Fourth of July weekend will be here before you know it! Here are some of the Independence Day celebrations happening throughout Eastern Iowa in 2025 (the list will be updated as more information becomes available):

Anamosa

• Fireworks Celebration
  • Downing Field
  • Thursday, July 3rd from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Featuring a food stand, children's activities, and fireworks

Amana

• Firecracker 4th Antique Show
  • Amana RV Park
  • Dates/Times
    • Thursday, July 3rd from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    • Friday, July 4th from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Admission is $4
• 4th of July in the Park
  • Amana Community Park
  • Friday, July 4th
  • Featuring pick-up baseball/soccer/volleyball games, a pot luck dinner, live music, and fireworks over Lily Lake

Aurora

• 4th of July Celebration
  • Aurora Park
  • Friday, July 4th beginning at 12 p.m.
  • Featuring a truck & tractor pull, a parade, kids' activities, food, volleyball, live music, fireworks, and more

Belle Plaine

• July 4th Celebration
  • Franklin Park
  • Friday, July 4th beginning at 8 a.m.
  • Featuring a 5K, a parade, games/tournaments, swimming, food, a beer tent, fireworks, and more

Bellevue

• Heritage Days
  • Cole Park
  • Dates/Times
    • Friday, July 4th from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.
    • Saturday, July 5th beginning at 10 a.m.
  • Featuring live music, a parade, fireworks (July 5th), a petting zoo, a refreshment garden, food trucks, a car & tractor show, and more

Bettendorf

• Citywide 4th of July Celebration
  • Downtown Bettendorf, Cumberland Square, and Middle Park
  • Friday, July 4th beginning at 10 a.m.
  • Featuring a parade, live music, a kid zone, fireworks, free ice cream, craft vendors, food, and more

Brooklyn

• Independence Day Celebration
  • Holiday Lake
  • Saturday, July 5th beginning at 9 a.m.
  • Featuring yoga, skydivers, a boat parade, fireworks, a pet costume parade, a volleyball tournament, and more

Burlington

• Symphonic Blast
  • Crapo Park
  • Saturday, July 12th beginning at 8 p.m.
  • Featuring a concert from the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra and fireworks

Cedar Falls

• Fireworks Over the Dome
  • UNI Campus
  • Thursday, June 26th
  • Featuring fireworks and on-site concessions

Cedar Rapids

• Freedom Festival
  • Patriotic Fest
    • NewBo District
    • Saturday, June 28th from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
    • Featuring IMAGINATION! Square, food trucks, the Volta Youth Music and Art Festival, veteran-owned businesses, Build Fest, a parade, and more
  • Yoga on the Island
    • Mays Island
    • Friday, July 4th from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
    • Free with Freedom Festival Button
  • Car Show
    • Downtown Cedar Rapids
    • Friday, July 4th from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  • Pancake Breakfast
    • Veterans Memorial Building, Cedar Rapids
    • Friday, July 4th from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
    • Meals are $10 or $5 with a Freedom Festival Button - ages 5 and under eat free
  • Patriotic Pop-Up Vendor Market
    • Veterans Memorial Building
    • Friday, July 4th from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • Celebration of Freedom
    • Downtown Cedar Rapids
    • Friday, July 4th from 1:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.
    • Featuring live performances, food trucks, face painting, bounce houses, fireworks, and more
    • Freedom Festival Button required for entry

Clinton

• 4th of July Festival
  • Riverview Bandshell
  • Friday, July 4th from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Featuring a parade, games, a dunk tank, a petting zoo, bounce houses, live music, fireworks, and more

Colesburg

• Fun & Fireworks
  • Colesburg Park
  •  Dates/Times
    • Friday, July 4th beginning at 7 p.m.
    • Saturday, July 5th beginning at 8 a.m.
  • Featuring a night swim, night golf, a carnival, a beer tent, live music, a parade, bounce houses, fireworks (July 5th), and more

Coralville

• 4thFest
  • 5K Walk/Run
    • Coralville Recreation Center
    • Saturday, June 28th at 8 a.m.
    • Register online HERE
  • Main Event
    • Aquatic Center, S.T. Morrison Park, Coralville Recreation Center, and Coralville Schoolhouse
    • July 2nd through 4th
    • Featuring a parade, fireworks (July 4th), an ice cream social, a carnival, food vendors, a petting zoo, live music, and more

Dubuque

• 3rd of July Fireworks & Air Show
  • A.Y. McDonald Park
  • Thursday, July 3rd from 12 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
  • Featuring food & drink vendors, a parachute jump, an air show, fireworks, and more

Dyersville

• 3rd of July Celebration & Fireworks
  • Commercial Club Park
  • Thursday, July 3rd beginning at 4:30 p.m.
  • Featuring food & beverages, fireworks, rides, games, inflatables, live music, raffles, and more
  • Purchase tickets HERE

Earlville

• 4th of July Celebration
  • Main Street, Conrad Park, Earlville Pool Courts, and the Firestation
  • Friday, July 4th beginning at 8 a.m.
  • Featuring live music, fireworks, a parade, a 5K, tournaments, food, and more

Ely

• 4th of July Parade
  • Rowley Street
  • Friday, July 4th at 6 p.m.

