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MILWAUKEE: Your Guide to 4th of July Fireworks, Parades

This year, go big on Independence Day. Here is your guide to all of the celebrations - big and small - to honor America!

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!

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  • 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

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PARADES

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

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