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Events to celebrate Fourth of July in Iowa [1]

['Jay Waagmeester', 'More From Author', '- July']

Date: 2023-07-03

With Independence Day landing on a Tuesday this year, many Iowans took to the lake, backyard or community amphitheater to celebrate America’s independence over the weekend.

However, communities across Iowa are hosting community events, parades and fireworks on July 4.

Check below to see some events happening Tuesday.

Altoona

Parade: 10 a.m. at Venbury Drive and Eighth Street SW

Clarksville Station: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.at Finish Line Show Lounge

DJ Trivia: 7 p.m. at Sam’s Bar and Grill

Spazmatics: 6:30 p.m. at Adventureland

Fireworks: following concert

Avoca

Color Run: 8:30 a.m.

Fire in the Sky Parade: 2 p.m.

Fireworks: dusk at CountryView Golf Course

Bettendorf

Fireworks: Dusk at Middle Park

Carlisle

Pancake breakfast: 7-8:30 a.m. at Community Building

Parade: 9:30 a.m.

Neva Alden at Cement Stage: 7:30 p.m.

Fireworks: 10 p.m.

Cedar Rapids

Concert: 5:30 p.m. at the amphitheater

Fireworks: dark

Chariton

Breakfast: 7-11 a.m. at the fire station

Flying Anvil 5K: 8 a.m. at Johnson Machine Works

Parade: 10 a.m.

Jennifer Handling and the Revolution Band: 8 p.m.

Fireworks: 10 p.m. at Northwest Park

Clear Lake

Freedom 5K and Kids Fun Run: 7:30 a.m.

Parade: 10 a.m. starting on Main Avenue and 20th Street

Clear Lark Municipal Band: 8:30 p.m.

Fireworks: 10 p.m. over the lake

Council Bluffs

Fireworks: 10 p.m. at Lake Manawa

Coralville

Pancake breakfast: 7-10 a.m. at Coralville Recreation Center

4thFest Parade: 10 a.m. at 22nd Avenue and Ninth Street

Fringe and The Backstabbers: 5:45 – 7:15 p.m. at S.T. Morrison Park

Iowa City Community Band: 8:30 p.m. S.T Morrison Park

Fireworks: 9:45 p.m. S.T. Morrison Park

Des Moines

Capitol Complex

Farmers market: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at parking lot #15

Iowa Cubs

Game vs. Saint Paul Saints: 7:08

Fireworks: following the game

Earlham

Pancake breakfast: 7-9 a.m. at the community center

5K: 8 a.m. on Main Street

Parade: 10:30

Miss Earlham coronation and raffle: 5:30 on the stage

Fireworks: 10 p.m.

Grimes

Fireworks: 10 p.m. at Grimes South Sports Complex

Grinnell

Parade: 5 p.m.

Fireworks: dusk at Ahrens Park

Independence

Parade: 9 a.m. on First Street and Second Avenue Northeast

Events at Riverwalk Parks

Independence Community Band: 11:10 a.m.

Plug Nickel concert: 4 p.m.

Schmidt Brothers concert: 6 p.m.

Not Quite Brothers: 8:30 p.m.

Fireworks: 10 p.m. over the Wapsipinicon River

Johnston

Farmers market, 6245 Merle Hay Road: 5-8 p.m.

Keokuk

Live music and vendors: 5 p.m. at Rand Park

Nauvoo Bagpipers and National Anthem: 9 p.m. at Rand Park

Fireworks: 9:20 p.m. at Rand Park

Le Mars

Independence Day Parade: 11 a.m. on Eighth Street to Second Street NW

Le Mars Municipal Band Concert: 7:30 p.m. at Foster Park

Sky Show fireworks display: 10 p.m. Plymouth County Fair Grounds

Marshalltown

Paul Michael Davis: 5 p.m. at Central Iowa Fairgrounds

Marshalltown Municipal Band: 6:30 p.m.

Final Mix Band: 7:30 p.m.

Fireworks: to follow

Monticello

Parade: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. throughout Monticello neighborhoods

Fireworks: dusk at Monticello fairgrounds

Muscatine

Community parade: 4 p.m. downtown

Almost fireworks fest: 5-8 p.m. at the riverfront

Muscatine Symphony Orchestra: 8:10 p.m. Pearl City Station

Fireworks: dusk

Newton

Co-Ed sand volleyball tournament: 3 p.m. at Agnes Patterson Memorial Park

DJ Ray: 6:15 p.m.

Fireworks: dusk

Norwalk

Parade: 10 a.m. stating in Norwalk High School parking lot

Party in City Park: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Fireworks: dusk at McAninch Park

Okoboji

Concert: 7:30 p.m. Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters at Preservation Plaza at Arnolds Park

Fireworks: 10 p.m. on West Lake Okoboji

Oskaloosa

Fireworks: 9:30 p.m. at Lacey Recreation Complex

Ottumwa

Fireworks: Shortly after 9:30 p.m. at Ottumwa Park

Perry

Parade: 10 a.m. near East Perry Plaza

Route 66: 6 p.m. at Pattee Park Bandshell

Fireworks: 9:30 p.m.

Sioux Center

Fireworks: 10 at Mouw Motor and Ver Hoef Automotive

Storm Lake

Big Parade: 10:30 a.m.

The Fishheads: 12:30 p.m. at Sunset Park Band Shell

Fireworks: dusk at Chautauqua Jetty

Urbandale

Parade: 10 a.m.

Fireworks: 10 p.m. at Walker Johnston Park

Waterloo

Game vs. Mankato MoonDogs: 6:35 p.m.

Fireworks: after game

Waukee

Freedom 5K: 7:45 a.m. at Lutheran Church of Hope Waukee

Rotary pancake breakfast: 8-10:30 a.m. at Centennial Park

Parade: 10:30 a.m. near Centennial Park

Riverside Drive and Oreo Meatwagon: 5-10:30 p.m. at Centennial Park

West Burlington

Pancake breakfast: 6-10 a.m. at West Burlington Fire Station

Parade: 4 p.m. Huston Street from Westland Mall

Fireworks: 10:01 p.m.

West Des Moines

West Des Moines Community Band Concert: 7 p.m. at WDM City Hall Back Patio

Fireworks: approximately 9:30 p.m. at WDM City Campus

Windsor Heights

Faculty Lounge performs at Colby Park: 6:30 p.m.

Fireworks: following performance

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