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Applications to be in our 22nd annual Bunnies and Bonnets Parade are now open! We will be taking applications for parade entrants until the deadline on Monday, March 27, 2023.

Space is limited and the Bunnies and Bonnets Parade is very popular so we encourage you to get your applications in early.

Bunnies & Bonnets Parade Entry Form

A week ago we published that we had a car show on the calendar to kick off summer. Whoops! It turns out that announcement was a bit premature.

The car show is an idea that has been raised a number of times by our fans over the years and it's on the table for this year. Actually, it's been on the table for a number of years, but getting it to all come together has been another story.

This is still something we're hoping to do this year, but until everything is confirmed and all the people who we need to work with are able to commit time and resources to make this a reality, we need to back away from promising that this will be the year it finally happens.

We are working on it and hope we'll have positive news to share soon.

Hi everyone and happy belated New Year from Downtown Campbell... or perhaps we should be wishing you a Happy Lunar New Year instead. We're right on time for that!

Either way, we wanted you to know that for the first time since 2020, we're expecting to have our complete and usual calendar of events back. We're glad to announce that for the first time in four years, we'll have a Bunnies and Bonnets Easter Parade again! The Beerwalk is also making a return to Downtown Campbell and to spice up the summer a bit, we're hoping to launch the first event of what will be an Annual Car Show.

Please take a look at our Festivities Page to see more upcoming highlights for 2023. Be sure to check back regularly as we'll be adding more as things develop throughout the year.

Those are just the highlights of course. For the complete listing of upcoming happenings both big and small, you'll want to keep an eye on our Events Calendar page. Our Events Calendar is updated regularly and there's usually new additions to it on a weekly basis.

Fans of outdoor parklets in Downtown Campbell, we have some good news and bad news. We'll give you the bad news first. The current temporary parklets program is scheduled to end at the end of March and the current parklets will be removed between March 28th and 31st.

Now for the good news. The temporary parklets will be replaced with a Semi-Permanent Parklet Program featuring approved parklet designs that will be more aesthetically pleasing and consistent with the personality of Downtown Campbell. Each parklet will come at a significant cost to build, so we don't know how many parklets will remain when all is said and done. It's possible that some businesses will opt to give up their currently granted temporary parklet space when the program ends.

Fortunately, the costs will be partially offset by a grant the City of Campbell created from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, but because there is grant money involved, certain procedural steps will need to be followed. For that reason, we can't say for sure when the semi-permanent parklets will be completed after the temporary ones are removed at the end of March.

Needless to say, we're hoping for as short of a disruption as possible. The parklet designs look great! There are two approved designs that each business can choose from. There's the "Water Tower" parklet with rounded edges or an "Orchard" parklet with a more squared look. Both designs can be built with or without an optional roof.

We know the drill. It's a few days to Christmas and you still need to get some shopping done. That's why we've got the Downtown Campbell gift cards directory online to help you out. You can get them a gift card that's more than just any old regular gift card because these are gift cards to locally owned small businesses.

Every gift that supports a small business is a gift that counts twice. It's a gift that they'll be able to apply toward something they'll really want while supporting a small locally owned "Mom and Pop" business that's so vital to the health of our community.

Here you go... holiday shopping made easy:

Downtown Campbell Gift Cards Directory

If you like pizza, you'll love this holiday deal from Blue Line Pizza! From now until the end of the year, $50 electronic gift cards are 20% off!

To redeem the deal, just go to their Gift Cards Order Page to place an order online for an e-gift card. The deal is only valid on $50 gift cards and you must use the offer code GCHOLIDAY2022.

You can only purchase one discounted $50 gift card per checkout, but you can repeat the process as many times as you like to buy additional $50 gift cards for $40.

It has never been so easy to give the gift of (awesome) pizza!

Santa was ready to ring in the holidays in Downtown Campbell and so were all the ponies, the cute petting zoo animals, and everyone else as their most festive selves. Unfortunately, mother nature also weighed in with likely showers on Saturday afternoon so we made the difficult decision to reschedule the Carol of Lights for early next year as a winter themed fun festival.

The last time we did this was in 2000 when the 1999 Carol of Lights had to be called off due to bad weather and we had a Winter Wonderland in February event instead. That's what we're aiming for again and we'll announce all the details early next year after they've been worked out.

If you're still ready to celebrate the holiday season the Campbell way, please open your heart to the Campbell Community Toy Program and join in at the Making Spirits Bright Fundraiser at Darling-Fischer Memorial Chapel in Downtown Campbell.

About the Campbell Community Toy Program

The Campbell Community Toy Program has been helping local families in need for over 38 years. The program is a combined effort of many Community Partners who work in conjunction with the Campbell Union School District Grades K-8 to provide toys, games, books, and fun gifts for Christmas to children in families in need.

In addition, this year the Community Toy Program will again be working with the American Cancer Society to support local families with children or parents who are receiving treatment and may not be able to provide gifts on their own.

Donate or learn more about the Campbell Toy Program

About the Making Spirits Bright Fundraiser

The Making Spirits Bright Fundraiser is an adults-only mixer held annually in Campbell to raise money for the Campbell Community Toy Program. This year's fundraiser will be held at Darling Fischer Memorial Chapel in Downtown Campbell on December 8th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. This year's event will also honor our very own Kelly Crowley who we lost in 1999 and was a driving force for charity and community in Downtown Campbell.

Learn more about Making Spirits Bright

Spooky SZN is behind us, but we have plenty of really great photos of all the fun we had in Downtown Campbell throughout the weekend of Halloween. Our first official Halloween events in over 2 years were well attended and the kind of spectacle that you expect to see when you come to Downtown Campbell for a big celebration.