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South Sound 4th of July Events

June 28, 2018 by Maegen Blue

Family Friendly 4th of July Events and Fireworks Displays Tacoma Auburn Puyallup Renton Kent Steilacoom and Beyond-Updated for 2020 (most all cancelled).

If you’re looking for places to watch fireworks this 4th of July, the news isn’t great.

Here’s our 2020 round for the 4th of July. Due to the Governor’s restrictions on crowd size, essentially every organized event has been cancelled. Note: There were a few that I just couldn’t even find on the city’s website, so if you find out any scoop on those, let me know.

The one exception is Puyallup, where you can still buy tickets to a drive up style show you can watch from your car at the fairgrounds.

We have provided links so you can double check details.

Over here at the SFM house, we’ll be having hamburgers and hot dogs, and then seeing whatever the neighbors get up to! If you have questions about the legality of fireworks in your neighborhood, the easiest thing to do is to figure out if you’re in the limits of a city or in a non-city part of the county, and then check with that municipality. Stay safe and have fun!

Tacoma 4th of July Events for Families

 

 

Renton’s Fabulous Fourth, Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park

Cancelled due to the Covid pandemic. They are offering some virtual alternatives.

4th of July Splash: Lake Meridian Park

Canceled

4th of July Festival, Auburn, Les Gove Park

Cancelled

Red, White, and Blues Festival, Federal Way

I can’t even find mention of this one, but safe to assume it’s cancelled. If you know different, let me know!

4th of July Parade, Enumclaw

Changed to a, “Parade in Place.” Folks are encouraged to decorate and then take a drive around to see their neighbors festive creativity. Props to Enumclaw for the effort, right?

Puyallup

Red, White, and Kaboom! Drive-in Fireworks show.

Yes! There is a fireworks event in Puyallup this year! It’s a drive-in style option at the fairgrounds, and it requires tickets, though I’m sure you’ll be able to see them going up in the sky from around town.

Tacoma’s Freedom Fair

The new City of Tacoma family 4th has been cancelled or postponed. 

The car and airplane show component of the Freedom Fair has been rescheduled to September pending Pierce County being in Phase Four.

Bottom line if this is confusing: No big 4th event on Ruston Way this year.

JBLM Freedom Fest

Postponed. No new date yet; I’m sure it depends on whether/when we move to another phase.

DuPont July 4th: A Hometown Celebration

I can’t find this one this year. I think we can assume it’s cancelled, but if you know different, let me know.

City of Lacey

Cancelled

Independence Day in Steilacoom

Cancelled

Eatonville Fireworks + Parade

The chamber site for Eatonville hasn’t been updated in a very long time, but I think we can assume this is all cancelled. If anyone hears different, on any of this, let me know!

Independence Day Parade, Tumwater

According to The Olympian, this is all cancelled.

Gig Harbor

No organized displays that I know about, but (pro tip from someone who grew up there…..) you can usually see a ton of stuff blowing up over most bodies of water.

4th of July Sinclair Inlet Fireworks Show, Port Orchard/Bremerton

Cancelled

 

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Comments

  1. APCall says

    June 28, 2018 at 11:46 pm

    We’re big fans of Auburn festival. We drive past 3-4 festivals to get to that one but it is worth the drive because it is so big without being overcrowded. Tons of fun and lots to do. Not a lot of food options, though. I’m packing a lunch this year.

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