Fourth of July fun starts this weekend and continues through July 6 in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley.
SATURDAY ALL AMERICAN FREEDOM FESTIVAL - 5K & 1-mile fun run/walk, 8:30 a.m.; live entertainment 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Pinnacle Hills Promenade in Rogers. Free. 936-2160.
SUNDAY FIREWORKS AT THE CROSSES - Food & music at 5 p.m., fireworks at dusk, Cross Church Pinnacle Hills campus in Rogers.
crosschurch.com.
FREEDOM FEST - Picnic, games, car show, 6 p.m.; fireworks at 9:30 p.m., Assembly of God on Weston Street in Pea Ridge.
Email [email protected].
WEDNESDAY FIREWORKS CELEBRATION - Watermelon, food, music, 6:30 p.m.; fi reworks about 9 p.m., Veterans Park in Rogers. Free.
rogersarkansas.com.
CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM - Fireworks at 9 p.m., Paris High School football fi eld.
Free. ParisArOnline.com.
FIREWORKS - 9:30 p.m., Loch Lomond Dam in Bella Vista. Free. Email ChristyA@bvvpoa.
com.
THURSDAY FREEDOM FESTIVAL - With car show at 9:30 a.m. in City Park; adult co-ed softball all day; live music all afternoon; headliner Chase Rice from Nashville, Tenn., at 8:30 p.m.; and fireworks at dusk, City Park in Gentry. gentryarkansas.us.
FOURTH OF JULY PARADE - Hosted by the Bella Vista Patriots, pre-parade events at 10:30 a.m., parade at 11 a.m., Sugar Creek Center in Bella Vista. Any veteran and their family members who wish to join the parade can walk following the color guard.
FOURTH AT THE FIELD - Music, fun for kids, exhibition baseball game, 4:45 p.m.; fireworks at dusk, Arvest Ballpark in Springdale. $8 for adults, $6 for children 12 and younger. nwanaturals.com.
INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION - Entertainment & an opportunity to shoot your own fireworks, 6 p.m.-1 a.m., Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge near Eureka Springs. Free; admission to view the big cats requires a fee. 253-5841.
MAYOR’S FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION - Car show, noon-5 p.m.; music at 7 p.m.; fireworks at 9:30 p.m., Harry E. Kelley Riverpark in downtown Fort Smith. Free.
godowntownfs.com.
AN EVENING AT ORCHARDS PARK - With music by Breaking Silence at 7 p.m., followed by the Arkansas Winds’ “Tribute to America” & fireworks at dusk, Orchards Park in Bentonville. Free. 464-7275.
FREEDOM FIREWORKS - With music by Boom! Kinetic at 7 p.m. & fireworks at 9:25p.m., Northwest Arkansas Mall in Fayetteville. Free. northwestarkansasmall.
com.
FIRE IN THE SKY - Family fun & fi reworks at 9 p.m., First National Bank Soccer Complex at 202 Old Stonewall Road in Harrison. Free. harrisonarkansas.org.
JULY 5 PEA RIDGE FAIR - Music, street dance, spaghetti, pageants, fi reworks, 6-10:30 p.m., North Curtis & Pickens streets in Pea Ridge. Email [email protected].
FIREWORKS - 8 p.m., Ventris Trail’s End Resort, 9484 Simrell Drive in Garfi eld. Seen by boat just south of mile marker “8” on Beaver Lake. Free. 359-3912.
JULY 6 RODEO OF THE OZARKS FIREWORKS - After the rodeo, Parsons Stadium in Springdale. Free. parsonsstadium.com.
FIREWORKS - 9 p.m., Prairie Creek Marina near Rogers. Free. prairiecreekmarina.com.
Whats Up, Pages 10 on 06/28/2013