July 3rd Festivities
Entertainment - The DJ Jam Man
6pm - Activities at the Rec Field;
Dusk - Fireworks
July 4th Festivities
7:30am - 5k Road Race
9am - Outhouse Race
10:30am - Parade
12pm - On the Park: Live music, food, fun, and games on the park!
Raffle - This year will be a 50/50 raffle. Tickets are priced at $1 each or 6 for $5. Buy yours from committee members on the 4th at the Bristol Green!
Waterfront Park - Entertainment Stage
6:30pm - 8pm - Red Hot Juba
8:30pm - 9:30pm / 10pm - 10:45pm - High Summer
Park Activities
8:30pm - 8:45pm - Dan Marcotte Biplane Airshow sponsored by Queen City Steel
5pm - 6pm - Sambatucada!
6pm - 9pm - Face painting from Hyperfocus Face Art
5pm - 9:30pm - Broadcasting with Star 92.9, 101.3 The Game, and 95XXX
5pm - 10pm - Food Vendors
Perkins Pier
Antonio Pomerleau Memorial Entertainment Stage
7pm - 9pm - The Smokey Newfield Project
Park Activities
5:30pm - 9pm - Broadcasting with 98.9 WOKO, 99.9 The Buzz, KOOL 105, WJOY and WIZN
5:30pm - 9pm - Face Painting
5pm - 10pm - Food Vendors
Battery Park
7pm - 9:30pm - Burlington Concert Band
5K Fun Run
7:30am - 8am - Fun Run Registration at Union Memorial School
FEE - $5.00 per participant
8:15am - Race begins
4th of July Parade
11am - Colchester High School
Parade Location Change Notice
Click here for a Parade Registration Form
The parade will begin at Colchester High School, down Blakely Road, and end at Lavigne Road. Road closure is expected to be approx. one hour.
Bayside Beach
10am - 6pm - Bayside Beach Holiday Hours
Lifeguards will be on duty at Bayside Beach for those who want to swim.
Bayside Paddle Sports will be open for paddleboard, kayak, and pedal boat rentals.
The Bayside Inflatable Water Park will be open for rentals. $5 / 30min - Users must use a BPS lifejacket.
Bayside Park
5pm - 9pm - Inflatables
6:45pm - 8:45pm - Music Entertainment: THE HITMEN
Fireworks
Fireworks will take place at dusk from the Bayside Softball Field. Please stay behind the safety fence.
Parking available at: Colchester High School, Colchester Middle School, and the Malletts Bay School.
Support our Event!
The Colchester 4th of July Celebration is currently experiencing a budget shortfall due to low fund raising amounts over the past couple years. If we do not reach our goal of $3,000.00 in funds raised by June, we may need to cancel some aspects of the celebration, including inflatables and live music at Bayside prior to the fireworks show. We are hopeful that the Colchester business community will continue to support this event and help us to reach our goal.
If you would like to donate and help make this event a success, please complete a Donation Form (PDF) and return it to Colchester Parks & Recreation with a check for your desired donation amount. All donors will be recognized in the 4th of July event brochures and in a Thank You in the Colchester Sun.
If you'd like to learn more about how the 4th of July is funded, please contact Mike by email or at (802) 264-5648.
DATE Wednesday, July 4
TIME Festivities start at 6pm; Fireworks at 9:30pm
PLACE Maple Street Park. Rain site: Essex High School Ice Rink
FEE This event is free and open to the community.
NOTE The pool, food and drink, activities, and other products will be available for purchase. The pool closes at 6pm on July 4.
ENTERTAINMENT
MUSIC
Back for another year of fantastic music, Trevor Contois and Friends are putting together a killer line-up for this year’s celebration. The band starts rockin at 6:30pm and will be performing today’s top hits and classics from Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Stevie Wonder, Michael McDonald, Steely Dan, Toto, and more!
FOOD
Come on an empty stomach and support our community organizations! The following food & drinks will be for sale:
10am - Parade
11am - 1pm - Activities on the Green
You don't have to be in the contest to be in the parade, so join the fun!
Register your club, group or march as a family, decorate your bike or enter your patriotic pet.
Old Vermont 4th
Date: July 4, 2019
Time: 10am - 5pm
Website: http://billingsfarm.org
A patriotic family celebration featuring the reading of the Declaration of Independence, a historic debate, wagon rides, making 1890 flags, spelling bees, sack races, playing historic base ball, and lots more.
Location:
Billings Farm & Museum
69 Old River Road
Woodstock, VT 05091
Fees/Admission:
General Admission: $4.00-$16.00
8am - Tractor Pull
10am - Parade
To enter the parade contact or for vendor information contact the Hartland Rec Center (802) 436-2790 or hartlandreacreation@gmail.com
7pm - Moonlighters Big Band
9pm - Fireworks
2019 Theme - Red, White & Blue
Grand Marshal - Frank Koss
Wednesday July 3rd
5pm - 8pm - Carpenter Carse Book Sale at Town Hall
Plant Sale and Strawberry Shortcake at the Rock Wall at Town Hall
6pm - Hilly Hobble Foot Race registration begins in front of HCS
6:30pm - 10k begins at bottom of Buck Hill Rd. West
7pm - 5k begins at bottom of Buck Hill Rd. West
7:10pm - Kid's 2k race begins at Veteran's Park - Good Times Cafe
Race finishes in Veteran's Park
Thursday July 4th
9am - 2pm - Book Sale at Town Hall sponsored by Carpenter Carse Library. Closed during parade
10am - Parade assembly begins at bottom of Buck Hill Rd. West & Rte. 116
Please note Route 116 is closed 10:45 am - 12 pm
10am - 2pm - Silent Auction and 4x4 Painting Auction at Rock Wall at Town Hall
10:30am - Judging of parade entries
11am - Parade starts at bottom of Buck Hill Rd. West & Rte. 116, follows through village, turning onto onto Mechanicsville Rd., ends at Post Office.
