Schedule for fireworks displays in Butler County
Aubrey’s Dubbs Dred Golf Course will have a fireworks display at dusk, preceded by live music from Washboard Tony from 7 to 9 p.m.
Saxonburg will have a fireworks display hosted by New Christian Life Ministries, which will begin at 9:30 p.m. and be set off from the Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company carnival grounds. Festivities begin at 6 p.m. at the carnival grounds and buses will provide trips between the grounds and the church, 139 Knoch Road, until 11 p.m.
The City of Butler will begin its fireworks display at dusk, and they will be set off from Historic Pullman Park.
Fourth of July Fireworks at the Big Butler Fair is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. after a day of activity including the carnival, antique tractor pull and horse show. More information can be found at bigbutlerfair.com.
The Butler Area Community Day will celebrate Independence Day starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 2, at Alameda Park in Butler Township. The event begins with the World of Animals show. Live music by Right Turn Clyde will follow from 6:30 to 8 p.m., along with the Tamarack Bird Presentation at 7:30 p.m., finishing with fireworks later in the night. Other activities like face painting and obstacle courses will accompany a variety of food truck options. More information can be found on Alameda Park’s Facebook page.
Mars will commemorate Fourth of July with a downtown festival from 2 to 6 p.m., as well as a parade at 5 p.m., which will be led by pets and bikes, followed by first responders and other participants. Fireworks will take place at a new location behind St. John’s church this year. More information can be found on the borough’s website.
Slippery Rock’s Independence Day celebrations is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. on 101 S. Main St., offering an afternoon of food vendors and live music, culminating with fireworks beginning at around 10 p.m.
Zelienople will kick off Independence Day at 8 a.m. with the annual Firecracker 5K and 1-mile run at the Zelienople Community Park. The run will be followed by free swimming at the Zelienople Community Pool, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The day’s activities, also at the park, will include live music, food trucks and basket raffles, concluding with fireworks later in the night. A parade, organized by the Zelienople Rotary Club, also will take place at 11 a.m. down Main Street.
Harrisville will have a Community Day Independence Day Celebration, which will begin with a parade at 11 a.m. and end with fireworks at dusk. The event will also feature bounce houses, tug-o-war, potato sack races, face painting, food vendors, Amish doughnuts and more at Harrisville Community Park on Wick Avenue in Harrisville.
