Fourth of July events in Milwaukee area

By Jay Sorgi

Archived Content

  • Print

Related Articles

MILWAUKEE - America is turning 235 years old on Monday, July 4th.

Once again, communities are holding lots of events resplendent with red, white, blue.

They include parades, civic celebrations, cookouts, and - of course - fireworks.

This year, because the big day falls on a Sunday, it means a four day party!

You can check out a comprehensive list of many of those events below.

Do you know of a specific event not listed here?  Please let us know.

Events by Date/Time

Thursday, June 30

All day
East Troy - Lions Club Festival

4:00 p.m.
Watertown - Celebration at Riverside Park

5:00 p.m.
Twin Lakes - Libertyfest

Friday, July 1st

 

All day
East Troy - Lions Club Festival
Twin Lakes - Libertyfest

2:00 p.m.
Glendale - Glendale Days

5:00 p.m.
Elkhorn - Festival at Sunset Park
Franklin - Civic celebration

Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Elkhorn - Fireworks at Sunset Park

10:00 p.m.
Whitewater - Fireworks at Cravath Lakefront Park

Saturday, July 2nd

All day
East Troy - Lions Club Festival

9:00 a.m.
Watertown - Celebration at Riverside Park

11:00 a.m.
West Allis - Parade and celebration

2:00 p.m.
Glendale - Glendale Days

3:00 p.m.
Franklin - Civic celebration
Oconomowoc - Parade

Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Delafield - Fireworks at Lake Nagawicka
East Troy - Fireworks
Oconomowoc - Fireworks at Fowler Park

Sunday, July 3rd

All day
East Troy - Lions Club Festival
Lake Geneva - Celebrations at Geneva National Golf Club, including fireworks

11:00 a.m.
Glendale - Glendale Days
Milwaukee - Fireworks Kite Festival along lakefront

12:00 p.m.
Watertown - Celebration at Riverside Park

2:00 p.m.
Franklin - Civic celebration
Kenosha - Civic Veterans Parade starts at 63rd Street and 22nd Avenue

4:00 p.m.
Mayville - Legion Games, followed by fireworks at Fireman's field

7:00 p.m.
Menomonee Falls - Parade

Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Jefferson - Fireworks at Jefferson County Fair Park
Kewaskum - Fireworks at Riverhill Park
Muskego - Fireworks at Idle Isle Park
Plymouth - Fireworks at City Park

9:25 p.m.
Milwaukee - U.S. Bank Fireworks along lakefront

9:30 p.m.
Menomonee Falls - Fireworks at Appleton  Avenue and Elm Lane

9:45 p.m.
Watertown - Fireworks at Riverside Park

10:00 p.m.
Whitewater - Fireworks at Cravath Lakefront Park

Monday, July 4th

8:00 a.m.
Hales Corners - Firecracker Four Run

8:30 a.m.
Milwaukee - Enderis Park parade and festival

8:45 a.m.
Milwaukee - Parades and festivals at Jackson Park, Mitchell Park, Noyes Park

9:00 a.m.
Greendale - Reading of Declaration of Independence
Milwaukee - Parades and festivals at Alcott Park, Humboldt Park, Lake Park, Wilson Park
Oak Creek - Parade
Racine - Downtown parade
Sheboygan - Parade
Wauwatosa - Parade

9:30 a.m.
Milwaukee - Sherman Park parade and festival
Sussex - Parade
West Bend - Parade and celebration at Regner Park

10:00 a.m.
Cedarburg - Parade and festival
Delafield - American Legion Parade
Franklin - Civic celebration and parade
Greendale - Parade
Lake Geneva - Old World 4th of July at Old World Wisconsin
South Milwaukee - Parade and festival

10:30 a.m.
Milwaukee - Gordon Park parade and festival

11:00 a.m.
Milwaukee - Washington Park festival
Port Washington - Parade and festival
Waukesha - Parade from Cutler Park to Frame Park

11:30 a.m.
Whitefish Bay - Parade

12:00 p.m.
Cudahy - Parade and festival
Germantown - Parade
Greenfield - Parade, followed by festival at Konkel Park
Milwaukee - Dr. Martin Luther King Center talent contest

1:00 p.m.
Milwaukee - McGovern Park festival
Saukville - Parade, followed by festival at Grady Park

1:30 p.m.
Brown Deer - Parade and festival

2:00 p.m.
Burlington - Dance at 595 Milwaukee  Avenue
Hartford - Parade and festival at Veterans Park

