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Fireworks will paint the night skies throughout the Lake Geneva area this Fourth of July.
Numerous Independence Day events are planned, from festivals and picnic-style activities to a parade and, of course, several fireworks displays.
Below is a list of some of the Fourth of July-centered activities.
Saturday, June 25, Delavan Community Park, 1220 South Shore Drive, Town of Delavan. Live entertainment, food trucks, raffles and fireworks at dusk. WLKG The Lake 96.1 FM will broadcast the event 3:30-5:30 p.m. Guests can also tour the newly renovated Water’s Edge banquet facility.
June 25, boards 7:15 p.m., tour 7:30-10:30 p.m., Lake Lawn Resort, 2400 E. Geneva St., Delavan, lakelawnresort.com. Tickets: $65 adults, $40 child. Sunset tour to view the Town of Delavan fireworks show. Admission includes two tickets good for beer, wine or soda. Cocktails available for purchase.
Friday-Sunday, July 1-3, Rossmiller Sports Complex and Skate Park, 3072 Graydon Ave., East Troy, easttroylions.org. Admission: $5. Carnival wristbands: $20 advance, $25 at festival, $50 advance Megaband, $60 Megaband at festival.
Live music across three stages, plus a carnival, dart tournament, wrist wrestling, parade and at dusk on July 3, fireworks.
Numerous acts will perform, including The Now, Smart Mouth, Dirty Boogie, Lunch Money Bullies, Ben & Georgia, Remington Ride, Spare Change, O’Dog, Andy Carrol & the People He Owes Money, Figure of Speech, The Toys, Alyssia Dominguez, Josh Michael, Time Castle and Chad Hell.
Carnival hours are July 1, 5-11 p.m., and July 2-3, 1-11 p.m. The Luck of the Draw Dart Tournament is July 2 at noon, wrist wrestling July 2 at 3 p.m.
The parade is July 3 at noon. See website for more details.
Friday, July 1, 7:30-10 p.m., Sunset Park, 200 Devendorf St., Elkhorn. The Holton-Elkhorn Band performs at 7:30 p.m. Fireworks at dusk.
Sunday, July 3, 4-7 p.m., Lake Lawn Resort, lakelawnresort.com. Tickets: $40 adults, $20 ages 4-12, complimentary ages 3 and younger. A Hawaiian-inspired pig roast luau and lawn party offers a buffet-style feast, lawn games and live music by Michael Drake & the No Tan Lines Band.
July 3, dusk. Located on Geneva Lake, the club is open to members only. The fireworks, however, can be viewed from around the lake.
The Sharon fireworks and parade are on July 4, with the parade starting at 11 a.m. by Baldwin and North streets. It goes down Baldwin, turns onto Martin Street, and ends by Sharon Community School. Candy is thrown. After the parade at Goodland there will be food trucks, corn, beer and music. The fireworks are at dusk at Goodland Memorial Park.
July 4, lineup 9:30 a.m. at Eastview Elementary School, 535 Sage St., Lake Geneva. Parade starts 10 a.m.
The Frank Kresen American Legion Post 24 resumes its annual parade after a two-year hiatus. Children can take part in the parade, dress in costume and decorate their bicycles.
The parade travels on Dodge to Center streets, then onto Henry Street, stopping at the American Legion Post building, 735 Henry St.
At the post building, there will be a Fourth of July ceremony with the “Pledge of Allegiance,” a 21-gun salute and awards for the best costumes and decorated bicycles during the parade. Cash prizes awarded in three categories — ages 4 and younger, 5-8 and 9-12. Children also receive ice cream during the ceremony.
July 4. Parade starts at noon at Lakeside Beach, corner of Lakeshore and Orchid drive. The parade travels east on Lakeshore Drive, then south on Clover Road, ending at the Bloomfield-Genoa City Fire Station. Fireworks display at dusk over Pell Lake.
July 4, 2-11 p.m., Echo Veterans Memorial Park, 595 Milwaukee Ave., Burlington. Food, drinks and live music by Twin Rivers Band 5-9:30 p.m. The City of Burlington Fire Department event also provides a good spot to also watch Burlington’s fireworks, which begin at dusk.
July 4, 3 p.m., Downtown Delavan. Hopes for the 19th annual event are high that it will be the city's largest parade yet, as it coincides with Delavan's 125th anniversary. Events to follow the parade at Phoenix Park.
July 4, 5-10 p.m., Grand Geneva Resort & Spa, grandgeneva.com. Go online for menus. Reservations required. Call 262-249-4788.
Dine while awaiting another fireworks display at any of Grand Geneva’s different venues.
An All-American Barbecue Picnic is 5-9 p.m. on the outdoor lawn. Cost: $90 for two, $45 each additional person, $16 per child age 12 and younger.
At the ChopHouse Patio & Embers Terrace, bar service is 6-10 p.m. Appetizers are served 6-7 p.m. Dinner is 7-9 p.m. The Landing has bar service 5-10 p.m., appetizers 5-6 p.m. and dinner 6-9 p.m. Cost at both venues: $175 ages 21 and older, $110 age 20 and younger.
Links Bar & Grill has an outdoor patio with golf course views. Dinner: 6-9:30 p.m. Prices are $42 for Grilled Denver Steak with Demi Sauce dinner; $36 Seared Atlantic Salmon with Roasted Vegetable and Sweet Chili Glaze; and Smoked Ribs with Mac and Cheese Corn — $27 half rack, $39 full.
July 4, 6 p.m., Geneva National Clubhouse, 1221 Geneva National Ave. S., Town of Geneva, genevanationalresort.com. Tickets: $48 adults, $19 children. Open only to Geneva National community members, residents and overnight guests, the event includes sweet corn, Wisconsin brats, burgers, hot dogs and more. Also a game of bags, face painting, music by DJ Mister Woods and fireworks at dusk. Fireworks can be viewed from Lake Como.
July 4, 8-10 p.m., Riviera Docks, 812 Wrigley Drive, Lake Geneva. Tickets: $59 adults, $57 age 65 and older, $40 ages 4-17, no charge for ages 3 and younger. Take a Geneva Lake cruise on the Lady of the Lake to watch Fontana’s fireworks.
July 4, Fontana Beach. Display begins at dusk.
July 4, Congdon Park, 1424 Hobbs Drive, Delavan. Fireworks should begin shortly after dusk.
Friends Elliana Smith and Owen Giese hug each other before fireworks at last year’s Independence Day celebration in the Town of Delavan. This year, the event returns June 25.
Fireworks burst over Delavan Lake.
Fireworks erupt over Delavan Community Park and the lake.
Families sit and relax on Sunday, June 27, before the Delavan fireworks.
A group of friends pose on the best seats in the house at the Delavan fireworks. As a promotion, the Delavan Friends of the Park had a contest on Facebook for the best seats in the house, reserved patio seats with snacks. Chris Lindloff won the seats.
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