9 a.m., Borchard Park, Field No. 1, 190 Reino Road, Newbury Park ($2, registration 8:30 a.m.). Home Run Derby for ages 16 and older, 9 a.m., Borchard Park, Field No. 2 ($5, registration 8:30 a.m.). Family open swim, noon to 4 p.m., Newbury Park High School pool (free). (805) 495-4674.

The Conejo Pops Orchestra performs at 5 p.m. at Conejo Community Park, Dover and Hendrix avenues, Thousand Oaks. Also performing are the Sherwood Singers. Free. (805) 495-2163.

Fireworks, 9 p.m., with best viewing from The Oaks mall and Janss Marketplace parking lots. Free. (805) 381-2747.

Ventura: The city’s annual street fair will be preceded by the Pushem-Pullem Parade at 10:30 a.m., held along downtown’s Main Street. Registration is at 9:30 a.m. at Cemetery Park, Crimea and Main streets. Street fair activities are held along Main Street, from Fir Street to Ventura Avenue, and include entertainment on six stages, food, classic cars, kids’ activities and about 300 artisan booths. Ventura County Museum of History & Art and San Buenaventura Mission will also offer activities. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. 654-7830.

Ventura College and Rotary Club of Ventura will again host the Family Festival & Fireworks Celebration at the college’s athletic field, 4667 Telegraph Road. Games, contests, food and strolling entertainers will be offered. Festival-goers can picnic during a four-hour variety show titled “The Music of America” featuring the Ellsworth Barranca Band, the Angela Skeels Band, Tom Corbett Blue Grass Band and others. Hours: 5 to 9:30 p.m. Fireworks start at 9 p.m. $8, $5 children. (805) 642-2358.

The historic Dudley House, the city’s last pioneer farmhouse, built in 1892, will present its annual holiday open house with a crafts and collectibles show, docent tours and a large display of flags. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The house is at Ashwood Avenue and Loma Vista Road. Free. (805) 644-3286.

Monday

Ojai: The Ojai Independence Day Committee will hold several activities. Registration begins at 9 a.m. for one-mile and half-mile Youth Freedom runs at Libbey Park. A parade from Country Club Drive to Park Road starts at 10 a.m. Picnic in the Park with food, contests and entertainment begins at 11:30 a.m. at Sarzotti Park, 510 Park Road.

The Nordhoff High School Jazz Band performs its “American Salute Concert” at Libbey Bowl, Signal and Montgomery streets. 5-7 p.m. Gates open at 4 p.m. Free. (805) 646-2094.

A fireworks display will begin at 9:15 at Nordhoff High School stadium, 1401 Maricopa Highway. Parking, $5; the lot opens at 6 p.m. (805) 646-4295.

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