La Purisima Mission
2023-2024 Event Calendar
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Contributions can be made by mail: Prelado de los Tesoros, c/o La Purísima Mission State Historic Park, 2295 Purisima Rd., Lompoc, CA 93436.
Mission Life Days Saturdays:
March 2nd
April 6, May 25, July 27, August 31, 2024
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Traditional Mission Life Day
Join the costumed docents and staff for an opportunity to observe and participate in the craft activities that supplied the needs of the mission residents. Demonstrated crafts may include: tortilla making, candle making, soap making, spinning and weaving, carpentry, pottery, and blacksmithing.
chumash culture Day
TBD
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
at La Purisima Mission, the Tule Village comes to life as visitors experience the blending of traditional Chumash Indian and Colonial Spanish culture. Visitors engage in activities and stories from a Chumash Native.
Mountain men
March 23, 2024
August 23-24, 2024
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Buckskin clad members of the American Mountain Men share mountain men history and skills. Cooking, hide preparation and tanning, leather working, rope making, and blacksmithing are among the skills that visitors may experience. Equipment will be on display and tall tales will surround the campfire.
Photo courtesy: Jesus Aguilar-Perez
candlelight tours*
Cancelled until further notice
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
On an escorted walking tour by candlelight, guests travel back in time to the 1820s, moving from scene to scene enjoying the sights, sounds and smells of the evening at La Purísima Mission. The scenes are sometimes poignant, sometimes humorous and always entertaining.
WINTER CONCERT December 7th, 2024 - 7:00 p.m.
Featuring the Cabrillo High School Madrigal Singers.
Lanterns lead the way to enjoy an evening of candlelight. The Madrigals will be performing seasonal music and afterwards, guests are invited to join us at La Sala for refreshments.
Tickets are available at La Tienda, the Mission Gift Shop, or at the link below.
LAS POSADAS TBD -2024
Join costumed docents as they lead Las Posadas procession though the mission grounds with songs in Spanish and English. The tradition dates back over 400 years in Mexico and reenacts the biblical journey of Mary and Joseph seeking shelter in Bethlehem.
This free event is open to the public and we invite you to celebrate afterwards with refreshments in La Sala. Celebrate with us in festive attire!
Contributions will continue to support this program.
