Where to see 2023 Fourth of July fireworks, parades around Southeast Wisconsin
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The Fourth of July holiday weekend will be here before you know it. If your family is starting to make plans, find out where you can catch of parade or watch fireworks around Southeast Wisconsin. FIREWORKSFRIDAY, JUNE 30 Elkhart Lake: 9 p.m., lakefrontHartland: 9:30 p.m., Nixon ParkSATURDAY, JULY 1 Delafield: Dusk, over Nagawicka Lake (rain date: July 2) Delavan (town): Dusk, Delavan Lake Community ParkFox Lake: 9:30 p.m., launched off Nippersink Lake Franklin: 9:30 p.m., Lions Legend ParkGrafton: 9:30 p.m., Lime Kiln Park Greenfield: 9:35 p.m. (rain date: July 15th)Mequon-Thiensville: Dusk, Village ParkPalmyra: Dusk, Blue Spring LakeTichigan: Dusk, north of Tichigan LakeSUNDAY, JULY 2East Troy: Dusk, Rossmiller Sports Complex, 3072 Graydon AveMONDAY, JULY 3Campbellsport: DuskMilwaukee: About 9:30 p.m., Veterans ParkMukwonago: Dusk, Phantom Glen Park (rain date is July 8)Muskego: Dusk, Idle Isle ParkPaddock Lake: About 9:30 p.m., Waukesha: 9:30 p.m., Lowell ParkTUESDAY, JULY 4 Brookfield (city): 9:17 p.m. (rain date: July 5) Cedarburg: Dusk Columbus: Dusk (rain date: July 7) Cudahy: 9:15 p.m., Sheridan Park Germantown: Dusk, Firemen’s Park Glendale: Dusk, Kletzsch Park Hales Corners: 9:30 p.m., Hales Corners ParkHartford: Dusk, Independence ParkKenosha: 9:30 p.m., along the lakefrontKohler: 9:15 p.m., Ravine Park (rain date is July 5)Lake Mills: Dusk, Seljan Co. grounds Milwaukee, 9:15 p.m. at the following parks: — Alcott Park– Gordon Park– Humboldt Park– Jackson Park– Lake Park– Lincoln Park– Mitchell Park– Noyes Park– Washington Park — Wilson ParkNew Berlin: 10 p.m., Malone ParkOak Creek: Dusk, Lake Vista ParkOconomowoc: Dusk, Fowler ParkPewaukee: Dusk, over Pewaukee LakePort Washington: DuskRacine: Dusk (around 8:45 p.m.), North BeachSaukville: Dusk, Peninsula ParkSharon: After duskSheboygan: 9:30 p.m., lakefront near South PierShorewood: 9 p.m., Atwater ParkSussex: 9:20 p.m., Sussex Village ParkWauwatosa: 9:15 p.m., Hart ParkWest Allis: 9:30 p.m. Failure to Launch will play at 8:30 p.m.West Bend: 9:45 p.m., Riverside ParkWhitefish Bay: 9:30 p.m., Klode Park Bluff SATURDAY, JULY 8Beaver Dam: 9:30 p.m., Tahoe Park (Best Dam Fest)PARADESSATURDAY, JULY 1Fox Lake: 11 a.m. Grafton: 4 p.m.Mequon-Thiensville: 10:30 a.m. West Allis: 10 a.m., 77thStreet and Greenfield Avenue toward 70th Street and then and then south onto 70th Street to Orchard AvenueSUNDAY, JULY 2East Troy: Noon. Begins at West and Main Street, goes north on Main Street and around Square, down Division Street to Elm Street, Beulah Avenue and then right on Graydon Avenue and finishes at Rossmiller Park. Franklin: 1 p.m. Children’s Parade is at 12:30 p.m. TUESDAY, JULY 4 Brookfield (city): 10 a.m., starts at Gebhardt and Calhoun, ends on Norhardt Drive and North AvenueCampbellsport: Noon Cedarburg: 10 a.m. Columbus: Noon, begins on North Ludington Street, goes through downtown, and ends at Fireman’s Park Cudahy: Noon, starts at South Packard Avenue and East Orange Avenue, to East Layton Avenue and South Lake Drive. Kids Bike Parade is at 11:30 a.m. Delafield: 10 a.m., from City Hall to Delafield LegionGermantown: 2 p.m. Glendale: 10 a.m. Greendale: 9:30 a.m.Hales Corners: 9:30 a.m. Children’s Parade. Big parade is at 4 p.m. which starts at Scharles and Forest Home avenues and ends at 116th Street and Godsell Avenue Milwaukee:– Alcott Park: 9:45 a.m.– Enderis Playfield: 8:45 a.m.– Gordon Park: 11 a.m., begins at Bremen St. and Clark St.– Humboldt Park: 9 a.m., starts at S. Kinnickinnic Ave. and E. Lincoln Ave. to park– Lake Park, 9 a.m.