Area Fourth of July Festivities Give Ample Opportunity to Celebrate Independence Day

Louisville Dispatch wishes you a safe and happy Independence Day!

If we missed any area celebrations or festivities, be sure to let us know in the comments section below or on our Facebook page.

July 3

Springfield’s Independence Day Celebration
6 p.m.
Behind the Judicial Center.  Features live music, car show, food and fireworks at dark.

Louisville Bats Baseball Fireworks Show
Bats vs. Columbus at 6:45 pm at Slugger Field, fireworks extravaganza following the game

Harrison County (Indiana) Kiwanis Annual Fireworks Display
Old Capital Golf Club – Fireworks at dark.

July 4

Louisville Orchestra Waterfront 4^th
July 4 – 5 pm  to 10:15 pm.  Featuring live music, beer garden, activities, and Fireworks on the Great Lawn

Bullitt Blast and Shepherdsville City Fair
All day events at Shepherdsville City Park include 5k run, beauty pageant, car show, live music, WWII reenactments, watermelon eating contest, and fireworks at approximately 9:30 pm.

Carrollton’s Annual July Fourth Family Celebration
Point Park where the Kentucky and Ohio Rivers meet.  Fireworks begin at dusk. FREE music and fun for the entire family.

Elizabethtown Founders’ Day
5 pm until dark at Freeman Lake Park.  Air shows, skydiving demonstration, pie eating contest and fireworks at dark.

Shelby County Shake the Lake
Clear Creek Park Amphitheater, 5:30-10 pm.  $3 per person.

Simpsonville’s Red, White and Boom
Noon – 10 pm at Simpsonville Park.  Live music, food, DJ, vendor booths, bouncies & fireworks.

Crescent Hill Old Fashioned Fourth of July Art and Music Festival
10 am – 10 pm, Peterson Dumesnil House.  Music, food, activities.

Fort Knox Celebrates Freedom
5 – 10:30 pm at Brooks Field on Fort Knox.  Food, music, fun.  Fireworks at 10:15 pm.

Madison Regatta
Fireworks Spectacular, Co-Sponsored by American Legion Post No. 9, The City of Madison Indiana, &
Jefferson County Board of Tourism.  approx. 10pm / Riverfront