MILWAUKEE -- Fourth of July 2016 Guide

MILWAUKEE - In parks throughout the city, families and friends gather for picnics, games, doll buggy parades and talent contests. At night the sky is filled with fireworks bursting all over town.

Here is your guide to Fourth of July festivities in the Brew City:

FIREWORKS

Spend the entire day at the Lakefront!

• Fireworks Kite Festival
  July 3, 2016, begining at 11 a.m. Learn more about it at Gift of Wings
• United States Navy Band
  Details to come!
• US Bank Fireworks at the Lakefront
  July 3, 2016, at dusk (about 9:25pm)

"Watch the skies light over the lakefront in Milwaukee for 60 minutes of 'oohs and aahs'." The popular hour-long July 3rd fireworks have been a tradition in our community and attract quite a crowd. Plan to arrive early.

There is no vehicular overnight parking in Veterans Park on July 2 or 3 -- See the Fees & Regulations and Event Site & Parking Map

PARADES

Milwaukee's Fourth of July parades are held on the neighborhood level at the following locations. Click on each location to see details:

Alcott Park
Enderis Playfield
Gordon Park
Humboldt Park
Jackson Park
Dr. M L King, Jr. Park
Lake Park
Lincoln Park
Mitchell Park
Noyes Park
Sherman Park
Washington Park
Wilson Park

Parks Map: