CapMetro will offer free rides after 5 p.m<\/a>., with bus service operating on a Sunday schedule and MetroRail running on a Saturday schedule.<\/p>\nCyclists can access the event via the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail, while ride-share drop-offs will be located along Lee Barton Drive south of West Riverside Drive.<\/p>\n
Public parking will be available in downtown garages, including One Texas Center, the Palmer Events Center, River South Garage, City Hall Garage and State Garage N. ADA-accessible parking will be offered at the Palmer Events Center Garage and One Texas Center.<\/p>\n
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The Austin celebration is one of several Fourth of July events taking place across Central Texas throughout the holiday weekend, with festivals and fireworks also planned in Buda, Cedar Park, the Hill Country Galleria, Leander and Round Rock.<\/p>\n
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Cedar Park<\/p>\n
Cedar Park’s annual Independence Day celebration takes place in Milburn Park from 5 to 11 p.m. Activities include live music, carnival rides, inflatables and a fireworks display at 9:30 p.m. There will be a screening of “Despicable Me 4” after the fireworks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Parking is available at Cedar Park Middle School, Cedar Park High School and Austin Community College.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Buda<\/p>\n
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A boy rides his decorated electric bike in the Red, White and Buda bike parade in Buda, Texas on July 4, 2021.<\/p>\n
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Buda’s annual Fourth of July celebration will take place at Buda Amphitheater and City Park beginning at 9 a.m. The free event includes a bike parade, a splash pad, live music and a fireworks show beginning at 9:15 p.m.<\/p>\n
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The bike parade lines up at 8:30 a.m., followed by family activities starting at 4 p.m. Singer Elle Townley performs at 6:30 p.m., with Shinyribs taking the stage at 7:40 p.m.<\/p>\n
Attendees are welcome to bring their own beverages, though glass containers and Styrofoam are prohibited. Food will be available for purchase, and free parking, including ADA-accessible parking, will be available inside the park.<\/p>\n
Hill Country\u00a0Galleria<\/p>\n
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Bands played to a packed and patriotic crowd July 4 in the Hill Country Galleria amphitheater. RACHEL RICE\/LAKE TRAVIS VIEW 07\/04\/2015 Bee Cave<\/p>\n
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The Hill Country\u00a0Galleria’s annual Independence Day Festival runs from 4 to 10 p.m., featuring live music, more than 40 local vendors, family activities and a fireworks display after sunset.<\/p>\n
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Performances begin at 4\u00a0p.m. Families can also enjoy carnival rides, water games and complimentary face painting for children.<\/p>\n
Admission and parking are free. Food will be available from Hill Country\u00a0Galleria restaurants and festival vendors, and attendees are encouraged to bring blankets or lawn chairs for the concerts.<\/p>\n
Leander<\/p>\n
Leander’s Liberty Fest returns July 3 at Devine Lake Park with food, live music and a fireworks show.<\/p>\n
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Gates open at 6 p.m. and the drone and fireworks show begins at 9:30 p.m. The event is free to attend, with parking available at Glenn High School and Danielson Middle School.<\/p>\n
Entrance for children to the kids zone requires a $10 wristband from the City of Leander information booth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Round Rock<\/p>\n
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Fireworks at the end of the evening. The Round Rock Parks and Recreation Department hosted Lakeview Kickoff: A Stone in the Park on Saturday, November 15th, 2025 at the new Lakeview Stage at Old Settlers Park. Allen Stone performed as the first band to use the stage. Mayor Craig Morgan and the City Council did a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new venue. To cap off the evening there was a fireworks show, originally prepared for Frontier Days on July 4th, but canceled due to weather.<\/p>\n
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Round Rock’s Fourth of July celebration begins with the annual\u00a0Sertoma Independence Day Parade at 8:30 a.m. along Mays Street. The parade travels the 1.5-mile route from Mays Crossing to Sunset Drive.<\/p>\n
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Festivities continue at noon with Frontier Days at Old Settlers Park, where attendees can enjoy live music, food vendors, family activities, a pepper-eating contest and other attractions.<\/p>\n
The celebration concludes with a fireworks show after dark.<\/p>\n
Note: The city of Pflugerville is not sponsoring a fireworks display this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fireworks at the end of the evening. The Round Rock Parks and Recreation Department hosted Lakeview Kickoff: A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,1223,1224,2786,1972,11873,27],"class_list":["post-360861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-austin-texas","tag-austin-things-to-do","tag-holiday","tag-holidays","tag-holidays-seasonal-events","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360861","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=360861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}