We have gathered some of the very best 4th of July celebrations and firework displays around the area!
If you know of anymore events you would like included, please click Here to fill out the short form and submit the event to us and we will add it into this list. Please remember that pets get scared with loud noises, so please keep them indoors or at home. Have a safe and happy 4th of July!
Friday, July 3rd
**Marsing Independence Day Celebration**
Marsing Island Park on the Snake River
6:00 p.m. ~ Fun activities for the family-dunk tank, bounce house, a kid's train, kid's games, food, music and entertainment, and an after fireworks dance! (Island Park)
10:00pm ~ FIREWORKS!
**Boise Hawks Post Game FIREWORKS!**
Memorial Stadium - 600 Glenwood, Boise
Come out and enjoy the fireworks after the game!
To purchase ticket's to the game visit Boise Hawks website
Saturday, July 4th
**City of Caldwell 4th of July Parade & Celebration**
10am ~ Parade-Memorial Park - 411 Blaine St. (Map of Parade Route)
11:30am- Opening Ceremonies-Fallen Soldier & Flag Ceremony
12noon-4pm ~ Family & Kid activities, Car Show, Vendors, Contests, Performers, Farmers Market, and Wet Zone!
10:15pm ~ Fireworks (Brother's Park) Spectator areas will include Brothers Park, Caldwell High School, the YMCA parking lot and Heritage School. Parking will be available at the Caldwell High School for a $2 fee.
(Map of seating area) (Road Closures)
**Middleton 4th of July Celebration**
City of Middleton
There will be no car show this year!
6:30am-11:00am ~ Fireman’s Breakfast (Middleton Fire Dept.)
10am~ Horseshoe Tournament (Roadside Park $5 person)
10am-6pm ~ Ridley's BBQ/Dunk Tank/Jump House (Ridley's Parking Lot)
10am-2pm ~ Friends of the Library Book Sale(Middleton Library)
10am-2pm ~ Free Family Fun (Baptist Church 1st. St. S.)
10am-11am ~ CCSO K-9 Demo (Roadside Park)
11:45am-12:00pm ~ Pre-Parade Car Cruise
12pm ~ Pie Sale/ Free Ice Cream Cones (Methodist Church Main St.)
12:00pm ~ Parade Begins (Main St.)
1:30pm ~ Food Pantry Duck Races (Roadside Park)
2:30pm ~ Push Cart Derby (Old Middleton Rd./N Dewey Ave.) Registration 1pm $5 team
5:00pm ~ Live entertainment at Foote Park
7:00pm ~ Idaho National Guard 25th Army Band concert at Foote Park
10:15pm ~ FIREWORKS! (Foote Park)
**Boise Independence Day Celebration**
Celebrate our nation’s birthday with music & entertainment, a chalk art festival, children’s bike rodeo and parade, and a day of family fun in Boise’s beautiful Ann Morrison Park.
"We the People" Liberty Day Parade ~ 11:00am
(10th and Jefferson) Downtown Boise
Food and Alcohol Vendors ~ 12:00pm – 10:30pm
Idaho Statesman Chalk Art Festival ~ 8:00am - 4:00pm
Chalk Land, a free area for children age 11 and younger, is designated for kids who want to draw with chalk and create their own sidewalk chalk art. Free to the public, to participate as an artist see website for more information
Slide the City ~ 10:00am-10:00pm
1,000 foot waterslide that runs down Americana Boulevard! See website for pricing information
Live Music Entertainment ~ 12:00pm - 10:00pm
Derrick Boles of Stand Up America will emcee a day of great live entertainment from with breaks for load-in, load-out of the acts.
12:00pm ~ Danza Azteca Quetzalcoatl
12:45 ~ Galen Louis (band)
2:00pm ~ Raketooth (band)
Bike Events ~ 12:00pm-7:00pm
12:00pm – 7:00pm. ~ Bike Rodeo
12:00pm - 1:30 p.m. ~ Children's Bike Decorating
1:30pm ~ Children's Bike Parade (Route will stay in park)
1:45pm ~ Decorating Contest Winners Announced
Education and Art Booths ~ 1:00pm-5:00pm
1:00pm-2:00pm Western Display Fireworks will teach you about what goes into producing the fireworks show
2:00pm-3:00pm Yoga/dance/art lesson
3:00pm-4:00pm Legos and building blocks session
Mobile Recreation Kid’s Games ~ 12:00pm-7:00pm
Kids' activities provided by Boise Parks and Recreation's Mobile Recreation Program
12:00 – 6:00pm ~ Idaho National Guard
12:00 - 7:00pm ~ Face Painting
2:00-10pm ~ Balloon Artist
12:00pm - 1:00pm ~ Dodge Ball
1:00pm - 2:00pm ~ Capture the Flag
2:00pm - 2:30pm ~ Art Project
2:30pm - 3:00pm ~ Water Games
3:30pm - 4:00pm ~ Parachute Games
4:00 - 4:30pm ~ Diffusion Tag
4:30 - 5:00pm ~ Independence Ball
5:00 - 5:30pm ~ Art Project
5:30 - 6:15pm ~ Soccer
Fireworks ~ 10:15pm
Movie in the Park - "Under the Sea-IMAX" ~ 10:30pm
After the fireworks, Enjoy the G-rated IMAX 3D film "Under the Sea." An underwater look at the diverse coastal regions of Southern Australia, New Guinea and the Indo-Pacific areas and the impact of global warming on the oceans. Narrated by Jim Carrey.
