Fireworks lighting up E. Iowa skies

All along the Corridor and beyond, Eastern Iowa towns will be parading their patriotism this weekend, so if you love fireworks displays, here’s a guide to help you find the red, white and boom from Saturday through Monday.

One show still on hiatus is the Cedar Boat Club’s traditional July 3 fireworks show at Cedar Rapids’ Ellis Park Harbor. According to a recent Facebook post: “We are currently working on renewing club membership and activities and aggressively fundraising for what we hope to be the biggest display we’ve ever shot on July 3 next year. We are working on a way to donate online but you are welcome to send donations to our P.O. Box: Cedar Boat Club, P.O. Box 1965, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401. We are a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit and can provide a document for tax deduction purposes by request.”

Saturday, July 2

Guttenberg: Stars & Stripes Celebration & Fireworks, Ingleside Park festivities from 3 to 11 p.m.; parade at 7 p.m.; fireworks at dusk

Iowa City: During Iowa City Jazz Festival; 9:30 p.m., Old Capitol Museum, 21 N. Clinton St. downtown

Montezuma: Dusk, Lake Ponderosa; rain date July 9

Spillville: Activities all day, fireworks at Riverside Park

Sunday, July 3

Anamosa: Anamosa football field; activities begin at 5 p.m. with family fun games, flag retirement ceremony, concessions and fireworks at dusk; rain date July 4

Bellevue: Activities all day; parade at 10 a.m.; fireworks at dusk, municipal parking lot

Dubuque: Fireworks and Air Show Spectacular, AY McDonald Park just below Lock and Dam 11; Salute to Heroes Air Show, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.; 9 p.m. U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team night jump; fireworks at dusk; fireworks.radiodubuque.com/schedule-of-events/

Dyersville: Dark, Commercial Club Park, Second Ave. SE; activities 5 to 11:15 p.m.

Hills: Parade, 5 p.m.; fireworks, dusk, Hills City Park

Marengo: Activities all day; parade 5:30 p.m., fireworks at dusk at Gateway Park, seating west of the football field

Marion: Fireworks and Fireflies, 6 to 10:30 p.m., Klopfenstein Amphitheater, Lowe Park, 4500 N. 10th St.; food trucks, kids’ activities, music, fireworks at dusk

Newhall: Dusk, soccer field

Shell Rock: Activities begin at noon; fireworks at dark (rain date July 4), behind Shell Rock Elementary. On July 4: parade at 10 a.m.

Monday, July 4

Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival: Pancake breakfast, 8 a.m. to noon, ImOn Ice Arena; car show, 8 a.m. to noon, Veterans Memorial Stadium; Cedar Rapids Kernels vs. Quad Cities Rive Bandits, 6:35 p.m., followed by stadium fireworks; Cedar Rapids Municipal Band, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Guthridge Park, Hiawatha; Freedom Festival Concert by Johnny Holm Band, 7 p.m., McGrath Amphitheatre, $5 festival button required, food for purchase, no outside food or drink allowed; Celebration of Freedom fireworks, 6 to 10 p.m., Second Avenue Bridge downtown, $5 festival button required; freedomfestival.com/events-calendar/

Central City: Dusk, Linn County Fairgrounds, 201 Central City Rd.

Coralville: 4thFest activities all day, S.T. Morrison Park, 1500 block between Seventh and Eighth streets; parade at 10 a.m.; fireworks at 9:45 p.m.; coralville.org/346/Schedule-of-Events

Dysart: Activities all day, fireworks at dusk at the baseball field; rain date July 5; facebook.com/ClubDysart/

Grinnell: Parade, 5 p.m.; fireworks, dusk, Ahrens Park

Independence: Parade, 9 a.m.; activities all day; fireworks over the Wapsipinicon River, 10 to 10:30 p.m.

Mechanicsville: Dusk, North Cedar Elementary School, 609 125th St.

Monticello: Firemen’s breakfast at the fairgrounds, 6:30 to 10:30 a.m.; parade at noon; fireworks at dusk, Monticello City Park, 766 N. Maple St.

Morning Sun: Activities all day, parade at 3 p.m., fireworks at dusk, Locust Grove Park, behind the schools

Oxford Junction: Activities all day; parade at 4 p.m.; fireworks at dusk, Wapsi Park

Tama/Toledo: Dusk, Toledo Heights Park

Tipton: Activities all day; parade at 11 a.m.; fireworks at dusk, Cedar County Fairgrounds

Washington: Dusk, over the grandstands, Washington County Fairgrounds

Wellman: Activities all day, parade at 10 a.m., fireworks at dusk, North Park

Source: City websites, social media

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