4th of July Downtown: Downtown Business Association

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The whole family is welcome to come celebrate America's birthday Downtown this year! City Park is 100 years old this year and everyone can celebrate during an entire day of programming and fun! Families can also come to Downtown for lunch, shopping and to enjoy the Old Fashioned Fourth of July at the Historic Avery House!

Fourth of July Celebration/100 Years of City Park

Live music, friends, family, picnics, games and good ole American fun are in City Park this year as part of the 100 Years of City Park Celebration!

Firecracker 5K, Old Timers Baseball Games, live music all afternoon and so much more.

FREE and open to the public, so bring your lawn chairs, your sunscreen

and head over to City park to enjoy the sunshine on July 4th!

Share your memories of City Park and learn what's happening next!

Just become fans of the 100 Years Of City Park FaceBook page (click here)

You can also enjoy eating, visiting and shopping in Downtown all day long!

Then Transfort will provide free shuttles from the Downtown Transit Center to the fireworks beginning at 6:00pm and will be shuttled back downtown until 10:30pm.

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An Old Fashioned Fourth of July at the Avery House

Come enjoy a gone by era. Life was at a slower pace, and Independence Day was still a day of family, community and fun. The Avery House (328 W. Mountain Ave.) hosts a full day of historic activities, games, food and fun. Just 3 blocks west of College Ave, come enjoy this free celebration as part of your Downtown Fort Collins experience!

11:00am - 5:00pm Enjoy activities at the Avery House

Continuing activities during day:

          Auntie Stone on the porch
          Mandolin music on the porch
          Carriage House open with PLF exhibit &items for sale
          Games: Milk bottles, ring toss, and croquet
          Grandma’s Attic – Dress up tent
          Bat exhibit – Fort Collins Master Naturalists
          Food: Hot dogs/Ice Cream Vendor
                   Popcorn/Lemonade under the Gazebo - PLF

Roving Sales: Flags, pinwheels, balloons

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Fireworks in City Park

FIREWORKS: Begin at dusk and are shot over City Park Lake. The City of Fort Collins will cap off July 4th by providing a spectacular fireworks show at City Park at 9:35 p.m.

FREE and open to the public. Come enjoy live music throughout the day and finishing with the The Fort Collins Symphony!

The show was made possible by Official Fireworks Sponsor: Poudre Valley Health Systems Thank you!!

For more information:
Web address: http://www.fcgov.com/july4th Free Transfort shuttle service will be available to and from the fireworks display from the Downtown Transit Center and CSU Moby Arena. Catch the special daytime activities at City Park, shop or eat Downtown and catch the shuttle to the park.

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Thank you to them for helping us celebrate Independence Day. The City Park evening fireworks are provided by the City of Fort Collins and Poudre Valley Health Systems.

The 100 Years of City Park and the Fourth of July Festivities/Fireworks shows are produced by :
These events are in partnership with The Fort Collins Business Association