– Mitchell Park: 9 a.m., School parades at three locations: Location #1 – National Ave. and 4th St. Location #2 – Mitchell and 23rd streets Location #3 – Scott and 30th streets– Wilson Park: 9 a.m., starts at S. 20th and Howard Avenue and ends at park New Berlin: 1 p.m., Official parade route will begin at 159th Street heading west and ending at Observatory Road. Oak Creek: 9 a.m., from Edgewood Elementary School towards American Legion Post 434Oconomowoc: 5 p.m., downtownPewaukee: 3 p.m. It passes through the lakefront landing at Kiwanis Village ParkSaukville: 1 p.m. Sharon: 11 a.m., downtownSheboygan: 9 a.m., North 8th Street and Center Avenue to Michigan Avenue to Broughton DriveShorewood: 3 p.m., East Kensington and North Oakland, heads south on Oakland toward River ParkSussex: Kiddie Parade starts at 9:30 a.m. It goes west on Main Street from Civic Center parking lot to The Grove at Village Park.Union Grove: 9:15 a.m. Waterford: Kids parade starts at 10:30 a.m. at Milwaukee and Main. Main parade starts at 11 a.m. at 7th and Main. Waukesha (city):11 a.m. Parade will begin on Barstow Street at the Lee Sherman Dreyfus State Office Building (141 NW Barstow Street), and will proceed down Main Street to Maple Avenue before ending at Park Avenue. Wauwatosa: 9 a.m.; leave from the Hoyt Pool parking lot, the parade will then proceed north on Swan (92nd Street) to North Avenue, then turn right on North Avenue, ending near 80th Street.West Bend: 9:30 a.m. The route will proceed north on Main Street, east on to Veterans Avenue, Veterans Avenue north to Silverbrook Drive west on Silverbrook Drive, and north on N. Main Street to Regner Park Whitefish Bay: 11:30 a.m., starts at Silver Spring Drive and Kent Avenue, heads east on Silver Spring Drive, continuing on Lake Drive to Klode Park.We will continue to update this list as the Fourth of July gets closer. If we have missed a fireworks display or parade in your community, email [email protected] with the information.
The Fourth of July holiday weekend will be here before you know it. If your family is starting to make plans, find out where you can catch of parade or watch fireworks around Southeast Wisconsin.
FIREWORKS
FRIDAY, JUNE 30
- Elkhart Lake: 9 p.m., lakefront
- Hartland: 9:30 p.m., Nixon Park
SATURDAY, JULY 1
- Delafield: Dusk, over Nagawicka Lake (rain date: July 2)
- Delavan (town): Dusk, Delavan Lake Community Park
- Fox Lake: 9:30 p.m., launched off Nippersink Lake
- Franklin: 9:30 p.m., Lions Legend Park
- Grafton: 9:30 p.m., Lime Kiln Park
- Greenfield: 9:35 p.m. (rain date: July 15th)
- Mequon-Thiensville: Dusk, Village Park
- Palmyra: Dusk, Blue Spring Lake
- Tichigan: Dusk, north of Tichigan Lake
SUNDAY, JULY 2
- East Troy: Dusk, Rossmiller Sports Complex, 3072 Graydon Ave
MONDAY, JULY 3
- Campbellsport: Dusk
- Milwaukee: About 9:30 p.m., Veterans Park
- Mukwonago: Dusk, Phantom Glen Park (rain date is July 8)
- Muskego: Dusk, Idle Isle Park
- Paddock Lake: About 9:30 p.m.,
- Waukesha: 9:30 p.m., Lowell Park
TUESDAY, JULY 4
- Brookfield (city): 9:17 p.m. (rain date: July 5)
- Cedarburg: Dusk
- Columbus: Dusk (rain date: July 7)
- Cudahy: 9:15 p.m., Sheridan Park
- Germantown: Dusk, Firemen’s Park
- Glendale: Dusk, Kletzsch Park
- Hales Corners: 9:30 p.m., Hales Corners Park
- Hartford: Dusk, Independence Park
- Kenosha: 9:30 p.m., along the lakefront
- Kohler: 9:15 p.m., Ravine Park (rain date is July 5)
- Lake Mills: Dusk, Seljan Co. grounds
- Milwaukee, 9:15 p.m. at the following parks:
— Alcott Park
— Gordon Park
— Humboldt Park
— Jackson Park
— Lake Park
— Lincoln Park
— Mitchell Park
— Noyes Park
— Washington Park
— Wilson Park - New Berlin: 10 p.m., Malone Park
- Oak Creek: Dusk, Lake Vista Park
- Oconomowoc: Dusk, Fowler Park
- Pewaukee: Dusk, over Pewaukee Lake
- Port Washington: Dusk
- Racine: Dusk (around 8:45 p.m.), North Beach
- Saukville: Dusk, Peninsula Park
- Sharon: After dusk
- Sheboygan: 9:30 p.m., lakefront near South Pier
- Shorewood: 9 p.m., Atwater Park
- Sussex: 9:20 p.m., Sussex Village Park
- Wauwatosa: 9:15 p.m., Hart Park
- West Allis: 9:30 p.m. Failure to Launch will play at 8:30 p.m.
