Fourth of July events

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Seattle

Family Fourth at Lake Union

July 4 Thanks to a late rally of community support, this annual event lives on. All-ages games, food, beer garden; fireworks show at dusk. Noon-11 p.m. July 4. Gas Works Park, 2101 N. Northlake Way, Seattle; free (206-281-7788 or www.family4th.org).

Naturalization Ceremony

July 4 More than 500 people from more than 75 countries will be sworn in by a U.S. District Court judge as new citizens of the United States. Concert at 11 a.m. by Air National Guard Band of the Northwest, Total Experience Gospel Choir and other performers; ceremony at noon; Fisher Pavilion, Seattle Center (www.ethnicheritagecouncil.org).

"The Twenty-Seven Flags"

4th of July Celebration

July 4 Skyway Post 9430 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars honors the nation's 232nd birthday with a salute to the American flag — all 27 versions that have officially represented the United States over the years. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. July 4. Museum of Flight, 9404 E. Marginal Way S., Seattle; $8-$15 (museumofflight.org).

Eastside

Bellevue Family 4th

July 4 Fourth of July celebration with live music, children's activities, food and fireworks show. 4-10:30 p.m. Bellevue Downtown Park, 10201 N.E. Fourth St., Bellevue; free (425-425-4106 or www.bellevuedowntown.org/events/familyfourth/).

Celebrate Kirkland

July 4 Children's parade 11:30 a.m., main parade at noon, both from Market Street and Central Way; hat making and face painting starts 10 a.m., picnic with food vendors, 1-5 p.m., Marina Park; bouncy toys for kids, 2 p.m., Heritage Park; music at 7:30 p.m., fireworks display 10 p.m., Marina Park, 25 Lake Shore Plaza, Kirkland; free (www.celebratekirkland.org).

Fourth on the Plateau

July 4 Music, food vendors, children's playground and fireworks display. 6-11 p.m. July 4. Sammamish Commons Park, 801 228th Ave. S.E., Sammamish; free (www.ci.sammamish.wa.us/events/4thJuly.aspx).

Carnation Fourth of July Celebration

July 4 Craft vendors, children's parade (10:30 a.m.), grand parade (11 a.m.); Hot Rods and Harleys, 5K Run/Walk, pancake breakfast (8 a.m.), live music, Food and arts and crafts booths. downtown Carnation, Tolt Avenue and Bird Street; free (www.carnation4th.org).

South

Burien

Independence Day Parade

July 4 3 p.m. downtown Burien; parade starts at Ambaum Boulevard Southwest and Southwest 149th Street, and goes south on Ambaum; free (206-575-1633 or www.discoverburien.com).

Family 4th at Fort Dent Park

July 4 Entertainment stage, roving clowns, face painters, stilt walkers, food vendors, fireworks display at dusk. 2-11 p.m. July 4. Fort Dent Park, 6800 Fort Dent Way, Tukwila; free (www.ci.tukwila.wa.us/).

Fireworks Over Des Moines

July 4 Music and a fireworks display at dusk. 6-11 p.m. July 4. Des Moines Marina, 22307 Dock St., Des Moines; free (206-870-6527).

Renton's Fabulous 4th of July

July 4 Free inflatable rides and face-paintings for kids, stage entertainment and fireworks show. 7 a.m.-10 p.m. July 4. Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park, 1201 Lake Washington Blvd., Renton; free (rentonwa.gov).

Auburn's 4th of July Festival

July 4 Kids' bike parade, live entertainment on two stages, inflatable rides, climbing wall and euro-bungy trampolines, a trackless train, petting zoo and pony carousel, bingo, bocce, car show, laser tag, gaming stations, 50 craft artists, book sale, food concessions, spray park and more. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. July 4. Les Gove Park, 11th Street and Auburn Way South, Auburn (253-931-3043 or www.auburnwa.gov).

Red, White and Blues Festival

July 4 Entertainment, games, art activities, live music, hot dog eating contest, arm wrestling tournament and fireworks display. 6-11 p.m. July 4, Celebration Park, 1095 S. 324th St., Federal Way; free on-site parking opens 5:30 p.m. (253-835-6900 or itallhappenshere.org/).