Fairfax

• USA Days
  • Downtown Fairfax
  • June 27th & 28th
  • Featuring a street dance, food trucks, a foam blaster party, horse-drawn carriage rides, a 5k, a market, a kids' carnival, fireworks (June 28th), and more

Grandview

• 4th of July
  • Academy Park
  • Dates/Times
    • Thursday, July 3rd beginning at 6 p.m.
    • Friday, July 4th from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Featuring the Freedom Run, a car show, a memorial service, a parade, a carnival, live music, fireworks, and more

Grinnell

• Grinnell on the 4th
  • Ahrens Park
  • Friday, July 4th beginning at 5 p.m.
  • Featuring a parade and fireworks

Guttenburg

• Stars & Stripes Festival
  • Location TBD
  • Saturday, July 5th beginning at 8 a.m.
  • Featuring live music, games, contests, food, shopping, fireworks, a parade, and more

Independence

• Celebrate Indee
  • Riverwalk Parks
  • Dates/Times
    • Thursday, July 3rd from 4 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
    • Friday, July 4th from 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
  • Featuring a parade, a fun zone, live entertainment, fireworks (July 4th), tournaments, food, and more

Iowa City

• Fireworks
  • Old Capitol Museum
  • Saturday, July 5th at 9:30 p.m.
  • Part of the Iowa City Jazz Festival (July 4th through 6th)

Manchester

• Red, White, & You
  • Tirrill Park
  • Friday, July 4th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Featuring food trucks, a kids' parade, games, live entertainment, free swimming, and more

Maquoketa

• Fireworks at Fairyland
  • Fairyland Fields
  • Friday, July 4th from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.
  • Featuring fireworks, a bonfire, live music, food & drinks, family activities, and more

Marengo

• 3rd of July
  • Downtown Marengo
  • Thursday, July 3rd beginning at 11 a.m.
  • Featuring fireworks, food vendors, kids' activities, a car show, a 5K, a parade a street dance, and more

Marion

• Fireworks & Fireflies
  • Lowe Park
  • Thursday, July 3rd from 6 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.
  • Featuring live music, food trucks, face painting, fireworks, and more

Montezuma

• Fireworks Show
  • Lake Ponderosa Causeway
  • Saturday, July 5th at 9:30 p.m.

Monticello

• 4th of July Parade
  • Downtown Monticello
  • Friday, July 4th at 12 p.m.

Morning Sun

• 4th Happenings
  • Downtown Morning Sun
  • July 3rd through 5th
  • Featuring fireworks (July 4th), a lighted parade, games, train rides, food vendors, live entertainment, a dance, and more

Muscatine

• 4th of July Celebration
  • Downtown & Muscatine River Front
  • Friday, July 4th from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Featuring a kids' parade, Almost Fireworks Fest, live entertainment, fireworks, and more

North Liberty

• Fireworks
  • Penn Meadows Park North
  • Thursday, July 3rd at 9:30 p.m.

Oxford

• Fireworks
  • Creekside Park
  • Thursday, July 3rd at 8:45 p.m.
• 4th of July Parade
  • Lineup begins at Clear Creek Elementary
  • Friday, July 4th at 3 p.m.

Prairieburg

• Fireworks
  • Baker Park
  • Saturday, June 21st

Reinbeck

• 4th of July Celebration
  • July 3rd & 4th
  • More information TBA

Shell Rock

• 4th of July Celebration
  • Downtown Shell Rock
  • July 3rd through 6th
  • Featuring parades, a beer tent, food vendors, fireworks (July 4th), live music, a photo booth, a kid zone, and more

Sperry

• Fireworks Show
  • 18876 111th Ave
  • Saturday, July 5th beginning at 4 p.m.
  • Featuring a DJ, games, kids' activities, food trucks, fireworks, and more

Spillville

• Fireworks 5K
  • St. Wenceslaus School Parking Lot
  • Saturday, July 5th at 8 a.m.
  • Register online HERE

Waterloo

• Red, White & Loo the Mayor's Fireworks
  • RiverLoop Amphitheatre & Expo Plaza
  • Saturday, July 5th from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
  • Featuring fireworks, live entertainment, food, and more

West Burlington

• 4th of July Celebration
  • Downtown West Burlington
  • Friday, July 4th from 6 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.
  • Featuring live music, food trucks, games, fireworks, a parade, races, a raffle, a talent show, and more

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