Fourth of July is nearly upon us, bringing with it fireworks, parades and plenty of fun in the sun — if the weather forecast cooperates.
We’ve already published several guides to Fourth of July festivities and news you can use when it comes to setting off your own fireworks, keeping your pets calm and more.
Here’s a look at all our holiday coverage so far:
Fireworks shows and parades in the Columbus area
We’ve got two guides to help you there: one listing Fourth of July festivities by city, and a second that breaks out the holiday weekend schedule of events by date.
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When is Red, White and Boom?
Columbus’ annual summer extravaganza, now in its 42nd year, has everything you could want in a Fourth of July fiesta: lots of live music and food, a parade stretching as far as the eye can see and of course, fireworks. It takes place July 3.
Where’s the best place to watch the Columbus fireworks show?
You don’t have to be in the middle of the estimated crowd of 400,000 people to get the full Red, White & Boom! experience.