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Celebrate Freedom

Phone: 757-382-6411	Contact: Special Events, Events@cityofchesapeake.net
Address: Chesapeake City Park, 900 City Park Drive, Chesapeake, 23320

Celebrate Freedom!

Monday, July 3, 2023 at Chesapeake City Park

Event is FREE to the public. $5 on-site Parking Fee.

Celebrate America's Birthday with band concerts providing stirring patriotic sounds. Following the concerts, fireworks by Pyrotecnico will illuminate the dark sky after sunset.

Bring your own chairs or blanket. (Tents, feather flags and oversized umbrellas are not permitted!)

SCHEDULE (Times are approximate.)

6:00 p.m. Gates Open

7:00 p.m. Tidewater Winds Concert Band

8:30 p.m. U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Band

9:30 p.m. Fireworks (approximate time)

Color Guard Wayne Mitchell