{"id":273460,"date":"2026-04-30T20:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/273460\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:47:10","slug":"america-250-events-freedom-over-texas-plans-for-houstons-july-4-celebration-to-be-revealed-as-u-s-celebrates-milestone-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/273460\/","title":{"rendered":"America 250 events: Freedom Over Texas plans for Houston&#8217;s July 4 celebration to be revealed as U.S. celebrates milestone birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jxTEW Poyse uieav lqtkC HkWF HfYhe kGyAC \">ABC13, the exclusive television partner of Freedom Over Texas, will stream the announcement live on Monday, May 4 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; As the city of Houston continues preparations to host World Cup matches this summer, we&#8217;ll also soon know the official plans for another marquee event: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.houstontx.gov\/july4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Freedom Over Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Organizers are set to reveal the performers, including the 2026 headliner, on Monday, May 4 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">ABC13, the exclusive television partner of Freedom Over Texas, will bring the announcement to you live on our 24\/7 stream and mobile app. Be sure to download the ABC13 mobile app and turn on notifications to receive an alert the moment plans are shared. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">This year, the Fourth of July falls on a Saturday and will also mark when the United States of America celebrates its 250th birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The longstanding event at Eleanor Tinsley Park has become tradition for the city as its signature July 4th celebration, with an average of 50,000 people in attendance. It will also carry additional significance with a World Cup match set for that date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Each year, Freedom Over Texas saves the best for last, with a dazzling fireworks finale to close out the festivities after the live performances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Save this article now and check back for details on tickets, parking, and road closures after the city&#8217;s announcement on Monday.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ABC13, the exclusive television partner of Freedom Over Texas, will stream the announcement live on Monday, May 4&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[101426,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-273460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-101426","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}