{"id":340758,"date":"2026-06-18T02:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T02:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/340758\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T02:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T02:57:13","slug":"what-to-do-in-austin-on-fourth-of-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/340758\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do in Austin on Fourth of July 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fire up the grill, jump in the pool, and get ready to see some explosions in the sky! Fourth of July falls on a Saturday in 2026, making it even easier to ring in the red, white, and blue festivities around Austin this year. Here are some of our top picks for celebrations in Central Texas. This is a growing list that will be updated now through the holiday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"\"Photo by Getty Images\/Franck Reporter.
\nEnjoy the Austin Symphony Orchestra July 4th Concert and Fireworks<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

When: July 4
Where: Vic Mathias Shores, 900 W. Riverside Drive<\/p>\n

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\"WilliePhoto by Gary Miller\/Getty Images
\nHang With Willie Nelson at the\u00a04th of July Picnic<\/a><\/p>\n

When: July 4
Where: Germania Insurance Amphitheater, 9201 Circuit of the Americas Blvd., Del Valle<\/p>\n

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\"\"The Morning Spin. Photo courtesy Sarah Pederzani.
\nDance It Out at The Morning Spin<\/a><\/p>\n

When: July 4
Where: Auditorium Shores, 900 W. Riverside Drive<\/p>\n

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\"\"Photo courtesy Shipwreck\u2019d.
\nExperience a Pirate Bar at\u00a0Shipwreck\u2019d<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

When: Opens July 1
Where: The Eleanor, 307 W. Fifth St.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Photo from Adode Stock.
\nSee the Light Show From the Lake<\/a><\/p>\n

When: July 4
Where: Rowing Dock, 2418 Stratford Drive<\/p>\n

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\"\"Rancho Moonrise. Photo by Ismael Quintanilla III.
\nJam Out at the Rancho Moonrise Fourth of July Music Festival<\/a><\/p>\n

When: July 4
Where: Rancho Moonrise, 20117 Lockwood Road, Manor<\/p>\n

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\"\"Photo courtesy Launderette.
\nChow Down at Launderette\u2019s Lobster & Friends<\/a><\/p>\n

When: July 3
Where: Launderette, 2115 Holly St.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Photo courtesy Hill Country Galleria.
\nBring the Whole Family to Independence Day Festival<\/a><\/p>\n

When: July 4
Where: Hill Country Galleria, 12700 Hill Country Blvd., Bee Cave<\/p>\n

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\"\"Carpenter Hotel. Photo by Andrea Calo.
\nSplash Around at the Carpenter Family Reunion<\/a><\/p>\n

When: July 4
Where: Carpenter Hotel, 400 Josephine St.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fire up the grill, jump in the pool, and get ready to see some explosions in the sky!…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,114586,69],"class_list":["post-340758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340758","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=340758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}