The City of St. Joseph is hosting an Independence Day Celebration with a fireworks display and entertainment on July 4. On Friday they announced details of the celebration.

Many residents will be able to view the fireworks from their home. If you prefer to join the thousands of people at the public gatherings, you have three choices:

Heritage Park Softball Complex will open to the public at 6pm. Heritage offers a large pavilion with food and beverage concessions, restrooms, shade, and extensive lawn and bleacher seating. At 7pm, Larry Buck’s Roadhouse Review will perform.

St Jo Frontier Casino is, once again, a financial partner in the fireworks display, and having a “This Fourth of July Party.” Outlaw Junkies will play from 6-10:30pm on an outdoor stage with seating. Friends & Family will play indoors from 8pm to midnight. The casino will offer hot dogs and hamburgers from the grill, nachos, beverages, and other goodies.

The large parking lot at the Remington Nature Center will be open at 7pm for residents to gather. There will be portable toilets on site for the public’s convenience. Monkey Business Concessions will have a trailer with food and goodies.

Personal fireworks will not be allowed at any of the viewing sites.

MacArthur Drive will be closed beginning at 9pm and will not reopen until after the fireworks display is over. At that time, all traffic in the right lane will exit the area via MacArthur Drive and all traffic in the left lane will exit by Highland Avenue.

The fireworks display will begin at dark, approximately 9:40pm. The fireworks are shot from Wyeth Hill by Aerial FX of St Joseph.  The park will be closed all day for the crew to set up the display, which will include parachutes, spirals, hearts, bowtie, stars, and more.