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Sonoma Family Life Magazine

11 Local Fourth of July Celebrations

Monday 3

Sebastopol 

50th Annual Fireworks & Music Extravaganza. Low-back chairs only. Food & drinks available for purchase. No alcohol allowed. $5–$15. Ages 5 & younger: free. Music: 6:15 p.m. Fireworks: 9:40 p.m. Analy High School. 6950 Analy Ave. tinyurl.com/bdece9yx

Windsor 

Windsor Kaboom! Food, drinks & live music. Bring picnic, chairs & blankets. No pets, alcohol, BBQs, or drones. $5–$10. Ages 2 & younger: free. 4–10 p.m. Keiser Park. 700 Windsor River Rd. windsorkaboom.com.

Tuesday 4

Cloverdale 

FREE Fourth of July Faire & Parade. Live music, carnival games & more. Parade: 9 a.m. in downtown Cloverdale. Festivities: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. at 1 Citrus Fair Dr. tinyurl.com/vnyhce2x.

Healdsburg

FREE Fourth of July Healdsburg Kids’ Parade & Duck Dash. Live music & activities, including games, races & parade. Duck Dash: Adopt a duck & watch it race to the splash zone. Benefits Healdsburg Rotary. 10:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Parade: 11:30 a.m. Healdsburg Plaza. Matheson Street & Healdsburg Ave. tinyurl.com/4du5h878.

FREE Independence Day Fireworks. To ensure spectator safety, viewing at the high school sports fields will not be available. Viewing will be at the west side of the Healdsburg High School (1024 Prince Ave.) in the parking lot area & at Fitch Mountain Elementary School (520 Monte Vista Ave.). Viewing map: tinyurl.com/33mz7w7v

Kenwood 

Fourth of July Fireworks Hike. Strenuous 6.5-mile hike up to the top of Bald Mountain, where as many as 18 fireworks displays may be visible. $30–$65. Not recommended for children younger than 12. 7–11 p.m. Sugarloaf Ridge State Park. 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd. tinyurl.com/2cbd5wea

Fourth of July Hometown Parade & Foot Race. Pancake breakfast & silent auction at 8 a.m. at Kenwood Community Church (9637 Channing Row). Parade starts at 10 a.m. at Kenwood School & travels to Kenwood Plaza Park (200 Warm Springs Rd.). Rotary Club BBQ & family activities at noon at Kenwood Plaza Park. Kenwood Footrace 3K & 10K at 7:30 a.m. (registration $45–$82). Races start & finish at Kenwood Plaza Park. kenwoodparade.org.

Petaluma

FREE Fourth of July Celebration. Fireworks will be launched at 9 p.m. from Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, but the fairgrounds themselves will not be open to the public. Locals are encouraged to watch the display from home. 

Rohnert Park

Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular. Featuring Transcendence Theatre & Santa Rosa Symphony. Indoor & lawn seating. Kids’ Zone (4:30–7 p.m.) with carnival games, bouncy houses & music. $40–$75 (kids 12 & younger, half-price). Concert: 7:30 p.m. Fireworks display follows the show. Sonoma State University. Green Music Center. 801 E. Cotati Ave. gmc.sonoma.edu/4th-of-july.

FREE Rohnert Park Jubilee. Live music featuring Mustache Harbor (12:30–2 p.m.) & Apple Z (2–4 p.m.). Plus family & kids’ activities, contests & more. Food & drinks available for purchase. Noon–4 p.m. Rohnert Park Community Center. 5401 Synder Ln. tinyurl.com/3pw68hx4.

Sonoma

FREE Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Parade & Celebration. Travel+Leisure & Yahoo News ranked it as the 8th best July 4th celebration in the US. Game booths, food & drinks. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Parade: 10 a.m. Fireworks: dusk. Sonoma Plaza. 453 1st St. E. sonomavolunteerfirefighters.org/fourth-of-july