The 2025 Rockaway Tree Lighting Festival is back &\; coming to the Rockaway Beach Plaza and along Dondee Way. \;

Enjoy vendors\, food trucks\, free kid \;activities\, snow flurries\, visits with Santa\, Santa letter writing &\; drop box\, \;live music\, food drive for the Pacifica Resource Center\, live kids \;performances\, spin the wheel for prizes\, \;a food &\; toy drive\, \;much\, much more! \;

Food Drive: \;
\nLets help feed families this holiday season. Bring nonperishable goods and look for the designated Pacifica Resource Center \;donation barrel along Dondee Way. Thank you!

Food Trucks TBA!
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FREE SHUTTLE RIDES! \;
\nBeginning at 3:00pm shuttle rides to and from the festival will start at the Pacifica Community Center\, then stops along \;Roberts Rd. and then into Rockaway Beach. Enjoy ocean views on your ride in. \;
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\nFestival Info:
\n-Parking: \;is limited\, \;please take advantage of the free shuttles &\; take the hassle out of \;parking.
\nFree parking along Roberts Rd &\; at the Pacifica Community Center for festival-goers. \;
\n-Community Center Parking: Will be free of charge for the Rockaway Tree Lighting festival-goers. \;
\n-NO \;Parking Lighthouse Garage: \;There will be no use of the Lighthouse Hotel parking garage as the stage will be located at that entrance. (but will be reserved for vendors use)
\n-NO Parking at Sea Bowl: Please do not park in the lot at Sea Bowl. They have a full house all day &\; into the night on Sunday. Parking is reserved for their customers. \;
\n-Street Closure: \;Dondee Way &\; the east side parking lot will be closed to traffic 12pm to 8pm\, \;so please do not park in the area prior to \;festival time\, you may \;be towed. \;
\n-Bathrooms: will be located in the Rockaway Beach Plaza breezeway along Dondee Way where Rockaway Gifts &\; Sweets is located. \;
\n-Santa: arrives between 4:30 &\; 5pm \;on his antique firetruck at the south end of Dondee Way. He will visit with children behind the display kiosk in the Plaza. \;
\n-Pony Rides &\; Snow Furries: will be \;located in front of the Remax office at the north end of Dondee Way. \;
\n-Food Trucks: \;will be located in the middle parking lot\, on the east side of \;Dondee Way
\n-Food Drive Bin: look for a barrel located along Dondee Way marked with a Pacifica Resource Center Sign. \;
\n-Toy Drive Bin: Located at the City of Paciifca'\;s vendor tent along Dondee Way. \;
\n-Trash: Recology of the Coast will have garbage and \;recycling boxes along Dondee Way and in the Plaza
\n-Free \;Shuttles: Pickups begin at 3:00pm \;from the Pacifica Community Center\, then along Roberts Rd. \; \;Last one \;of the evening leaves Rockaway Beach at 7pm to return to the community center at Crespi Dr. \;