Plenty of live music, food trucks, vendors, face painting and games for kids, two bars selling alcoholic beverages, and other attractions will all be on hand at Crestview’s Twin Hills Park for the city’s Fourth of July celebration, which will be capped by a huge fireworks show.
Fireworks explode over Twin Hills Park on Independence Day 2023. (Photo by Tony Judnich)
The overall free-admission patriotic party will take place from 2 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Independence Day at the city’s flagship, 24-acre park, which stands at 100 S. Hathaway St.
The fireworks display will begin shortly after 9 p.m. and will take place rain or shine unless there is severe weather, according to city Parks and Recreation Department officials.
Some of the grand-finale fireworks from the 2023 celebration. (Photo by Tony Judnich)
The celebration’s live music lineup consists of Scale Fracture performing rock and alternative tunes from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., the acoustic duo of Eric and Steven Demara playing Americana music from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Five Runs providing country and rock hits from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
An event flier. (Image courtesy of the city of Crestview)
Crestview’s first multi-faceted Independence Day celebration, featuring hours of fun instead of a fireworks show alone, took place at Twin Hills Park in 2016, the year of the city’s centennial.
Attendees of the annual celebration are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. Leashed pets are permitted. Attendees are prohibited from bringing their own alcohol and fireworks.