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Families can come out to Youngblood Vineyard for a Fourth of July event. It features fireworks, music, food, wine and more. Bring a blanket or chair. Purchase passes ahead of time.
Event cost: $20/parking
Event times: July 3-5, 2025
Families can come out to Lake Erie Marina to celebrate your July 4th weekend with some music from a live band and DJ and food on the waterfront. There will be food trucks, yard games, corn hole and bounce houses. For all ages. No registration required.
Event cost: Free; parking...
Enjoy a family-friendly event that is Michigan's longest-running Fourth of July Parade, celebrating its 96th year. Bring your own lawn chairs.
Event cost: Free
Event time: 11 a.m. July 4, 2025
Enjoy the annual, family-friendly 4th of July parade in downtown Ann Arbor, which is hosted by the Ann Arbor Jaycees. See costumed characters, dance troupes, marching bands and more at this 35th annual parade.
Event cost: Free
Event time: 10 a.m.-noon July 4, 2025
Pack your picnic basket and enjoy a night under the stars with a firework display at Lake Erie Metropark. Live entertainment provided by the Rick Lieder Trio beginning at 6 p.m. Fireworks display at 10 p.m.
Event cost: Free/admission, $10/daily pass
Event time: 6-10:30 p.m. July 3, 2025
Wander through Greenfield Village and enjoy small ensembles from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra scattered around the open-air history museum. American history is proudly on display at the event with choral singing, ragtime, jazz and more on the setlist. Guests can enjoy marching fifes and drums and a booming fireworks...
Willow Metropark sets off a dazzling fireworks display that’s fun for the whole family. Live entertainment starts at 6 p.m. Fireworks display begins at 10 p.m.
Event cost: Free/admission, $10/daily pass
Event time: 6-10:45 p.m. June 29, 2025
This annual event features fireworks, live music, food vendors, a beer tent and more. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. Beer and seltzers along with entry to the party zone are cash only. Fireworks launch after sundown.
Event cost: Free admission; $5/entry to party zone
Event time: 3-6 p.m. July 3, 2025
Chelsea Fireworks will take place at the Fairgrounds. It features live music, a beverage tent, food trucks, entertainment, a raffle, merchants, a silent auction and more.
Event cost: Free/admission, free/parking
Event time: 3-11 p.m. June 28, 2025
This fireworks celebration has been happening for the past 14 years. Families can watch the Walled Lake Fireworks light up the sky over Walled Lake. Fireworks begin at dusk.
Event cost: Free
Event time: 9:45 p.m. June 21, 2025
Come out to Sibley Square Park in Wixom to see a fireworks show. Also, live music, inflatables, food trucks, a beer and wine tent and more.
Event cost:
Event time: 6-10 p.m. June 26, 2025
Kick off your Fourth of July festivities with live entertainment, kids’ activities, a classic car display, food, play, fireworks and more. The fireworks will begin at dusk.
Event cost: Free; $5-$10/parking
Event time: 11 a.m. June 28, 2025