3:00 p.m.
Sheboygan - Celebration at Deland Park

3:30 p.m.
Shorewood - Parade to celebration at Spector Field

4:00 p.m.
Hales Corners - Parade

5:00 p.m.
Pewaukee - Parade, ending at Village Park followed by water show

5:30 p.m.
Germantown - Fireman's Park festival

7:00 p.m.
Sussex - Parade

Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Burlington - Fireworks at Echo Park
Germantown - Fireworks at Fireman's Park
Greenfield - Fireworks at Konkel Park
Hales Corners - Fireworks at Hales Corners Park
Hartford - Fireworks at Lincoln Athletic Park
Lake Geneva - Fireworks at Village of Fontana Lakefront Beach
Oak Creek - Fireworks at East Middle School
Port Washington - Fireworks at Franklin and Grand Avenue
Saukville - Fireworks at Peninsula Park
Sheboygan - Johnsonville Big Bang Fireworks along lakeshore
Sussex - Fireworks at Village Park
Twin Lakes - Fireworks at Lance Memorial Park
West Bend - Fireworks at Riverside Park

9:00 p.m.
Pewaukee - Fireworks along lakefront

9:15 p.m.
Brookfield - Fireworks at Mitchell Park
Brown Deer - Fireworks at 4920 West Green Brook Drive
Cudahy - Fireworks at Sheridan Park
Franklin - Fireworks at Festival Grounds
Glendale - Fireworks at Kletzsch Park
Greendale - Fireworks at Greendale High School
Milwaukee - Fireworks at Alcott Park, Gordon Park, Humboldt Park, Jackson Park, Mitchell Park, Noyes Park, Washington Park, Wilson Park
Racine - Fireworks along lakefront
Shorewood - Fireworks at Blackhawk Country Club
Wauwatosa - Fireworks at Hart Park
West Allis - Fireworks at State Fair Park
Whitefish Bay - Fireworks at Klode Park

9:30 p.m.
Cedarburg - Fireworks at Cedar Creek Park
Kenosha - Fireworks at Harbor Park
South Milwaukee - Fireworks at Brown Pavilion
Waukesha - Fireworks at Waukesha County  Expo Center

10:00 p.m.
Whitewater - Fireworks at Cravath Lakefront Park

Saturday, July 9th
Big Bend - Fireworks after truck and tractor pulls at Village Park

Events by City

Milwaukee

Sunday, July 3rd
11:00 a.m.
Fireworks Kite Festival along lakefront

9:25 p.m.
U.S. Bank Fireworks along lakefront

Monday, July 4th

8:30 a.m.
Enderis Park parade and festival

8:45 a.m.
Parades and festivals at Jackson Park, Mitchell Park, Noyes Park

9:00 a.m.
Parades and festivals at Alcott Park, Humboldt Park, Lake Park, Wilson Park

9:30 a.m.
Sherman Park parade and festival

10:30 a.m.
Gordon Park parade and festival

11:00 a.m.
Washington Park festival

12:00 p.m.
Dr. Martin Luther King Center talent contest

1:00 p.m.
Milwaukee - McGovern Park festival

9:15 p.m.
Fireworks at Alcott Park, Gordon Park, Humboldt Park, Jackson Park, Mitchell Park, Noyes Park, Washington Park, Wilson Park

Big Bend

Saturday, July 9th
Fireworks after truck and tractor pulls at Village Park

Brookfield

Monday, July 4th
9:15 p.m.
Fireworks at Mitchell Park

Brown Deer

Monday, July 4th
1:30 p.m.
Parade and festival

9:15 p.m.
Fireworks at 4920 West Green Brook Drive

Burlington

Monday, July 4th
2:00 p.m.
Dance at 595 Milwaukee Avenue

Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Burlington - Fireworks at Echo Park

Cedarburg

Monday, July 4th
10:00 a.m.
Parade and festival

9:30 p.m.
Fireworks at Cedar Creek Park

Cudahy

Monday, July 4th
12:00 p.m.
Parade and festival

9:15 p.m.
Fireworks at Sheridan Park

Delafield

Saturday, July 2nd
Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at Lake Nagawicka