Enumclaw Stars and Stripes

July 4 Music and activities for kids, parade (noon) and fireworks at dusk. 10 a.m.-11 p.m. July 4, downtown Enumclaw; free (www.ci.enumclaw.wa.us).

Tacoma Freedom Fair

July 4 Air show, music, outdoor market, children's activities, car show, food booths and fireworks show (10 p.m.). 10 a.m.-10:30 p.m. July 4. Waterfront Park, Ruston Way, Tacoma; free admission, donations requested (www.freedomfair.com/).

Kent Fourth of July Splash

July 4 Old fashioned games, athletic skills contests, family games, classic cars on display, hands-on art projects, face painting, inflatable bouncers, watermelon and pie eating contests and boat parade. noon-11 p.m. July 4. Lake Meridian Park, 14800 S.E. 272nd St., Kent; free (www.ci.kent.wa.us/artsentertainment).

North

An Edmonds Kind of Fourth

July 4 Fun run (11 a.m.), children's parade (12:30 p.m., from Fifth Avenue and Walnut Street) and main parade (1 p.m., from Sixth Avenue and Main Street); Edmonds Firefighters Water Ball competition, City Park, 3 p.m.; entertainment, 7:30 p.m., and fireworks, 10 p.m., Civic Stadium, Sixth Avenue and Bell Street, downtown Edmonds; free (425-776-6711 or www.edmondswa.com/09FOURTHOFJULY.html).

Bothell Freedom Festival

July 4 Free pancake breakfast, downtown Fire House, 10726 Beardslee Blvd., 9:30 a.m.; children's parade, Main Street at 103rd Avenue, 12:15 p.m.; main parade, Main Street at 104th Avenue Northeast, 1 p.m., Bothell; free (425-486-7430 or www.explorebothell.com).

Everett's

Colors of Freedom Festival

July 4 Live music, kids' activities, food and fireworks on the bluff overlooking Port Gardner Bay. 2-10 p.m. July 4. Legion Park, 145 Alverson Blvd., Everett; free (425-257-7117 or www.enjoyeverett.org).

Evergreen Speedway

Fourth of July

July 4 Auto racing and demolition derby, fireworks at dusk. 5-11 p.m. July 4. Evergreen Speedway, 14505 179th Ave. S.E., Monroe; $7.50-$22.50 (360-805-6100 or www.evergreenspeedway.com/).

Arlington Frontier Days/Fourth of July

July 4 Pancake breakfast 7-10 a.m., children's parade, 4:30 p.m., main parade 5 p.m., on Olympic Avenue; Stilly Duck Dash at Haller Park, 7:30 p.m.; fireworks at dusk at Arlington Boys & Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. N.E., Arlington; free (www.ci.arlington.wa.us).

Around the Sound

Bainbridge Island

Grand Old Fourth of July

July 4 Street fair, entertainment, antique car show and parade. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. July 4, downtown Winslow, Bainbridge Island; free (206-842-3700 or www.bainbridgechamber.com).

Oak Harbor

Old Fashioned 4th of July

July 3-4 A beach side carnival, flyover of Navy aircraft, food and arts and crafts vendors at Windjammer Park, 1600 S.E. Beeksma Drive,July 3-4; parade on Pioneer Way at 11 a.m. July; fireworks at 10 p.m. July 4; Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island; free (360-675-3755 or www.oakharborchamber.com).

Anacortes Independence Day

July 4 Town photo (10 a.m.) at Fifth Street and Commercial Avenue; parade (at 11 a.m.) starting at Third and Commercial, patriotic program at Causland Park and fireworks over Fidalgo Bay at dusk. 10 a.m.-11 p.m. July 4. Causland Park, Eighth Street and N Avenue, Anacortes; free (360-588-1108 or www.anacortes.org/news.cfm).

