The Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce and the California Lemon Festival committee invite the public to celebrate the kick off to lemon season in Goleta with the Lemon Launch, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Glen Annie Golf Club.

Enjoy hors d’oeuvres from the Frog Bar & Grill and Italian-style lemon liqueur from Ventura Limoncello, check out the new Lemon Festival artwork and get a taste of the new features for this year’s festival.

Learn about the wine tasting at A Taste of Coastal Wines, sponsored by Albertsons and Rabobank, the Green Business Trade Show, sponsored by Hayward Lumber, and the carnival rides.

The Lemon Festival will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 16 (carnival rides only), 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 17 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 18 at Girsh Park. Click here for more information.

Sponsors of the Lemon Launch are Glen Annie Golf Club and Ventura Limoncello, and Marborg Industries is the presenting sponsor.

Venoco and the Towbes Group are the co-sponsors, and Cox is the media co-sponsor.

The Santa Ynez Band of the Chumash Indians, SBParent.com and the Camino Real Marketplace are the sunshine sponsors. The Goleta Water District and Allied Waste are the growers sponsors.

Other sponsors include Ameravant, AMS Entertainment, ATK Space Systems Inc., Brock Communications, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Cabrillo Business Park, Citrix Online, FLIR Commercial Vision Systems, Foundation for Girsh Park, Maravilla, Media 27, Montecito Bank & Trust, Noozhawk, Raytheon, the Santa Barbara Airport, the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District, Santa Barbara Signs & Graphics, Synergy Computing, Tri-Valley Trophies and Wilson Printing.

— Kristen Amyx is the president and CEO of the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce.