OMG, Kansas City! Independence Day 2010 is just around the corner! As usual, it snuck up on us while we were busy with the pool and camps and baseball and all the other things that fill our Kansas City kids’ summers.
As usual, there are TONS of things to do for the Fourth of July around the Kansas City metro this year. The Royals are out of town this year for the Fourth but the T-Bones are in town all weekend! They’ll have a Family Fun Fest on Friday, July 2nd from 4pm to 7pm; fireworks after the Saturday, July 3rd game and after the Sunday, July 4th game.
In addition to the Community America Ballpark fireworks show, you might want to check out one of these:
Saturday, June 26, 2010
- Greenwood MO’s Celebration – Hitt Park in Greenwood – live music, carnival rides and a great fireworks show after dark!
- Buckner MO Fireworks in the Park – Heisler Park
Thursday, July 1, 2010
- 19th Century-style Fireworks and Olathe Civic Band Concert – Mahaffie Farmstead, Olathe – band plays at 7pm; fireworks after dark
Friday, July 2, 2010
- Legacy Blast, Legacy Park, Lee’s Summit, MO – food, inflatables, entertainment and FIREWORKS! – gates open at 6pm
Saturday, July 3, 2010
- Booms & Blooms – Powell Gardens, Kingsville, MO – 9am to dark – children’s activities, ice cream, music at 4:30pm, Lee’s Summit Symphony at 7:30pm and fireworks to follow
- Fourth of July Celebration, Parkville, MO – parade at 10am; carnival from 11am to 11pm (Carnival actually runs from July 1st through the 4th)
- Fireworks Celebration in the Park (Kearney, MO) – concert at 7:30pm; fireworks display to follow
- KC Riverfest – Berkley Riverfront Park, KCMO – gates open at 1pm – festival food, live music, children’s area and FIREWORKS! (runs July 3rd and 4th)
- Independence Day Celebration – Mormon Visitors Center, Independence, MO – concert at 8:30pm; fireworks begin at dusk
Sunday, July 4, 2010
On the Missouri Side –
- Fourth of July Celebration, Parkville, MO – carnival from 11am to 11pm; fireworks at 9:45pm (Carnival actually runs from July 1st through the 4th)
- KC Riverfest – Berkley Riverfront Park, KCMO – gates open at 1pm – festival food, live music, children’s area and FIREWORKS!
- Gladstone MO Fireworks – Oak Grove Park, 76th & N. Troost – at dusk
- Excelsior Springs MO Fireworks – The Elms Resort and Spa – at dusk
- Liberty4thFest, Liberty, MO – William Jewell College Campus – live music and children’s activities begin at 6pm; fireworks at 9:45pm (community parade on the Liberty square at 4pm)
- Smithville Lake (MO) Fireworks – north end of the Smithville Lake Dam, beginning at about 9pm
- Weston Jaycees Fireworks – West Platte High School, Weston MO – at dusk
- Platte City Family Fun and Fireworks – breakfast, 5k, bike rodeo, TONS of activities during the day; music and fireworks at night – Platte County R-3 High School, Platte City, MO
- Sugar Creek MO Fireworks – Heritage Philharmonic at 8pm in Mike Onka Memorial Building; fireworks at 9:45pm
- Raymore MO Fireworks – Recreation Park, Raymore, MO – live music and food beginning at 7pm; fireworks at 9:30pm
- Harrisonville MO Fireworks – Harrisonville City Park – Music Festival beginning at 11am; FIREWORKS at 9:30pm
- Blue Springs MO Fireworks – Peve Stadium – gates open at 7:30pm, live entertainment from 8 to 9:30pm; fireworks at 9:30pm
- Oak Grove MO Fireworks - Webb Park – kids’ activites and other stuff begins at 5pm; fireworks at 10pm
On the Kansas Side –
- Fireworks and Salute to the Union – Fort Leavenworth, KS – Games, music, concessions begin at 3pm, Salute to the Nation at 8pm, fireworks, Merritt Lake, Fort Leavenworth. Picture ID required upon entering Fort Leavenworth. For more information contact Fort Leavenworth Public Affairs office, 913 684-1724
- Party on the Hill – First Family Church, south Overland Park – carnival, games, music, food and FIREWORKS – 12pm to 10pm
- Fourth of July Celebration – Leawood City Park – 5pm to 10pm – activities and music for kids
- Basehor KS Fireworks – Basehor-Linwood High School Football Field – 6:00pm parade and LOTS of family fun; 9:15pm fireworks
- Lansing KS Fireworks – Lansing City Park, 4H Road west of Main – approximately 9:30pm
- Star Spangled Spectacular, Corporate Woods, Overland Park, KS - events from 4pm to 11pm – live music, inflatables and fireworks!
- Olathe KS Fireworks – Great Mall of the Great Plains, 151st St. – 9:30pm
- Does anyone know if this display is happening this year? —–> Prairie Village KS Fireworks – 91st & Nall, Meadowbrook Country Club (preceded by Prairie Village’s VillageFest family fun day!) (Looks like NO FIREWORKS in PV this year.)
- Gardner KS Fireworks – Gardner-Edgerton High School – 9:30pm
- Fairway KS Fireworks – Bishop Miege High School – 9:30pm
- DeSoto KS July 4th Celebration – Riverfest Park – starts at 6pm with music and activities; fireworks at 9:45pm
- Stilwell KS Fireworks, Carnival and Parade – Stilwell United Methodist Church on Metcalf – carnival from 4 to 6; parade from 6 to 7; kids games from 7:30 to 8:30; fireworks at dusk on the KCPL Grounds
And the Fourth of July in Kansas City isn’t ALL about fireworks! There are some other great things to do on the weekend of the 4th before the sun sets. Don’t miss one of these great events:
- Fourth of July Celebration Carnival, Parkville, MO – July 1st thru July 4th at English Landing Park – from 6pm to 10pm, Wed thru Fri; 11am to 11pm on Sat – parade on the 4th at 10am
- Platte City Family Fun and Fireworks – July 4th – breakfast, 5k, bike rodeo, TONS of activities during the day; music and fireworks at night – Platte County R-3 High School, Platte City, MO
- Missouri Town 1855 Independence Day – July 4th, 9am to 4:30pm – food, music, speeches and noon parade
- Fort Osage – Sibley, MO – July 4th, 9am to 4:30pm – 1812-style Independence Day celebration with cannon and musket fire
- Community Days Parade, Lenexa, KS – Saturday, July 3rd, beginning at 10am
- Independence Day, 19th Century Style – Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm (Olathe, KS) – Saturday, July 3rd, 10am to 4pm
- Sugar Creek MO July 4th Parade – July 4th, 11am – on Sterling from Lexington to Putnam
- Village Fest, Harmon Park/Municipal Campus, Prairie Village, KS – performances by The Doo-dads and Mr. Stinky Feet, inflatables, police demos, face painting, clowns, magicians, bike rodeo, children’s parade, petting zoo, pony rides, climbing wall and MORE!- July 4th, 7:30am to 2pm
- KC Riverfest – Berkley Riverfront Park, KCMO – festival food, live music, children’s area and FIREWORKS! – July 3rd and 4th
NOTE: Like 2009, there will be NO Lenexa/Shawnee fireworks display at Shawnee Mission Park this year.
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