Kingston 4th of July Celebration

July 2-5 Tiny Town children's entertainment, games, pony rides, food and crafts in Kola Kole Park, 26096 W. First St. N.E., July 3-5, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; parade at 12:15 p.m. July 4, eastbound on Highway 104 through downtown, starting between Lindvog Road and First Street; music festival at Mike Wallace Park, at Port of Kingston Marina, 7-10 p.m. July 2; until 10 p.m. July 3; 10 a.m.-11 p.m. July 4; fireworks over Appletree Cove at dusk July 4; Kingston, Kitsap Peninsula (kingstontinytown.com).

La Conner parade and picnic

July 4 Parade, 11 a.m.; community picnic and games for kids in Pioneer Park after the parade, noon-3 p.m.; fireworks over Swinomish Channel, 10 p.m. July 4. La Conner, Skagit County; free (888-642-9284 or www.laconnerchamber.com).

Point Roberts events

July 4 "Oscars We Have Known" parade with grand marshal Oscar nominee Robert Habros, begins at noon at west end of Gulf Road and ends at marina; entertainment, food and games at Lighthouse Marine Park, 811 Marine Dr., 1-4 p.m.; Point Roberts, Whatcom County; free (360-945-0764).

Around the state

Port Angeles

July 4 Live music, parade (6 p.m., from in front of Clallam County Courthouse) and fireworks display at dusk. 3-11 p.m. July 4. City Pier, Railroad and Lincoln Streets, Port Angeles; free (www.portangeles.org/wavebroadband4th.html).

Westport events

July 4 Crafts, music and food. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Dock of the Bay Blues Festival, 1-10 p.m., Westport Maritime Museum, 2201 Westhaven Drive; fireworks at dusk from Westport Marina; Westport, Grays Harbor County (www.westportwa.com/events).

Aberdeen Splash Festival

July 4 Arts and crafts, food vendors, carnival, games and fireworks display over the Chehalis River. Morrison Riverfront Park, 1401 Sargent Blvd., Aberdeen; free (800-321-1924 or visitgraysharbor.com/).

Long Beach fireworks

July 4 On the beach at Bolstad Avenue beach approach, dusk, Long Beach; free (www.funbeach.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=228).

Grand Coulee Dam

July 3-4 "Festival of America," both days, with arts and crafts, food, live entertainment; fireworks over the dam following the laser light show, 10:35 p.m. July 4, Grand Coulee Dam, Okanogan County; free (www.grandcouleedam.org).

Leavenworth Kinderfest

July 4 A town festival that celebrates children and their families. Face painting, free snacks, balloons and old-fashioned Fourth of July games. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. July 4, Front Street, downtown Leavenworth; free (509-548-5807 or leavenworth.org/modules/pages/?pageid=253).

Celebrate the Fourth

at Maryhill

July 4 Fourth of July picnic dinner (5-8 p.m.), flag-making activity (5-8 p.m.), live music and a laser light show (6-11 p.m.). Maryhill Museum open until 8 p.m., with free admission after 5 p.m. Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, Klickitat County; free (www.maryhillmuseum.org/2010_0704.html).

Pasco Grand Old 4th

July 3-4 Car show, community barbecue, live music, Dust Devils baseball game and outdoor movie. 3-9 p.m. July 3. Pancake breakfast, parade (10 a.m.), car show, live music and fireworks, 7 a.m.-10 p.m. July 4. Gesa Stadium, 6200 Burden Blvd., Pasco; free (509-545-3456 or www.visittri-cities.com).

Yakima's 4th of July

July 4 Children's activities (1-6 p.m.), firetruck water fun, vendors, stage entertainment (1:30-9:30 p.m.), dirt-track races (noon-3 p.m.); fireworks, 10 p.m., July 4; carnival rides, July 3-6; Yakima State Fair Park, 1301 S. Fair Ave., Yakima (www.yakima4thofjuly.org).

Zillah's Old-Fashioned

4th of July Celebration

July 4 Food, games, contests, BBQ and fireworks (10 p.m.). Noon-10 p.m. July 4. Stewart Park (Zillah), Fifth Street and First Avenue, Zillah; free (www.visityakimavalley.org).

— Compiled by Jeff Albertson