{"id":328975,"date":"2026-07-04T01:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T01:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328975\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T01:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T01:20:17","slug":"your-guide-to-fourth-of-july-fun-across-southwest-florida-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328975\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Guide to Fourth of July Fun Across Southwest Florida | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

SOUTHWEST Fla. (WINK) \u2014 Southwest Florida is gearing up for a full slate of Fourth of July celebrations as the United States marks its 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n

Events are scheduled throughout the day on July 4, unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n

Lee County<\/p>\n

Fort Myers Beach<\/p>\n

Lehigh Acres<\/p>\n

San Carlos Park<\/p>\n

Sanibel<\/p>\n

Sanibel Community Church July 4th Pancake Breakfast<\/a> (July 4th @ 7 a.m. – 9 a.m.)Sanibel Island 4th of July Fireworks<\/a> (July 4th @ 9 p.m.)Sanibel Independence Day Parade<\/a> (July 4th @ 9:30 a.m.)Jerry’s 4th of July Celebration || Location: Jerry’s Foods of Sanibel (July 4th @ 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.)Stars, Stripes & Sanibel Community Celebration<\/a> || Location: Sanibel Recreation Center, 3880 Sanibel-Captiva Road. (11 a.m. – 2 p.m.)46th Annual Fourth of July Road Rally. || Location: 703 Tarpon Bay Road (July eth @ 12 p.m.)July 4th Jazz Concert |\u00a0Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ, 2050 Periwinkle Way (July 4th @ 4 p.m.)Fourth of July BBQ Buffet. ||\u00a0The Dunes, 949 Sand Castle Road (July 4th @ 5 p.m.)Red, White & BOOM \u2013 Sanibel’s Fourth of July Fireworks Display. ||\u00a0Launched from the north end of Bailey Road, the show can be viewed from numerous locations, including the Sanibel Causeway, bayside beaches, and vessels on San Carlos Bay. (Approx. 9 p.m.)Collier County<\/p>\n

Ave Maria<\/p>\n

USA 250th Anniversary Celebration (July 4th @ 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.)Charlotte CountyHendry County<\/p>\n

LaBelle<\/p>\n

Clewiston<\/p>\n

DeSoto County<\/p>\n

Arcadia<\/p>\n

Glades County<\/p>\n

Moore Haven<\/p>\n

Know of a Southwest Florida Fourth of July event that should be included in this guide? Submit a news tip<\/a> to WINK News with event details, including the date, time and location.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOUTHWEST Fla. (WINK) \u2014 Southwest Florida is gearing up for a full slate of Fourth of July celebrations…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[73534,3017,28,30,29,1695,1521,135851,4571],"class_list":["post-328975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-4th-of-july","tag-america","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-fort-myers-beach","tag-southwest-florida","tag-the-united-states-marks-its-250th-anniversary","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}