Monday, July 4th
10:00 a.m.
American Legion Parade

East Troy

Thursday, June 30-Sunday, July 3
All Day
Lions club festival

Saturday, July 2nd
Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks

Elkhorn

Friday, July 1st
5:00 p.m.
Elkhorn - Festival at Sunset Park

Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at Sunset Park

Franklin

Friday, July 1st
5:00 p.m.
Civic celebration

Saturday, July 2nd
3:00 p.m.
Civic celebration

Sunday, July 3rd
2:00 p.m.
Civic celebration

Monday, July 4th
10:00 a.m.
Civic celebration and parade

9:15 p.m.
Fireworks at Festival Grounds

Germantown

Monday, July 4th
12:00 p.m.
Parade

5:30 p.m.
Festival at Fireman's Park

Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at Fireman's Park

Glendale

Saturday, July 2nd
2:00 p.m.
Glendale Days

Sunday, July 3rd
11:00 a.m.
Glendale Days

Monday, July 4th
10:00 a.m.
Parades and Glendale Days

9:15 p.m.
Fireworks at Kletzsch Park

Greendale

Monday, July 4th
9:00 a.m.
Public reading of Declaration of Independence

10:00 a.m.
Parade

9:15 p.m.
Fireworks at Greendale High School

Greenfield

Monday, July 4th

12:00 p.m.
Parade, followed by festival at Konkel Park

Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at Konkel Park

Hales Corners

Monday, July 4th
8:00 a.m.
Firecracker Four Run

4:00 p.m.
Parade

Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at Hales Corners Park

Hartford

Monday, July 4th
2:00 p.m.
Parade and festival at Veterans Park

Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at Lincoln Athletic Park

Jefferson

Sunday, July 3rd
Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at Jefferson County Fair Park

Kenosha

Sunday, July 3rd
2:00 p.m.
Civic Veterans Parade starts at 63rd Street and 22nd Avenue

Monday, July 4th
9:30 p.m.
Fireworks at Harbor Park

Kewaskum

Sunday, July 3rd
Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at Riverhill Park

Lake Geneva

Sunday, July 3rd

All Day
Celebrations at Geneva National Golf Club, including fireworks

Monday, July 4th

10:00 a.m.
Old World 4th of July at Old World Wisconsin

Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at Village of Fontana Lakefront Beach

Mayville

Sunday, July 3rd
4:00 p.m.
Legion Games, followed by fireworks at Fireman's field

Menomonee Falls

Sunday, July 3rd
7:00 p.m.
Parade

9:30 p.m.
Fireworks at Appleton Avenue and Elm Lane

Muskego

Sunday, July 3rd
Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at Idle Isle Park

Oak Creek

Monday, July 4th
9:00 a.m.
Parade

Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at East Middle School

Oconomowoc

Saturday, July 2nd
Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at Fowler Park

Monday, July 4th
4:00 p.m.
Parade

Pewaukee

Monday, July 4th
5:00 p.m.
Parade, ending at Village Park followed by water show

9:00 p.m.
Fireworks along lakefront

Plymouth

Sunday, July 3rd
Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at City Park

Port Washington

Monday, July 4th
11:00 a.m.
Parade and festival

Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at Franklin and Grand Avenue

Racine

Monday, July 4th
9:00 a.m.
Downtown parade

9:15 p.m.
Fireworks along lakefront

Saukville

Monday, July 4th
1:00 p.m.
Parade, followed by festival at Grady Park

Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at Peninsula Park

Sheboygan

Monday, July 4th
9:00 a.m.
Parade

3:00 p.m.
Celebration at Deland Park

Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Johnsonville Big Bang Fireworks along lakeshore

Shorewood

Monday, July 4th
3:30 p.m.
Parade to celebration at Spector Field

9:15 p.m.
Fireworks at Blackhawk Country Club

South Milwaukee

Monday, July 4th
10:00 a.m.
Parade and Festival

9:30 p.m.
Fireworks at Brown Pavilion

Sussex

Monday, July 4th
9:30 a.m.
Parade

7:00 p.m.
Music at Village Park

Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at Village Park

Twin Lakes

Friday, July 1st
5:00 p.m.
Libertyfest

Saturday, July 2nd
All Day
Libertyfest

Monday, July 4th
Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at Lance Memorial Park

Watertown

Friday, July 1st
4:00 p.m.
Celebration at Riverside Park

Saturday, July 2nd
9:00 a.m.
Celebration at RIverside Park

Sunday, July 3rd
12:00 p.m.
Celebration at Riverside Park

9:45 p.m.
Fireworks at Riverside Park

Monday, July 4th
10:00 a.m.
Parade and celebration at Riverside Park

Waukesha

Monday, July 4th
11:00 a.m.
Parade from Cutler Park to Frame Park

9:30 p.m.
Fireworks at Waukesha County Expo Center

Wauwatosa

Monday, July 4th
9:00 a.m.
Parade

9:15 p.m.
Fireworks at Hart Park

West Allis

Saturday, July 2nd
11:00 a.m.
Parade and celebration

Monday, July 4th
9:15 p.m.
Fireworks at State Fair Park

West Bend

Monday, July 4th
9:30 a.m.
Parade and celebration at Regner Park

Dusk (about or after 9:00 p.m.)
Fireworks at Riverside Park

Whitefish Bay

Monday, July 4th
11:30 a.m.
Parade

9:15 p.m.
Fireworks at Klode Park

Whitewater

Friday, July 1st, Saturday, July 2nd and Monday, July 4th
10:00 p.m.
Fireworks at Cravath Lakefront Park