July 4 events preview
Friday July 3
Clovers Day Parade
Cloverdale
The cow-led parade at 11 am is the main attraction, but this fun day also features a petting zoo, ice cream stand, fun run, face painting and vendors aplenty. 10 am-2 pm.
Fireworks
Devils Lake • Lincoln City
The Devils Lake Neighborhood Association presents this 250th Independence Day celebration. 9:30 pm, viewable from East Devils Lake State Park and from Sandpoint Park.
Saturday, July 4
Pancake Breakfast
Gleneden Beach Community Hall
The menu includes pancakes, scrambled eggs, ham or sausage, OJ and hot beverages. $10 for adults, $6 for kids aged six to 12. 8-10:30 am, 110 Azalea Street. FMI, go to glenedenbeach.org.
Vets, Pets & Pie
Lincoln City Community Center
Enter your best pie for judging and walk your pet in the pet parade. Best pies and pets will receive a prize. Veterans receive free entry to the community center all day, and a special gift. 10 am to noon, 2150 NE Oar Place.
Oceanside Independence Parade
Oceanside
Parade starts at 10 am featuring decorated wagons, tricycles, bicycles, strollers, roller skates, skate boarders, babies, kids, dogs, walkers, dancers, floats, boats and cars.
Parade and Fireworks
Neskowin
The parade will begin at 10 am followed by a patriotic celebration at 11 am in the Proposal Rock Inn parking lot. Fireworks on the beach begin roughly at dusk.
Fourth of July Celebration
Waterfront Park • Toledo
Celebrate the 250th in style with live music, food trucks, family-friendly games and a free community raffle. 11 am to 5 pm, 127 NW A Street.
Parade and fireworks
Rockaway Beach
The parade begins at 11 am. Family fun events will begin at 1 pm. Fireworks will start at dusk.
Gleneden Beach Parade
Gleneden Beach Loop
A full day of fun, with local craft and food vendors, live music and the parade, featuring the US Coast Guard Color Guard and rescue helicopter flyover leading a line of classic cars, trucks, fire engines, horses, scouts, cheerleaders, clowns, floats and the ever-popular passing out of treats. Festivities begin at 11 am, parade starts at 1 pm followed by live music until 4 pm.
Stars, Stripes, and Wildlife Celebration
Taft Park • Lincoln City
An afternoon of live music from Ska Island and Hecktic Week, local food, a beer garden by Pelican Brewing Company and interactive activities including wildlife education with Seven Capes Bird Alliance and Cascade Head Biosphere Collaborative. Noon to 5 pm, west end of SW 51st Street.
Firecracker Weiner Dog Races
Phyllis Baker Park • Rockaway Beach
Wiener dog races, vendor booths and a hot dog barbecue. Proceeds go to support the Tillamook County Animal Shelter. 1 pm, 360 N Coral Street.
Parade
Manzanita
A fun-filled hometown parade with marching bands, giant crabs and dancing librarians, the Manzanita Parade is fun for all. The parade begins at 1 pm at Division and Laneda.
la de da Parade
Yachats
This famously quirky parade featuring creative, people-powered entries highlighting the heart and humor of the community begins at noon on Ocean View Drive. The fireworks show will begin at sundown over the mouth of the Yachats River.
Yachats Community Celebration
Yachats Commons
Celebrate Independence Day with live music, a community barbecue and a beer garden hosted by Pelican Brewing Company and View the Future, plus a bounce house, yard games, dunk tank and concessions. Bounce house admission is $10 all day or $5 per hour. 1 to 8 pm, 441 Hwy. 101 N.
Fourth of July Concert
Newport Middle School
The Newport Symphony Orchestra and music director Adam Flatt will present music by John Williams, Aaron Copland, Bill Conti, Samuel Ward, Dave Robertson and John Philip Sousa. Free. 4 pm, 825 NE 7th Street.
4th of July Jamboree
Pacific Maritime Heritage Center • Newport
Live music, pies, family crafts and rooftop viewing of the fireworks. 7:30 to 10:30 pm, 333 SE Bay Blvd.
Fireworks Celebration
Yaquina Bay • Newport
The fireworks display will launch over Yaquina Bay from the west end of the Port of Newport’s International Terminals beginning at 10 pm.
Fireworks Display
Devils Lake • Lincoln City
Fireworks over the lake at dusk, visible from numerous viewing locations including East Devils Lake State Park and Regatta Park. Free shuttle from Lincoln City Community Center to Regatta Park from 7 pm-1 am.