Sunnyvale 100th Birthday Celebration Weekend

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Get ready to celebrate Sunnyvale’s 100th Birthday on Saturday & Sunday, August 25-26, 2012, at Sunnyvale’s Heritage Park from 11am – 5pm.

Although it had been operating under that name for many years, the city of Sunnyvale, California was legally incorporated in 1912. Now a century later, Sunnyvale is celebrating its centennial in style. All activities are free of charge.

Sunnyvale 100th Birthday Celebration Schedule

Saturday, August 25, 2012

• Parade: 10 am-12 pm
  A grand parade will march down the streets of Sunnyvale to kick off the Centennial Celebration. It starts at 10:00am in front of Fremont High School, turns onto Remington Drive, and ends at the Community Center, approximately 1.5 miles from beginning to end.
• Centennial Celebration: 12-5 pm

Sunday, August 26, 2012

• Historical Bicycle Tour: 8:30-11:30 am
• Mayor’s State of the City & Community Awards: 11 am -12:30 pm
• Centennial Celebration: 12:30-5 pm

In addition to a big Centennial parade and the annual State of the City address and community awards presentation, there will be a wide variety of special, family friendly activities to honor Sunnyvale’s first 100 years, including:

• hayrides around the orchard
• model railroad diorama
• whiskers contest
• Murphy Party covered wagon
• history in art exhibits
• blacksmith demonstration
• 1912 General Store
• interactive time capsule event
• gold panning
• treadle sewing demonstrations
• horseshoes
• historical bike tour and scavenger hunt
• kids games
• demonstrations of agricultural and electronic tools
• music and dance from throughout the century

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.