{"id":355379,"date":"2026-06-30T05:42:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T05:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/355379\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T05:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T05:42:50","slug":"what-to-know-about-the-cedar-sparktacular-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/355379\/","title":{"rendered":"What to know about the Cedar Sparktacular 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCedar Park Parks and Recreation will host its annual Independence Day celebration, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedarparktexas.gov\/335\/Cedar-Sparktacular\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cedar Sparktacular<\/a>, July 4 at Milburn Park.<\/p>\n<p>What you need to know<\/p>\n<p>The celebration will begin at 5 p.m., and the fireworks show will begin at 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>A section of Cypress Creek Road between El Salido Parkway and Lakeline Boulevard will be closed at 8:30 p.m. and will reopen after traffic clears following the event.<\/p>\n<p>Parking for the event will be available nearby at <a href=\"https:\/\/cpms.leanderisd.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cedar Park Middle School<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cphs.leanderisd.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cedar Park High School<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/campuses\/cypress-creek\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Community College<\/a>, according to the city\u2019s website. Parking at Milburn Park will be limited to accessible parking for people with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>After the fireworks, attendees are encouraged to stay and watch \u201cDespicable Me 4\u201d while waiting for the traffic to clear.<\/p>\n<p>What else?<\/p>\n<p>The Cedar Sparktacular will also feature live music, carnival rides, inflatables and food trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Outside food and drinks are allowed, but no glass containers. Attendees are also prohibited from bringing their own fireworks, including sparklers.<\/p>\n<p>Milburn Park Pool will be closed all day July 4, but other city pools will remain open as usual, according to the parks and recreation department\u2019s social media.<\/p>\n<p>One more thing<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedarparktexas.gov\/161\/Police-Department\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cedar Park Police Department<\/a> is encouraging parents of small children to write their names and phone numbers on wristbands for their children in case they get lost.<\/p>\n<p>Wristbands are available at the police department headquarters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedarparktexas.gov\/159\/Library\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">public library<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedarparktexas.gov\/facilities\/facility\/details\/Recreation-Center-7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recreation center<\/a>, Milburn Pool, Veterans Memorial Pool and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedarparkchamber.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cedar Park Chamber of Commerce<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cedar Park Parks and Recreation will host its annual Independence Day celebration, the Cedar Sparktacular, July 4 at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[45930,132,134,133,126433,126434,114586,11283,1466,6240],"class_list":["post-355379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-4th-of-july","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-cedar-park-sparktacular","tag-fireworks-show","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-leander","tag-north-austin","tag-round-rock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355379","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=355379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}