Celebrate the 4th of July with ‘Freedom Festival' with fun zones and fireworks
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – With Independence Day around the corner, PLAY Roanoke announced the plans for the annual Freedom Festival on Thursday, July 3.
The Freedom Festival will be at River's Edge Park North along Reserve Avenue and across from Carilion Riverside.
This event will include free family-fun activities with inflatables, trampolines, face painting, and more with food trucks onsite. The fun zone will be from 4 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
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Music lineups from 5 Points Music Sanctuary will the following bands.
4:45-5:45 p.m. Troublesome Blues Band
6:00-7:30 p.m. Empty Bottles
7:45-9:15 p.m. Chasin' Aldean
The firework display will start at 9:30 p.m. and the show will extend for an extra 20 minutes, unlike previous years.
With this event taking place on July 3, this allows the City of Roanoke to host a bigger firework display on Friday, July 4.
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