the fourth of july

There are a lot of Fourth of July events happening around the Central Ohio Area. Some things have already happened like the Westland Fourth of July Parade in Prairie Township last weekend, and fireworks in Powell and Pataskala, plus the Juneteenth Fireworks in the Discovery District.

COTA can get you to the Fireworks in Downtown Columbus, with ALL Fixed Route Local Lines running until Midnight on July 3, and the COTA Plus will run in the evening on July 4 for the Fireworks in Westerville (8PM to Midnight) and Grove City (7-11PM), ONLY for the Fireworks in Westerville and Grove City, respectively.

FIREWORKS:
Ashville - Ashville Community Park (July 4)
Bexley - Capital University (July 4)
Clintonville - Whetstone Park of Roses (July 4)
Columbus - Red, White & Boom! (July 3)
Delaware - Ohio Wesleyan University (July 4)
Dublin - Dublin Coffman High School (with Kansas & 38 Special) (July 4)
Gahanna - Gahanna Municipal Golf Course (July 3)
Groveport - Heritage Park (July 3)
Heath - Geller Park (July 2)
Hilliard - Freedom Fest at Roger A. Reynolds Municipal Park (July 4)
Lancaster - Fairfield County Fairgrounds (July 4)
New Albany - New Albany High School (July 4)
Newark - OSU Newark Martha Grace Amphitheatre (July 3)
Obetz - The Fortress (July 3)
Pickerington - Pickerington Central High School (July 3)
Reynoldsburg - Civic Park (July 3)
Sunbury - Big Walnut High School (July 4)
Upper Arlington - Northam Park (July 4)
Westerville - Westerville Veterans Plaza at Bike & Walk Soccer Fields (July 4)
Whitehall - Whitehall-Yearling High School (July 3)
Worthington - Thomas Worthington High School (July 4)

Select Parades:
Bexley - Starts at Maryland Elementary School (July 4) (Theme: "Bexley: It's A Blast!")
Columbus/Red, White & Boom! - Starts at Bicentennial Park (July 3)
Delaware - Starts at Delaware County Fairgrounds (July 4)
Dublin - Starts at Metro Place (July 4)
Gahanna - Starts at Clark Hall (July 4)

The official Fireworks Mix for The DJBC Happy Hour, "Red, White and Together Again" (June 27, 2022).

SONG LIST (In Order, As Possible):
(Not Included is "Running Up The Hill" - Kate Bush)
"Hot In Here" - Nelly
"Fireworks" - Grady Tate, Schoolhouse Rock!
"The Star-Spangled Banner" - Robert Shaw Chorale
"The Pinball Song" - The Pointer Sisters
"Kay Thompson's Jingle Bells" - Andy Williams
"I Love America" - Patrick Juvet
"It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" - Andy Williams
"The Great American Melting Pot" - Schoolhouse Rock!
"Christmas in Hollis" - Run D.M.C.
"America, Why I Love Her" - John Wayne
"America the Beautiful" - Mitt Romney
"My Shot" - Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton Original Cast)
"Seventy Six Trombones" - Robert Preston and The Music Man Original Broadway Cast
"The Shot Heard Around the World" - Schoolhouse Rock!
"One Nation Under A Groove" - Funkadelic
"We Shall Overcome" - Pete Seeger
"Freedom Isn't Free" - Team America: World Police
"God Bless the U.S.A." - Lee Greenwood
"Yankee Doodle Dandy" - Joel Grey
"Tradition/Beat Ohio (State) Mash-Up" - The DJBC Happy Hour (featuring "Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof)
"American Pie" - Don McLean
"Singin' in the Rain" - Gene Kelly
"Hail to the Victors" - University of Michigan Marching Band
"Heat Miser" - from "A Year Without A Santa Claus"
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" - Ray Charles
"This is America" - Childish Gambino
"Is Anybody There?" - William Daniels
"Glory" - John Legend (with Common)
"It's A Round, Round World" - Stan Freberg
"The Christmas Waltz" - Nancy Wilson
"Love, American Style" theme - The Cowsills
"Linus and Lucy (Peanuts Theme)" - TeeVee Toons (emulating Vince Guaraldi)
"America" - Neil Diamond
"The Grand Finale" Intro - Pippin (2013 Revival Cast)
"The Nutcracker Suite/Dance of the Flowers" - Les Brown and His Band of Reknown
"Green Chri$tma$" - Stan Freberg
and
"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" - Toby Keith