Fourth of July in Avalon Park

Bike Parade, Apple Pie Bake-Off, & Santa

Avalon Park will kick-off the month of July with the Annual Fourth of July Festival on Monday, July 4th, 5-9 pm. The community is invited to continue their traditions or to start a new one with some of the great activities including a wet/dry bounce park, community performances, an apple pie bake-off, bike parade, live music, business specials and fireworks at 9 p.m.

Start the day-long celebration with the Annual Avalon Park Foundation Firecracker 5K. Run, jog, walk, stroll or roll through Downtown Avalon Park at this festive family fun run all while supporting the grants and scholarship programs provided by the Avalon Park Foundation. While online registration is closed, you can arrive at Town Park 3651 Avalon Park East Blvd. at 7 a.m. to register onsite. Participants will receive a commemorative patriotic medal.

Join this year’s Apple Pie Bake-Off, sponsored by All Star Dance, by bringing your homemade apple pie to 12001 Avalon Lake Drive, Ste. D, between 5 and 6 pm on July the 4th. Three local judges, including 2-time bake-off winner, Courtney Englert, will be judging entries starting at 6 pm. Participants can register in person at All Star Dance between 5 and 6 pm. Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places and announced at 7:30 pm at the Town Park Stage during the 4th of July Festival in Downtown Avalon Park.

Get the whole family together to decorate bikes, strollers and wagons and head to the Avalon Park YMCA at 5:30 pm on July 4th, for the Annual Bike Parade around Avalon Lake. Prizes will be awarded directly after the parade for Most Patriotic and Best Group. The parade will be led by the YMCA Team and the Eastside Cycling Group.

You are not going to want to miss the special guest joining the bike parade this year! Santa is visiting Avalon Park all the way from the North Pole and will be leading up the parade in the train. Not only is he promoting the Christmas in July Pub Crawl on July 23rd in Avalon Park, but he might he is also looking for his next snowbird home! Stop by the Avalon Park Arts and Culture Center to get a pic with Summer Santa and see some great local art at the same time!

Head to the Town Park Stage at 7:30 p.m. where the three winners of the Avalon Park Porch Decorating Contest will be announced at 7:30 p.m.

In addition to all of the contests and activities, there will be community performances, 200+ vendor booths, 20 food trucks and the opportunity to support amazing Avalon Park restaurant, retail and service businesses. Thank you to the sponsors that make this event possible: Avalon Park Group, The Flats at Avalon Park, Leland Management, Avalon Park POA and Avalon Park COA.

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