The City of Santa Clarita hosted the annual Arts Run on Saturday in an effort to raise money for arts programs across the community.

On the morning of Saturday, April 21, the Santa Clarita Arts Run took place at Valencia Heritage Park.

“The Santa Clarita Arts Run is a collaborative fundraising event for the arts,” read a statement on the event’s website. “Participating in the Arts Run helps fundraise for nonprofit arts organizations that bring visual, performing, cultural, and literary art programs to the community and keep arts alive and strong.”

The event kicked off with a performance from a Brazilian drum group. The group continued to play throughout the event as well. The participants were then led in a series of warm up stretches. A live band continued to play before and during the event.

The first run of the day was the half-kilometer Kids Dash, where children made several stops to put on costumes and paint as they ran. The 10k and 5k runs followed shortly after.

Scroll down to view a gallery of pictures from the event.

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