The city’s official fireworks show with the Durham Bulls is not the only place to celebrate July 4th. Discover Durham has collected this list of events around the area that includes bike parades, fire truck tours and a rooftop cookout.
- Red, White, and Brew Freedom Festival at ZincHouse
- June 30, 12 p.m. to 10 p.m., 6225 Wake Forest Hwy.
- A free, family-friendly celebration featuring live music and a host of food trucks. A fireworks show at dusk.
- Children’s Independence Day Parade
- July 4, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Durham Central Park
- Families are welcome to decorate bikes, tricycles, wagons and strollers using items from the Scrap Exchange. Popsicles and fire truck tours will be available after the event.
- Watts Hospital-Hillandale Independence Day Parade and Celebration
- July 4, 10 a.m., 2200 W. Club Blvd.
- A parade of bikes, tricycles, strollers and wagons, escorted by police motorcycles and a fire truck.
- Frederick Douglass Community Reading at Stagville
- July 4, 10 am. to 11:30 a.m., 5828 Old Oxford Hwy.
- A group reading of Frederick Douglass’s “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” address. The event is free and open to the public.
- July 4th Poolside Cookout at The Patio at Unscripted
- July 4, 12 p.m. to 7 p.m., Unscripted Durham
- A 21+ event featuring a DJ, food and cocktails.
- July 4th Cookout on The Roof
- July 4, 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., The Durham Hotel
- A cookout in partnership with Moon Belly Meat Co. Food and drink will be available for purchase.
Photo of fireworks at Durham Bulls game by Bill Adair – The 9th Street Journal
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