**Meridian Independence Day Festival**
~Storey Park-205 E Franklin
3:00pm ~ Event begins with inflatable toys, climbing wall, live music, food vendors and more!
3:00pm ~ Zack Quintana begins live performance in the Storey Park picnic shelter.
5:00pm ~ Soul Patch begins live performance in the Storey Park picnic shelter.
6:30pm ~ Meridian Speedway races begin.
7:00pm ~ Gate to the Storey Park Baseball Field opens to allow for more fireworks viewing area.
7:30pm ~ Simple Ruckus begins live performance in the Storey Park picnic shelter.
9:30pm ~ Safe and Sane fireworks area opens in the Chamber of Commerce parking lot. No ariel fireworks allowed!
Approximately 10:15-10:30pm – FIREWORKS
(For more Meridian events visit Meridian Macaroni Kid)
**Notus 4th of July Celebration**
Notus Community Center
7:45am ~ Flag Raising & Singing of the National Anthem
8am-10am ~ Pancake Breakfast ($5 Adults, $3 Kids 3-12, FREE Under 2, $18 Family up to 6 people.)
10am ~ Parade
Notus First Baptist Church Lawn
11am-2pm ~ Old Fashioned Community Picnic, Festival, Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest, Bingo, Water Slides and Wet Zone, Bounce House, Apple Pie Bake Off, Lemonade Stand, Craft Vendors, Food Vendors and LOTS MORE! We have LOTS of great PRIZES for our Raffle this year!
**Melba Old Tyme 4th of July Celebration**
Festivities all day including a fun run, parade, concessions and vendors, tractor pull, horseshoe pitching contest, arts & crafts fair, Melba Senior Center luncheon and much more! Fireworks will begin at dusk!
7:00am ~ Registration for fun run & walk (sign up online for early registration)
8:00am ~ QRU Fun Run & walk begins (7:45am for 6 milers)
9:00am ~ Parade line up, arts and crafts fair, food concessions begin
9:30am ~ Judging of parade entries
10:30am ~ Fly over and parade
11:00am ~ Car Show and fairway of children's games open
11:30am ~ Fried chicken lunch-Senior Center
12:00pm ~ Antique tractor pull and stage entertainment begins
1:00pm ~ Horseshoe pitching
3:00pm ~ Chicken roundup
4:00pm ~ Mud volleyball
10:30 Approx. ~ FIREWORKS
**Emmett 4th of July Celebration and Fireworks **
Gem Island Sports Complex
8am-8pm ~ Thunder Island Car show
4pm-9pm ~ Entertainment, food vendors, booths, dunk tank, snow cones, Fun for all ages!
10:30pm ~ FIREWORKS
**Homedale -Lions Club Demolition Derby and Fireworks**
6:00 pm ~ Demolition Derby - Owyhee County Rodeo Grounds
(Purchase tickets at NAPA in Homedale)
10:15pm ~ FIREWORKS
**Greenleaf Independence Day Celebration**
Greenleaf Friends Church
7:00am ~ Pancake Breakfast
8am-1pm ~ Music & entertainment -Food and craft vendors, booths, children and family activities
10:00am ~ Parade starts
**City of Wilder 4th of July Celebration (Celebrating American Heroes)**
Wilder City Park and Wilder School District Football Field
12:00pm ~ Parade - parade goes through Wilder and ends at the City Park
12:00pm-5pm ~ Kids rides & activities, vendors, food booths, beer garden, car show, silent auctions & raffles and more!
10:15pm(dusk) ~ Fireworks
**Star's Hometown 4th of July Celebration**
3:00pm ~ Parade - Lineup will be at the entrance to Rockbridge (Seneca Springs Way & State Street)
4:00-5pm ~ BBQ ($3 at the gate for everyone) Water Slide & Star Fire Water Fun - Hunters Creek Sports Park - (Floating Feather and Star Rd)
5:00pm ~ Star Senior Pie Auction - Star Senior Center
6:30pm ~ Star Talent Show - Hunters Creek Sports Park
8:00pm ~ The Fabulous Chancellors - Hunters Creek Sports Park
10:15pm ~ FIREWORKS
10:45pm ~ The Famous Chancellors will continue playing for an hour after the fireworks
Wanna get out of town?
**Cascade 76th Annual Thunder Mountain Days Parade & Fireworks**
76th Annual Thunder Mountain Days which will begin with a Buckaroo Breakfast at 7 AM before the Parade begins at 11 AM. The 76th Annual Celebration includes El Korah “Sidewinders” Annual Duck Race and a lunch BBQ. Fireworks will begin at dusk over Lake Cascade. The parade will take place on Main Street and the fireworks will display over Lake Cascade.
**McCall 4th of July Celebration and Fireworks**
Activities throughout the town with an arts & crafts fair, farmers market, live music, vendors, food, beer & wine and fireworks at 10pm over Payette Lake
**Idaho City July 4th Old Fashioned Family Fun Day**
Come spend the day in beautiful Idaho City! Parade at noon followed by the Wheelbarrow Race on Main Street.
Gather at John Brogan Park at around 1pm for the reading of the Declaration of Independence and a hot dog lunch. Kid's games and contests will begin around 1:30 and the Idaho City Triathlon (adults only) about 2.
3pm will get your excitement raised with an old fashioned shootout and then fireworks at dusk in the Football field. Shop, eat and drink until you drop!
