Arcadia’s Patriotic Festival to Feature First-Ever Drone Show

Drone Show (Photo – City of San Gabriel)

Enjoy food and drinks, browse vendor booths, and bring the kids for free fun.

By Katlyn Ong

Live entertainment all night long in Downtown Arcadia. Stick around for Arcadia’s first-ever drone show at 9:00 pm. The event will take place on First Ave. between Huntington Dr. and Diamond St.

Event highlights:

• Carnival Game Zone: Back by popular demand, Dave Arvizu is bringing back the Carnival Game Zone. Try your luck, test your skills, and enjoy a variety of exciting games—new for this year’s festival.
• Water Balloon Fun Zone: Kids can beat the heat with epic water balloon battles and non-stop fun.
• Pasadena Humane Society’s Wiggle Waggle Waggin’: Meet some adorable dogs at the Patriotic Festival who are looking for a forever home.
• Foothill Unity Center’s Back to School Drive: They need new backpacks (no blue or red), calculators, colored pencils, markers, crayons, erasers, folders and binders, glue sticks, highlighters, pencil boxes & pouches, mechanical pencils, standard pencils, pens, and spiral notebooks.
• Mt. Lowe Beer and D’Aquino Wine Booth: Enjoy your beer or wine in a Downtown Arcadia collectable acrylic glass.
• Dance Syndicate will be spinning all the latest hits and providing fun games and activities for the kids.

For more information and the full schedule, click here.

Arcadia Patriotic Festival & Drone Show
June 28, 2025
5:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Location
First Ave.
Between Huntington Dr. and Diamond St.