Houston has always been a soccer city. The 2026 World Cup is finally proving it.<\/a><\/p>\nWhat time do Freedom Over Texas fireworks\u00a0start?<\/p>\n
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Fireworks during the annual Freedom Over Texas festival on the Fourth of July, Thursday, July 4, 2024, in Houston.<\/p>\n
Ishika Samant\/Staff photographer<\/p>\n
The fireworks begin at 9 p.m. and are expected to conclude around 10 p.m.<\/p>\n
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Where to park for Freedom Over Texas<\/p>\n
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Festival goers make their way down Allen Parkway during the annual Freedom Over Texas at Eleanor Tinsley Park on the Fourth of July, Thursday, July 4, 2024, in Houston.<\/p>\n
Jason Fochtman\/Staff photographer<\/p>\n
The City of Houston encourages attendees to use METRO\u2019s expanded weekend Park & Ride service to help reduce traffic around downtown.<\/p>\n
Paid parking is available at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts garage at 800 Bagby St., with entrances on Rusk Street between Houston Avenue and Bagby Street. Additional paid parking is available in the Theater District parking garages, accessible from Rusk Street between Bagby and Smith streets.<\/p>\n
What streets will be closed for Freedom Over Texas?<\/p>\n
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People gather at the Fourth of July Freedom Over Texas celebration in Houston, Friday, July 4, 2025.<\/p>\n
Ashleigh Lucas\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n
Several streets around Eleanor Tinsley Park will close before, during and after the festival. Here\u2019s a breakdown of the closures:<\/p>\n
Street closures from July 2 at 7 a.m. to July 5 at 9 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Allen Parkway north and southbound exit ramps from I-45 (South and North Freeways)
\nAllen Parkway outbound at\u00a0Bagby
\nAllen Parkway inbound at Taft (No access to I-45 S\/Heiner\/Crosby until 5 p.m. on July 5)
\nSabine Street at Memorial Drive & at the Bridge
\nSabine Street at Bridge, blocking southbound traffic to Allen Parkway
\nGillette Street (mid-block) by the federal building (after apartment entrance)
\nWalker & Sabine access blocked to Allen Parkway and Sabine Street. (I-45 North on-ramp and the loop to McKinney will remain open)
\nCrosby Street at W. Dallas Street
\nHeiner Street at\u00a0W. Dallas Street\u00a0<\/p>\n
Street closures on July 4 from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.<\/p>\n
Bagby northbound at Dallas
\nLamar between Smith and Bagby
\nBrazos Street at Dallas<\/p>\n
Street closures on July 4 from 3-11 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Street closures on July 4 from 5-10:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Sawyer Street at Washington Avenue
\nAllen Parkway inbound at Waugh
\nAllen Parkway Service Road at\u00a0Montrose Boulevard (access to residents at all times)
\nMemorial Drive inbound at Waugh Drive
\nMemorial Drive outbound at\u00a0Bagby<\/p>\n
Street closures on July 4 from 9-10 p.m.<\/p>\n
Sabine Street between Allen Parkway and Memorial Drive<\/p>\n
The Buffalo Bayou Waterway will be closed on July 4, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., between the Capitol Street Bridge and Montrose Boulevard\/Studemont Street. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People dance while Ashley McBryde performs at the Fourth of July Freedom Over Texas celebration in Houston, Friday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-353374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353374","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=353374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}