The Town of Fuquay-Varina will host the annual Independence Day Celebration on the third, also. There will be fun for the whole family with fireworks, live music, food, and free carnival rides to enjoy.

We are excited that Morrisville's Fireworks are back this year on the 3rd! If you are an early riser, you can head over to Morrisville to enjoy a July 4th Pancake Breakfast and live entertainment on the 4th. Tickets should be purchased in advance so click through for the information

4th of July Celebration in Wake Forest will also start the weekend off with a bang. Sunday night at Heritage High School, there will be a concert by Doppler Effect, games, live entertainment and fireworks. The gates open at 5:00 pm and admission is $5 per person (kids under six are free).

For a slightly different twist, come on out to Bond Park on Sunday to experience the Independence Eve Celebration at Sertoma. Applause! Cary Youth Theatre will present an Independence Eve performance. Following the performance, there will be a concert by the Cary Town Band. Bond Park is also hosting an Olde Time Celebration. The fun begins early with a parent-child fishing tournament and a parade. The day continues with a performance by Applause! Cary Youth Theatre and family contests including donut and watermelon eating concerts, lakeside olympics, balloon volleyball and seed spitting contests.

Apex honors an Old Fashion 4th of July on Monday with Uncle Sam's Parade of Wheels and an afternoon of fun with food, clowns, jugglers, games like mini golf, scramble slide, Kiddie Hi-Striker, face painting, water balloons, side walk chalk, costume contest, musical entertainment, and karaoke by Skid Rowe. After the parade, enjoy the Apex Fire Department's Splash Down!

Monday is also the Children's Independence Day Parade and Family Fun at Durham Central Park. Decorate your bike or wagon and join them for a parade, a frozen treat and some great music.

Following the Wake Forest Children's Parade, head on over to Holding Park for Art-in-the-Park and Games-in-the-Park. Some of the game activities will include sack races, watermelon seed spitting contest, and a pie eating contest. Arts and crafts activities include decorating a sun visor, patriotic magnet, cupcake, and treat bag.

On Monday, tons of activities will be available at the State Fairgrounds celebration. With activities both indoors and outside, there will be interactive games, inflatables, live entertainment, music, food vendors, and fireworks.

Celebrating Independence Day provides an opportunity to look back in time. The Independence Day Open House at the Joel Lane House is a great place to reflect on colonial life. On the grounds, re-enactors will demonstrate various aspects of colonial life such as spinning and dyeing. The garden will be on view and herbs from the garden will be for sale. There will be old fashioned crafts and games as well as lemonade for the children. In addition to outdoor activities, the circa 1770 plantation manor house and the 1790 kitchen building will be open.

The State Capitol is another great historical location to celebrate our Independence! Enjoy a family-oriented Independence Day celebration with a patriotic concert and picnic. Musical performances, food and historic demonstrators round out this patriotic day of fun.

The Town of Carrboro will be celebrating on the 4th with loads of live entertainment on two stages, kids inflatables, games, face painting, a toddler square, and a kid's fun zone.

Then there are the evening programs. The Mebane Fourth of July Family Music Festival will feature live music, food vendors and a fireworks display. The Cary Independence Day Concert & Fireworks at Regency Park is another great family event with patriotic music and fireworks. In Durham, you can enjoy a Durham Bulls game with the Independence Day Celebration. Tickets are required for the baseball game, but the gates will be opened for free admission at the end of the 7th inning. In addition to the baseball game and fireworks, there will live music, also. Due to budget restraints, the fireworks in Chapel Hill at Kenan Memorial Stadium have been canceled this year.

The fun takes place on Tuesday in Holly Springs. The Old Fashioned Independence Day Celebration will feature children's entertainment, a Kids Decorated Bike and Wagon Parade, inflatables, festival food, kids crafts, potato sack races, a watermelon seed spitting contest, face painting and musical entertainment. The evening at Womble Park will culminate with fireworks!

 

Festival for the Eno   

 

The big music extravaganza is the Festival for the Eno! Taking place on July 2nd through 4th, there will be over 100 performers on 5 different stages. There is an admission charge and advanced discount tickets are available. Click through for more details.