- West Bend: 9:45 p.m., Riverside Park
- Whitefish Bay: 9:30 p.m., Klode Park Bluff
SATURDAY, JULY 8
- Beaver Dam: 9:30 p.m., Tahoe Park (Best Dam Fest)
PARADES
SATURDAY, JULY 1
- Fox Lake: 11 a.m.
- Grafton: 4 p.m.
- Mequon-Thiensville: 10:30 a.m.
- West Allis: 10 a.m., 77thStreet and Greenfield Avenue toward 70th Street and then and then south onto 70th Street to Orchard Avenue
SUNDAY, JULY 2
- East Troy: Noon. Begins at West and Main Street, goes north on Main Street and around Square, down Division Street to Elm Street, Beulah Avenue and then right on Graydon Avenue and finishes at Rossmiller Park.
- Franklin: 1 p.m. Children’s Parade is at 12:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, JULY 4
- Brookfield (city): 10 a.m., starts at Gebhardt and Calhoun, ends on Norhardt Drive and North Avenue
- Campbellsport: Noon
- Cedarburg: 10 a.m.
- Columbus: Noon, begins on North Ludington Street, goes through downtown, and ends at Fireman’s Park
- Cudahy: Noon, starts at South Packard Avenue and East Orange Avenue, to East Layton Avenue and South Lake Drive. Kids Bike Parade is at 11:30 a.m.
- Delafield: 10 a.m., from City Hall to Delafield Legion
- Germantown: 2 p.m.
- Glendale: 10 a.m.
- Greendale: 9:30 a.m.
- Hales Corners: 9:30 a.m. Children’s Parade. Big parade is at 4 p.m. which starts at Scharles and Forest Home avenues and ends at 116th Street and Godsell Avenue
- Milwaukee:
— Alcott Park: 9:45 a.m.
— Enderis Playfield: 8:45 a.m.
— Gordon Park: 11 a.m., begins at Bremen St. and Clark St.
— Humboldt Park: 9 a.m., starts at S. Kinnickinnic Ave. and E. Lincoln Ave. to park
— Lake Park, 9 a.m.
— Mitchell Park: 9 a.m., School parades at three locations: Location #1 – National Ave. and 4th St. Location #2 – Mitchell and 23rd streets Location #3 – Scott and 30th streets
— Wilson Park: 9 a.m., starts at S. 20th and Howard Avenue and ends at park - New Berlin: 1 p.m., Official parade route will begin at 159th Street heading west and ending at Observatory Road.
- Oak Creek: 9 a.m., from Edgewood Elementary School towards American Legion Post 434
- Oconomowoc: 5 p.m., downtown
- Pewaukee: 3 p.m. It passes through the lakefront landing at Kiwanis Village Park
- Saukville: 1 p.m.
- Sharon: 11 a.m., downtown
- Sheboygan: 9 a.m., North 8th Street and Center Avenue to Michigan Avenue to Broughton Drive
- Shorewood: 3 p.m., East Kensington and North Oakland, heads south on Oakland toward River Park
- Sussex: Kiddie Parade starts at 9:30 a.m. It goes west on Main Street from Civic Center parking lot to The Grove at Village Park.
- Union Grove: 9:15 a.m.
- Waterford: Kids parade starts at 10:30 a.m. at Milwaukee and Main. Main parade starts at 11 a.m. at 7th and Main.
- Waukesha (city):11 a.m. Parade will begin on Barstow Street at the Lee Sherman Dreyfus State Office Building (141 NW Barstow Street), and will proceed down Main Street to Maple Avenue before ending at Park Avenue.
- Wauwatosa: 9 a.m.; leave from the Hoyt Pool parking lot, the parade will then proceed north on Swan (92nd Street) to North Avenue, then turn right on North Avenue, ending near 80th Street.
- West Bend: 9:30 a.m. The route will proceed north on Main Street, east on to Veterans Avenue, Veterans Avenue north to Silverbrook Drive west on Silverbrook Drive, and north on N. Main Street to Regner Park
- Whitefish Bay: 11:30 a.m., starts at Silver Spring Drive and Kent Avenue, heads east on Silver Spring Drive, continuing on Lake Drive to Klode Park.
We will continue to update this list as the Fourth of July gets closer. If we have missed a fireworks display or parade in your community, email [email protected] with the information.