Photos: Sierra Madre draws crowds to its Wistaria Festival
Ron Longo plays the harp under a section of the worlds largest Wistaria vine at a home in Sierra Madre during the Wistaria festival on April 12, 2025 in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
A band plays in Sierra Madre during the Wistaria festival on April 12, 2025 in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
People line up to see the worlds largest Wistaria vine at a home in Sierra Madre during the Wistaria festival on April 12, 2025 in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
Sierra Madre held its Wistaria festival on April 12, 2025 in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
People walk under a section of the worlds largest Wistaria vine at a home in Sierra Madre during the Wistaria festival on April 12, 2025 in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
The cormorant hood ornament on this 1933 Packard 12 cylinder Convertible coup looks out at other cars on dispatch as Sierra Madre held its Wistaria festival on April 12, 2025 in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
People look at cars in Sierra Madre during the Wistaria festival on April 12, 2025 in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
People explore items for sale during the Wistaria festival during the Wistaria festival on April 12, 2025 in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
A woman takes a picture under a section of the worlds largest Wistaria vine at a home in Sierra Madre during the Wistaria festival on April 12, 2025 in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
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Ron Longo plays the harp under a section of the worlds largest Wistaria vine at a home in Sierra Madre during the Wistaria festival on April 12, 2025 in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
Crowds gathered in Sierra Madre on Saturday, April 12, to see a 130-year-old botanical marvel, and take part in a tradition: The city’s annual Wistaria Festival.
The festival, which in the city’s downtown, celebrates the famous Wistaria Vine, the sweetly fragrant blossoming pant. Sierra Madre’s famous plant is on private property, but people get one time a year to see and smell it. The city’s Chamber of Commerce arranges tours in the spring, and shuttles ferry fans from downtown Sierra Madre to the vine, which grows over two homes on Hermosa Avenue.
And that was very definitely happening on Saturday, the first such festival since the Eaton fire.
The city, which embraces the purple hue and less-common spelling for the landmark bloom, goes all-out with a classic car show, musical performances and offerings from more than 100 food and craft vendors set up downtown.
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