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Ventura County holiday activities

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Here is a rundown of fireworks displays, festivals and other events.

Today

Ojai Ojai Music Festival’s annual “Salute America Concert” will feature the American Winds Concert Band and the Nordhoff High School Jazz Band performing from 6 to 8 p.m. at Libbey Bowl. The program will feature jazz standards, Broadway favorites and patriotic music. Gates will open at 5 p.m. for picnicking. Free. (805) 646-2053.

Sunday

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

Ojai The Ojai Independence Day Committee will hold a barbecue dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. ($6 to $9), 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.

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Monday

Camarillo The Pleasant Valley-Somis Lions Club Fireworks Spectacular will be held at Freedom Park in Camarillo. Gates will open at 3 p.m. There will be food, raffles, jolly jumpers, live entertainment and other attractions. The fireworks show will begin at 9 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 showcase 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: 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 will open at 6 p.m., with entertainment beginning at 6:45. Free. (805) 492-2114 or 524-3701.

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

Ojai The Ojai Independence Day Committee will present its annual holiday activities at several venues. A Youth Freedom Run will start at Libbey Park at 8:45 a.m. A downtown parade will start at 10 a.m. (Country Club Drive to Park Road), and Picnic in the Park with food, contests, games and entertainment will begin at 11:30 at Sarzotti Park, 510 Park Road. The gates will open at 5 p.m. at Nordhoff High School stadium, 1401 Maricopa Highway, for the Fourth of July Concert & Fireworks Show. The concert, featuring Soul City Survivors, will start at 6 p.m. Fireworks will begin at 9:15 p.m. $5 to $10. (805) 646-4295.

Santa Paula The city will hold its Fireworks Extravaganza at Harding Park, 1300 E. Harvard Blvd., at 9 p.m. Free. (805) 933-4226.

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Simi Valley The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library’s annual holiday affair, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., will include games, presidential look-alikes, face-painting, storytelling, food and a patriotic concert by the Los Angeles Police Department Concert Band. Holiday events are free. The museum is at 40 Presidential Drive. Admission: $7; $5, ages 62 and older; $2, ages 11 to 17; free, ages 10 and younger. (800) 410-8354.

Gates will open at 1 p.m. at Simi Valley High School stadium, 5400 Cochran St., for the city’s holiday event, co-sponsored by Rotary Club of Simi Valley. Musical acts will include the Sherrelles, the Drifters, the Coasters, the Platters and Elvis impersonator Tony Danny Joseph. Food, games and crafts will also be available. The entertainment will begin at 3 p.m. Fireworks will start at 9 p.m. $9; $6, ages 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 to $3). Home Run Derby for ages 50 and older, 9 a.m., Borchard Park, Field No. 1, 190 Reino Road, Newbury Park ($3; registration at 8:30 a.m.). Home Run Derby for ages 16 and older, 9 a.m., Borchard Park, Field No. 2 ($5; registration at 8:30 a.m.). Family open swim, noon to 4 p.m., Thousand Oaks High School and Newbury Park High School pools (free). (805) 495-4674.

Maestro Elmer Ramsey will lead the annual Conejo Pops Orchestra holiday concert at 5 p.m. at Conejo Community Park, Dover and Hendrix avenues, Thousand Oaks. Also performing will be the Sherwood Singers. Free. (805) 495-2163.

Fireworks will start at 9 p.m., with best viewing from Oaks Mall and Janss Marketplace parking lots. Free. Patriotic simulcast on KCLU-FM (88.3). (805) 381-2747.

Ventura The city’s annual street fair will start with the Pushem-Pullem Parade at 10:30 a.m. along downtown’s Main Street. Registration, 9:30 a.m.: Cemetery Park, Crimea and Main streets. Street fair activities will take place along Main Street, from

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Fir Street to Ventura Avenue, and include entertainment on six stages, food, 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. (805) 654-7830.

Ventura College and Rotary Club of Ventura will stage an Independence Day celebration at the college athletic field, 4667 Telegraph Road, with a stage show, community picnic, games and contests. Hours: 5 to 9:30 p.m. Fireworks will start at 9 p.m. $9; $7 children. (805) 654-6461.

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. to 4 p.m. The house is at Ashwood Avenue and Loma Vista Road. Free. (805) 644-3286.

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