City of Ridgecrest Events
A Night on Balsam
Balsam Street in the heart of Downtown Ridgecrest comes alive for this event. Featuring numerous food trucks, treat vendors, and visiting wineries along with live music and yard games A Night on Balsam is a great time. Stop by for a drink, enjoy the band, and stop by some of our local shops and make an evening out of it!
Food Truck Fridays
Featuring numerous food trucks and vendors from both in town as well as out, Food Truck Fridays happen on one Friday Month on Balsam Street! Music, various small moments of entertainment and an easy opportunity to gather with your Community.
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A Night on Balsam
Balsam Street in the heart of Downtown Ridgecrest comes alive for this event. Featuring numerous food trucks, treat vendors, and visiting wineries along with live music and yard games A Night on Balsam is a great time. Stop by for a drink, enjoy the band, and stop by some of our local shops and make an evening out of it!
Ridgecrest City Nights
City Center, the front yard of City Hall and our Community Center is the perfect venue for a night out of the house. This event series brings in numerous food trucks, treat vendors, visiting wineries and breweries, along with live music and yard games. With the grassy lawn areas, this event carries with it a picnic/neighborhood block party feel. and is a great reason to get off the couch and socialize.
Parks and Recreation's Annual Trunk-or-Treat
Each fall the City of Ridgecrest Parks and Recreation Department hosts their annual Trunk-or-Treat event, a fun community event open to all ages!
We are lucky to have a large number of community groups and organizations who volunteer to sign-up to host decorated trunks and hand out candy to Children “trick-or-treating” from trunk to trunk! In recent years we have also had groups set up activity areas. Even a food truck or two have attended to add to the atmosphere and fun!
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Annual City Tree Lighting
Located in the center of town, at 100 W. California Avenue is our City Hall, our Community Center (Kerr McGee Community Center) and our City Tree. In the middle of the Civic Center drive it stands just waiting all year for its time to shine. Each year near the beginning of December the City Parks and Recreation Department hosts a holiday community event and tree lighting, cocoa, crafts, and other festive activities. Its a wonderful time to come out and enjoy some Ridgecrest togetherness in celebration of the holiday season.
Your Group Can Host A Community Clean-Up, We will Help!
Fill out the application for Community Clean-Up Event and the City will work with WM to assist you with trash pickers, gloves, trash bags, and roll-off trashcans!
Community Clean-Up Application