• Dancers get Santa Barbara’s Fiesta party started at El Mercado De la Guerra on Aug. 1 at De la Guerra Plaza. Old Spanish Days continues through Aug. 5. (Patrick Kulp / Noozhawk)
  • No Fiesta is complete without the egg-citement of cascarones … and the confetti just waiting to burst out. These vendors had set up shop on State Street in downtown Santa Barbara. (Patrick Kulp / Noozhawk)
  • Clad in their Fiesta finest, two young girls raise their sippy cups at De la Guerra Plaza. (Tom Bolton / Noozhawk)
  • Customers line up for lunch at El Mercado De la Guerra. (Tom Bolton / Noozhawk)
  • Flamenco dancers from the Garcia Dance Studio entertain the crowd at El Mercado De la Guerra Plaza. (Tom Bolton / Noozhawk)
  • Dancers from the Garcia Dance Studio perform another number at De la Guerra Plaza. (Tom Bolton / Noozhawk)
  • Paseo Nuevo also caught the spirit of Fiesta. (Patrick Kulp / Noozhawk)
  • A ferris wheel towers over El Mercado Del Norte in Mackenzie Park. (Patrick Kulp / Noozhawk)
  • In addition to the food court and daily entertainment, El Mercado Del Norte sports the Fiesta Bazaar for souvenirs; Fiesta Carnival with rides and attractions for the kids, and the Crazy Horse Cantina for icy cold beer margaritas and a dance floor. (Patrick Kulp / Noozhawk)

Bill Macfadyen is Noozhawk’s founder and publisher. Contact him at wmacfadyen@noozhawk.com, and follow him on Instagram: @bill.macfadyen. The opinions expressed are his own.