PHOTOS: Culver City Celebrates 2025 Independence Day
The Culver City Downtown Business Association hosted a celebration at the Culver Steps capped with an Independence Day-themed Drone Show Saturday night.
A man dances to live music during the 2025 Culver City Independence Day Celebration at the Culver Steps on Saturday, July 5. Before the drone show itself — which was held after sunset Saturday night — a gathering was held featuring music performed by Guilty Pleasure Makers. || Photos by Christian May-SuzukiThe main feature of Saturday's celebration was the Drone Show held over the skies of Downtown Culver City, where a group of small drones were arranged into various Independence Day and Culver City-themed displays. The Culver Steps and Culver City's Main Street were filled with observers trying to get the best view of the bright show. || Photo by Christian May-SuzukiCulver City residents and visitors of all shapes and sizes made their way to the Culver Steps on Saturday, July 5 to celebrate Independence Day in Downtown Culver City. After a gathering that started at 6 p.m., a countdown to the drone show was staged by the Culver City Downtown Business Association, who put on the event. || Photo by Christian May-SuzukiDuring the festivities before the Drone Show, several booths were set up where children and their parents could pick up free pinwheel wind spinners and small American flags. The Independence Day holiday has been celebrated with more environmentally-friendly options in Culver City after the last Fireworks Show held by the Culver City Exchange Club in 2023. || Photo by Christian May-SuzukiA mother and her child enjoy the open space the Culver Steps has to offer at the Independence Day Celebration held Saturday. Culver City Downtown Business Association Executive Director Darrel Menthe said the event was about celebrating the love that the community shares with each other — demonstrated by the unity residents have shown in the wake of recent harms done to community members. "Like all good love, our love is unconditional," Menthe said. "We love our country because we love each other." || Photo by Christian May-SuzukiA crowd surrounded the main stage set up at the Culver Steps as the festivities at the Downtown Culver City Independence Day Celebration unfolded on Saturday, July 5. The show was put on by the Culver City Downtown Business Association, who received a $30,000 Special Events Grant from Culver City to assist with the costs in putting on the event. || Photo by Christian May-SuzukiBefore the Drone Show started, a short presentation was given by Culver City figures and kids. Among the features of that presentation was a performance of the National Anthem by Culver City High School student Cadence Washington. || Photo by Christian May-SuzukiCalifornia Assembly Member Isaac Bryan spoke at the Downtown Culver City Independence Day Show. Bryan represents Culver City and other nearby cities in the 55th Assembly District at the state level, and said at the event that the legacy of the United States "is not measured in walls built, but in bridges crossed." "This is the America I want to celebrate," Bryan said of what he saw Saturday night. || Photo by Christian May-Suzuki Boy Scout Troop 108 — based in Culver City — lead the crowd at the Downtown Culver City Independence Day Celebration Saturday night in the Pledge of Allegiance. The day before, Culver City Cub Scout Troop 461 helped lead a bike ride as part of the Lindberg Park 4th of July Celebration. || Photo by Christian May-Suzuki
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