UC CELEBRATION 2025! 💥❤️🤍💙💥Have you heard? It’s back! The Run, the Food, the Parade, the Games, the Vendor Booths, the Opportunity Draw Gift Baskets, the Book Barn, the Pancake Breakfast, the Beer & Wine Garden, the Music and Concerts…and so Much More! For more information, visit the UC Celebration website at: https://uccelebration.com/
Thank you to our Star Spangled Sponsors!
When? Friday, July 4th, 2025
Where? Standley Park, 3585 Governor Drive, San Diego, CA 92122
What? University City Celebration is an annual Independence Day festival in University City, San Diego
💥❤️🤍💙💥UC Celebration 2025 (printable PDF) : UC Celebration 2025 on the 4th of July at Standley Park
Hey there University City! Our Star-Spangled Sponsors will be there; all we need is YOU! Volunteers 16 years and older are needed in the Kids Zone Area. Community Service Hours available. For more information and to sign up to volunteer, please visit the UC Celebration website at: https://uccelebration.com/
PARKING: Parking at the UC Celebration will be limited due to construction on Governor Dr and restrictions at Standley, Spreckels, and at Swanson. For your planning purposes, please note that on-the-street parking may be limited along Governor Drive and on Mercer; and at the Standley Middle School parking lot on Radcliffe.
OLD TOWN TROLLEY: Additional parking is available adjacent to the Old Town Trolley stops. Don’t drive; take the free shuttle aboard the Old Town Trolley, operating east and west along Governor Drive from 11 AM to 7:30 PM. The Old Town Trolley makes a continuous loop on Governor from the I-805 Park n Ride to Stresemann with stops along Governor. Hop on and hop off at:Â
- The Park and Ride lot at 805
- Corner of Gullstrand St – both sides
- Curie Elementary School and across street at Urgent Care
- Corner of Mercer Ave and across street in front of Standley Park
- Corner of Regents Rd – both sides
- Corner of Stresemann Ave at Church of Latter Day Saints
Preliminary Schedule
- 8 AM- 1 Mile run and 5K run
- 8:30 AM – Pancake breakfast
- 9 AM – Opportunity Drawing ticket sales begin
- 10 AM – Staging for Bike/Pet parade at Standley MS parking lot
- 10:30 AM – Parade begins
- 11 AM – National Anthem and official opening of booths, book + puzzle barn
- 11:30 AM – First field game (sack race) and start of the Trolley along Governor Drive
- 12 PM- Hawaiian/Polynesian Review
- 1 PM – Phill Marcos Trio
- 2 PM – Field game (balloon toss)
- 3 PM – Music by “The Resonators
- 4 PM – Last field game (Tug of War) and booths close
- 5 PM – 7 PM – Music by “Strange Brew” on the pavilion stage by Standley MS
