Gateway Plaza FanFare Fountain Reopening!

At 6 p.m. on Thursday, August 7, 2025, after a few years of COVID-related downtime, the Fanfare water feature at San Pedro Gateway is reopening!

A band will play on stage from 6pm-7pm and dignitaries will say some words before a button will be pressed and the musical shows will start playing until normal closing time.

Gateway Plaza Fanfare Fountain, located at the port entrance on Swinford Street and Harbor Boulevard at the bottom of the Harbor Blvd. exit of 110 / 47 Freeway, features 58 choreographed water jets that build a dramatic waterfront entryway for visitors and residents, whether they arrive by ship, by foot. An arc of Canary Island palm trees punctuates the length of the feature, while wooden benches provide both a place to rest and an intimate view of the liquid stage. For an even closer look, a sunken pathway cuts directly through the main fountain, allowing visitors to be surrounded by vertical and fan-shaped jets that move to an eclectic mix of classical, popular and movie soundtrack music. “O Sole Mio” (Luciano Pavarotti), “O Marijana” (John Duda Tamburitzas), and “Fanfare for the Common Man” (Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic) are just a few of the musical standards choreographed to the dancing fountains.

The Fanfare at San Pedro Gateway was designed by WET Design of Sun Valley, CA (www.WETdesign.com), the designers of The Fountains of Bellagio, The Dubai Fountains, Expo 2020, The Grove at Farmers Market, Americana at Brand, Universal CityWalk, Tokyo Dome, Lincoln Center, and others around the world. EDAW of San Francisco, were the designers and landscapers of the Gateway Plaza. Together they have fashioned a setting that invites exploration of the boundary between land and sea, between recreation and commerce, and between the community and its relationship with its environment.