Hinesburg Public House will sell food and beverages during the parade
12pm - 2pm - Book Sale resumes
3pm till Fireworks - Lawn Party at HPH with music, games, and food
Dusk - Fireworks behind HCS
Food vendors and Sisters of Anarchy Ice Cream available in parking lot
8am - 1-mile Fun Run
8:30am - 5K & 10K
Celebrate the 4th in your patriotic colors!
Start your day with a 10k, 5k, or 1-mile fun run along the perfectly picturesque Rail Trail and Mill Road. Fun for all!
View complete details here
9:30am - 12:30pm - Great American All-You-Can-Eat Pie Buffet at the Upper Valley Senior Center (10 Campbell Street Lebanon, NH). Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Lebanon.
Questions? Call (603) 422-7861, or (603) 359-0866.
4pm - 7pm - Lebanon Farmers' Market
Enjoy wonderful selections of local fresh produce, plants, prepared foods, baked good and handmade crafts. Please support our local farmers and vendors by shopping at the Lebanon Farmers' Market!
View complete details here
4pm - Thursday in the Park
Join extreme juggler, Jason Tardy for some great family entertainment!
View complete details here
4th of July Music with Front Porch
5pm - 7pm - Enjoy a concert performance by "The Flames" on Colburn Park.
7:30pm - 9:15pm - Haley Jane and The Primates
View complete details here
Fireworks
9:20pm - Head on over to Storrs Hill Ski Lodge for some of the best seats, there will be popcorn and water for sale before the Fireworks.
Fireworks will begin as soon as it is dark enough but estimated time is 9:20pm
GRAND PARADE
11am - Running from Herrick Ave. to Bombardier Park West
To enter a float, display, or group, call Steve Burke at (802) 891-8083
FOOD FOOD FOOD
6pm - 9:30pm - This year various food vendors will be on site, including Matt Mullen and KC's Red Hots at Bombardier Park West
MUSIC
7:30pm - 9:30pm - Milton Community Band performs at Bombardier Park West
FIREWORKS
Approximately 9pm - Spectacular fireworks display at Bombardier Park West
Join the celebration! Sponsored by Milton Firefighter's Association Inc.
All day celebration starting with a 1 mile run run, and ending with fireworks. In between that will be a parade, lawn games, music, car show, flea market, bingo, food, and an auction.
10:30am - Free Fun Run starts at Richmond Elementary. One mile all downhill to Volunteers Green Park.
Sign up/permission slips are provided at the start.
Parade - starts just after the Fun Run from Harrington's on Main Street, RT 2
Events after the parade in the park:
Food, fun, music, car show, flea market, bingo. MISTING TENT!
Food - Hot dogs, burgers, fries, fried dough, chicken BBQ, maple products, lemonade/drinks, strawberry shortcake, ice cream and more!
Kids games
12:30pm - Auction
Dusk - Fireworks
9am - The Great Race/ Triathalon begins
The afternoon fun continues with:
Dusk - Fireworks
Applications for Duct Tape Regatta, Pedal Boat Race, and Volley Ball Tournament - Click Here!
11am - Parade staging at Hartland-Brownsville Road near the Cemetery
12pm - Annual parade “Our American Heroes” will start
Veterans are invited to walk or ride in the parade.
10am - 2pm:
NOTE: Road Closure - Rt. 2 Old Stage Road to Johnson Farm, July 4, 9:30am - 11:30am
Theme - "Independence Day! Celebrate the Red, White & Blue"
Wednesday, July 3
4pm - 6pm - Library Book Sale
6pm - Firecracker 5K Fun Run (See registration info below)
7pm - Ice Cream Social and Town Band Concert (Village Green)
Thursday, July 4
9am - 2pm - Library Book Sale
10am - Parade - Williston Road (from Johnson Lane to Old Stage Road)
11am - 1pm - Activities & vendors on the Village Green
11am - 1pm - Fire Department open house
7:00-9:30pm - Activities, music & vendors at Allen Brook School
(Parking & shuttle from Williston Central School, starting at 7:00pm)
Dusk - Fireworks at Allen Brook School
July 4th T-shirts will be on sale ($10 each)
General Information
For parade rules click here
10am - 5pm - OLD VERMONT 4TH
A patriotic family celebration featuring the reading of the Declaration of Independence, a historic debate, wagon rides, making 1890 flags, spelling bees, sack races, playing historic base ball , and lots more.
5pm - 7pm - JULY 4TH BBQ AT THE WOODSTOCK INN
Have a picnic BBQ with us on our Inn's front lawn. Chef Rhys will pull out some of his southern flavors with a northern flare like Jason's Specialty Fried Chicken, Billings Farm Mac & Cheese, Watermelon, Homemade Ice Cream and more! Fun for the whole family with live music by local guitarist Jim Yeager and kids games and activities on the lawn, plus a cash bar for the adults.
$32 (Adult)
$16 (Children 14 & under)
6pm - 10pm - 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS
Join us at the Woodstock Union High School for family-frendly fun complete with fireworks at dusk!