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Five nights of fireworks and the Capital City Celebration in Springfield, IL and the surrounding area!Check out the events below to help plan your long holiday weekend.
June 30: Levitt Amp Concert & Fireworks: Start the weekend off with a Latin fare and watch Charanga Tropical perform at the Y block. Fireworks to follow the show.
July 1: Rock the Dock Independence Day Celebration: Head over to Lake Springfield Marina and enjoy food/drink vendors and music from Off the Wall before watching the largest over the water fireworks celebration in Central Illinois
July 4: Knights Action Park/Route 66 Twin Drive-In Fireworks: After spending a fun day at the waterpark or playing mini-golf and riding the Go-Karts, watch the amazing display of fireworks near Knights Action Park. After the fireworks, catch a movie playing at the Route 66 Twin Drive-In.
Capital City Celebration - July 2-3 List of Events
Saturday July 2:
1pm Festival Opens-North Mansion Block1:30pm-5:30pm Wood N Nickle Society-Main Stage2pm-8pm Kids Zone-Kids Area4pm Patriotic Dog Pageant-Side Stage6pm Parade Kick Off-Parade Route6pm-7pm Municipal Band on the Block-4th & Jackson Corner
Sunday July 3
12pm Festival Opens-North Mansion Block12pm-8pm Kids Zone-Kids Area1pm-1:30pm Tip Top Tappers-Side Stage2pm-2:30pm Copper Coin Ballet-Side Stage2:30pm-3pm Newsies Preview (Coming to the Muni)-Main Stage3:30pm-5pm Astrofix Main Stage6:15pm-9:15pm Shenanigans-Main Stage9:30pm Fireworks-3rd & Capital
Check out our History Comes Alive Summer Program, including the new shuttle Saturday mornings to Lincoln's New Salem Historic State Park