Freedom Festival & Fireworks
Celebrate Independence Day with PLAY Roanoke, Carilion Clinic, and VA250 on Thursday, July 3rd at River’s Edge Park North! 🎇
Freedom Festival Schedule:
4:00 – 9:30 PM: Fun Zone w/ Free Family Friendly Activities
9:30 – 9:45 PM: Free Fireworks Display
Free Music & Fun Zone!
4:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Bring the whole family to celebrate during Independence weekend at River’s Edge Park: North. This FREE Festival will have inflatables, trampolines, and more! Hang out and enjoy FREE Music until 9:30 PM with beer & wine for sale from 5 Points Music Foundation and a variety of food truck options all day. The FUN Zone will be open from 4:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
5PTS Outdoors @ Freedom Festival Schedule:
4:45 – 5:45 PM: Troublesome Blues Band
6:00 – 7:30 PM: Empty Bottles
7:45 – 9:15 PM: Chasin’ Aldean (Jason Aldean Tribute)
At 9:30 PM, look to the sky above River’s Edge North for a 20-minute firework show. Spectators may gather in designated areas at River’s Edge Park North for easy viewing but be sure you read the FAQs
here for information on road and park closures that day to help you navigate to the show.
NEW IN 2025:
The Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission will be bringing their Mobile Museum Experience, a hands-on, interactive, and immersive “museum on wheels,” the VA250 Mobile Museum Experience titled “Out of Many, One” is housed in a quad-expandable tractor trailer that is traveling throughout Virginia and beyond. The mobile museum brings key stories of Virginia’s rich history to schools, museums, local events, fairs, and more, highlighting every region of the state.