{"id":361902,"date":"2026-07-05T16:29:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/361902\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:29:40","slug":"austins-star-spangled-fest-wraps-up-with-fireworks-symphony-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/361902\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin&#8217;s Star Spangled Fest wraps up with fireworks, symphony performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas   \u2014 Austin&#8217;s 4th of July celebration came to a close Saturday night after hours of festivities at Auditorium Shores.<\/p>\n<p>The Star Spangled Fest began at 10 a.m. with a house music concert, part of a new lineup of daytime activities organizers added this year. The event picked up in the late afternoon at 4:30 p.m., when vendors and shops opened to the public. The night concluded with a performance by the Austin Symphony Orchestra followed by a fireworks display.<\/p>\n<p>Some attendees said they traveled from other parts of Texas specifically for the show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/fireworks-spark-multiple-grass-fires-across-travis-caldwell-hays-counties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Fireworks spark multiple grass fires across Travis, Caldwell, Hays Counties<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Melanie Blanton, who lives in Clifton, said she had been looking forward to the event for months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am ecstatic. I&#8217;ve been planning this since March and I&#8217;m just really excited,&#8221; Blanton said.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Storand traveled from San Antonio for the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The vibes are immaculate. The music, it&#8217;s awesome. Great weather by the way too. Best Fourth of July I&#8217;ve had in a long time,&#8221; Storand said.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees described the celebration as a fitting way to mark the nation&#8217;s 250th birthday, with many saying they plan to return next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Austin&#8217;s 4th of July celebration came to a close Saturday night after hours of festivities&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-361902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361902","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=361902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}