Downtown Fridays will return to Santa Maria starting Friday.
The weekly street fair runs from April through September and includes food trucks, vendor booths, a kids zone, live music, beer garden and prizes.
The event happens the Santa Maria Town Center West parking lot, near Broadway and Cook St. It runs from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Downtown Fridays is in its sixth year. 2022 marks a full return since the pandemic began, after 2020's events were partially virtual and 2021's street fair cut live bands and bounce houses due to COVID-19 protocols.
Community members are invited to come out beginning April 1. Organizers say the Friday night events are set to run through Sept. 30, weather permitting.
