Fourth of July celebrations will include parades, fireworks, food, music and family fun<\/p>\n
The Fourth of July is always a time when towns shine. Parades, parties, festivals and fireworks make the nation\u2019s birthday a signal occasion every summer.<\/p>\n This year the USA celebrates its 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Some places are cranking things up a notch to commemorate that occasion. Others are doing the best they can under the circumstances.<\/p>\n Some places may have more pomp in the parades, more fest in the festivals and more fire in the fireworks \u2014 if they can afford it.<\/p>\n \u201cProbably the biggest thing is the donations have been pouring in,\u201d said Gil Ning, organizer of Wooster\u2019s annual July 4 fireworks display. \u201cIt\u2019s a 20-minute show. We\u2019re spending like $10,000 more than we normally would. So the show is going to be bigger and better. The highlight of the show is the fireball. We\u2019re going to have more of those and bigger ones because of the increase in contributions. It\u2019s still 20 minutes, but it\u2019s going to be bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n The fireball display, which started a couple years ago, features signature effects, offering both visual and thermal response. The fireballs combine gunpowder, gasoline and fire.<\/p>\n Ning said the evening\u2019s entertainment will include a medical helicopter flight from the Wayne County Airport, a display of fire trucks and police cars, more food vendors than in the past, a live band, and bouncy houses and other activities for the younger generation.<\/p>\n \u201cBasically, it\u2019s going to be bigger and better,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n Orrville Fire Chief Chris Bishop said his town\u2019s display, which he said will stretch 25-27 minutes, will be as good as ever, with some additions being explored, but overall, the Orrville fireworks could not be enhanced much because of the cost.<\/p>\n \u201cWe got hit kind of hard with the tariffs,\u201d Bishop said. \u201cIt definitely hit us a little.\u201d<\/p>\n Bishop said the hope is some new colored elements will be added to the fireworks this year, but official confirmation of that has not come back yet. <\/p>\n Bishop also noted what others may have noticed around town. There is nothing like the patriotic atmosphere that pervaded the area for America\u2019s bicentennial back in 1976, when fire hydrants were painted red, white and blue and there seemed to be a flag hanging in front of every house and business.<\/p>\n \u201cI was like 14 years old when the bicentennial happened,\u201d Bishop said. \u201cPeople were out doing that kind of stuff. We\u2019ve had a bunch of calls from people, \u2018Hey, are you going to do an extra-special show because of it?\u2019 And unfortunately, we really aren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n Bishop also said he doesn\u2019t expect the crowds to be any smaller than usual. Having the weeklong festival and softball tournament, which he said this year has 117 teams and a waiting list, makes for good anchors in terms of keeping attendance where it\u2019s always been.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s going to be business as usual,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n In Millersburg, where Downtown Millersburg hosts its own festival separate from that offered July 4 by the village, fireworks will be lit June 27. And more like Orrville, the Thunder Over Holmes County will probably look like most other years, according to Downtown Millersburg Executive Director Taylor Reining. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s going to be the same as in years past,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to be cranking it up. Our budget doesn\u2019t increase because it\u2019s the 250th year.\u201d<\/p>\n Here is a look at Fourth-related activities going on in Wayne and Holmes counties over the next several days:<\/p>\n \u2014Thunder Over Holmes County. If this paper has found its way to you and it\u2019s not too late, it\u2019s the unofficial kickoff to all festivities in the area. A one-day family event in Millersburg runs from 1-6 p.m. June 27. Thunder Over Holmes County starts with an afternoon of fun in downtown Millersburg including inflatables, touch-a-truck, kids games, and food and beverages. <\/p>\n \u2014Orrville Fire in the Sky parade at 7 p.m. The annual parade will kick off a week of activities in conjunction with Orrville\u2019s 14U Fire in the Sky softball tournament. It will include a full midway with rides, food and fun.<\/p>\n \u2014Wooster: Bayou Blue tribute band and a military flyover at the downtown pavilion from 6-8 p.m.<\/p>\n \u2014Wooster: Farmers market on the square from 8 a.m. to noon and food trucks, bounce houses, live music and more at 5 p.m. at Kinney Fields.<\/p>\n \u2014Millersburg: July 4 festivities will return. Beginning at 10 a.m., the day will include food, music, a talent show and a cornhole tournament. Fireworks in Millersburg are June 27. <\/p>\n \u2014Fireworks for Wooster and Orrville: Orrville fireworks will begin at approximately 10:15 p.m. after the Fire in the Sky softball tournament championship game at Orr Park. Wooster fireworks will begin at approximately 10 p.m. at Burbank Oldman Road soccer fields. <\/p>\n \u2014Wooster: Community picnic and a public reading of the Declaration of Independence by local mayors and commissioners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yourohionews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fourth of July celebrations will include parades, fireworks, food, music and family fun Wayne and Holmes county communities are preparing for several days of Independence Day events, with Wooster planning a larger fireworks display for America250 while Orrville and Millersburg continue their traditional holiday celebrations.Submitted The Fourth of July is always a time when towns […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2474903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2474902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Wayne-and-Holmes-counties-July-4-events-Wooster-Orrville-and.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2474902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2474904,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474902\/revisions\/2474904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2474903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2474902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2474902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2474902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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