Independence Day Celebration – Joliet

The annual Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park Independence Celebration will be on Wednesday, July 3, at 201 West Jefferson St. There will be food, vendors and alcohol will be sold. People can bring lawn chairs, bag chairs and blankets. No grills or tents. There is free parking on the surrounding streets and at Bicentennial Park.

When: 6 to 10 p.m. and the fireworks will be launched over downtown Joliet’s Des Plaines River at 9:30 p.m. There will be live music on two stages and there’s free admission. The Righteous Hillbillies play from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and the Flatbed Fords from 8:30 to 10 p.m. at the pavilion.