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Here are 15 places to celebrate the USA and catch fireworks displays across the Kansas City metro this year:

Missouri

  • Stars and Stripes Picnic

    • National WWI Museum & Memorial

    • July 4th | 3PM -10 PM

    • Live music (Lost Wax, DJ Ashton Martin), food vendors, World Cup watch party inside FIFA Fan Festival™

  • Gladstone Freedom Fest

    • Happy Rock Park

    • July 4th | 11 AM–10:30 PM

    • Montgomery Gentry headlining, skydiving demo, kite expo, inflatables, food trucks, beer garden

  • Liberty Fest

    • Capitol Federal Sports Complex

    • July 3rd | 6–10 PM

    • Food trucks, face painting, glitter tattoos, balloon artists, inflatables, live music by Lost Wax

  • Parkville 4th of July

    • Downtown Parkville

    • July 4th | 10 AM - 10 PM

    • Pancake breakfast, parade, farmers market, a cappella show, skydiving demo, caricature artist

  • Legacy Blast 2026

    • Legacy Park in Lee's Summit

    • July 2nd | 5 PM - 10 PM

    • Food trucks, DJs, kids’ activities, fireworks choreographed to music simulcast on 94.9 KCMO

  • Riverside Watch Party

    • Morton Amphitheater

    • July 3rd | 3PM - 11PM

    • World Cup watch party, ArtWalk with local makers, kids zone, food trucks, bounce houses

  • Red, White & Blue Springs

    • Wilbur Young Park

    • July 3rd | 3 PM - 10 PM

    • 300-piece drone show before fireworks, live music (The Suburbans), dueling pianos, food trucks, eating contests

  • Clay County Under the Stars & Stripes

    • Smithville Lake

    • July 4th | 12 PM - 10 PM

    • DJ, family-friendly activities, food trucks, fireworks launched from Smithville Lake Dam

  • Independence Day Fireworks Celebration

    • Downtown Independence

    • July 2nd 5:30 PM - 10:30 PM

    • Food trucks, kids games, live music at the Independence Visitors' Center

Kansas

  • Overland Park Star Spangled Spectacular

    • Corporate Woods Founders’ Park

    • July 4th | 5 PM - 10:30 PM

    • Four live bands, food trucks, 1,600-piece fireworks show

  • Independence Day Celebration in the Park

    • Leawood City Park

    • July 4th | 6 PM - 10:30 PM

    • Carnival rides, food trucks, face painting, caricatures, henna, live music (Flashback), fireworks synced to Pyrocast app

  • Olathe Red, White, and Blue

    • College Boulevard Activity Center

    • July 4th | 9:45 PM

    • Fireworks show synced with Pyrocast app

  • Bonner Blast

    • Downtown Bonner Springs

    • July 2nd | 6 PM - 10 PM

    • Food truck festival, live music (Fast Times playing '80s hits), free shuttle from high school

  • Red White, and Bluhawk

    • Bluhawk Overland Park

    • July 3rd | 5 PM - 10 PM

    • Food trucks, indoor bubble soccer & skating, arcade games, World Cup™ watch on outdoor screens

  • Edgerton 3rd of July

    • Downtown Edgerton

    • July 3rd | 8 AM - 10 PM

    • Pancake breakfast, live bald eagle demo, free burgers & ice cream, DJ, bounce houses, watermelon eating contest

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