The Weekend Warrior - July 4, 2024

Submitted by wcrsproducer on Tue, 07/02/2024 - 5:35pm
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It is America's Birthday! We have fireworks, baseball, soccer, patriotism, and the arts this weekend.

Local 4th of July Fireworks: https://www.10tv.com/article/entertainment/events/4th-of-july-fireworks-...
Experience Columbus: https://www.experiencecolumbus.com/blog/post/fourth-of-july-celebrations...
Northland Parade: https://northlandparade.org/
Doo Dah Parade: https://www.doodahparade.com/
Clintonville Fourth Preview: https://www.clintonvillespotlight.com/articles/fourth-festivities-bring-...
Fireworks Mix XIV: https://wcrsfm.org/content/djbc-fireworks-mix-xiv-beautifully-djbc500

PARADES:
JULY 3 (Weather Permitting):
Red, White & Boom!, Starts at Bicentennial Park, 5:30PM

JULY 4 (Weather Permitting):
Bexley ("Beautifully Bexley"); Starts at 9:30AM at Maryland Elementary School
Delaware: Starts at 3PM at Delaware County Fairgrounds
Dublin ("Let Freedom Ring"): Starts at 11AM at Metro Place, ending at South High Street and Waterford Drive
Gahanna ("A Red, White, and Blue City"): Starts at 10:30AM at Clark Hall
Groveport: Starts at 10:30AM at Glendening Elementary School
Hilliard ("Celebrate the Red, White and Blue"): Starts at 9AM at Franklin County Fairgrounds (with Grand Marshal Libby Gierach, former Director of the Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce)
New Albany (Starts at 11AM at New Albany Middle School)
Northland ("Diamonds of Columbus"): Starts at 10AM at Karl Road (just north of Morse Road, ending at Karl and Hempwood Drive at Karl Road Baptist Church)
Orange Township: Starts at 10AM at Olentangy Orange Middle School
Pickerington: Starts at 10AM
Reynoldsburg: Starts at 10AM at Main Street and Rosehill Road, ending at Davidson Drive
Westerville ("Red, White and Blue. America. For Me and You."): Starts at 10:30AM at St. Paul the Apostle Roman Catholic Church
Whitehall ("The Future of Whitehall Is Bright"): Starts at Yearling Road and E. Broad St.
Worthington Hills ("Totally '80s")

FIREWORKS:
JULY 3 (Weather Permitting):
Buckeye Lake
Gahanna (Gahanna Municipal Golf Course)
Groveport (Heritage Park)
Obetz (Fortress Obetz)
Pickerington (Pickerington Central H.S.)
Reynoldsburg (Civic Park; gates close at 9PM)
Whitehall (Whitehall Yearling H.S.)
and
Red, White & Boom! (Downtown Riverfront)

JULY 4 (Weather Permitting):
Bexley (Capital University)
Delaware (Ohio Wesleyan University, following Central Ohio Symphony Concert)
Dublin (Dublin Coffman H.S. with Martina McBride)
Grove City (Murfin Fields)
Hilliard (Freedom Fest at Roger A. Reynolds Municipal Park)
New Albany (New Albany H.S.)
Sunbury (Big Walnut H.S.)
Westerville (Westerville Sports Complex - Home of "Field of Heroes" and Veteran's Plaza)
Worthington (Thomas Worthington H.S.; Fireworks ONLY this year; NO Picnic this year due to Construction)
Worthington Hills (Worthington Hills Country Club)

July 6:
Granville