Calendar Event

Independence Festival

Saturday, July 11

Downtown

Join us in St. Louis on Saturday July 11th for a full day of fun celebrating Independence Day and end your night with a beautiful fireworks display in the sky over the Pine River!

Kick-off the morning with a Sports Boosters Dunk Tank Fundraiser starting at 10:00 a.m. near the City Hall parking lot at 300 N. Mill Street. Dunk tank fundraiser poster with rubber duck

St. Louis Annual Vendor and Craft Show flyerThen from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. enjoy a Vendor and Craft show in the City Hall parking lot featuring handmade goods, arts & crafts, boutiques and merchandise, local businesses and makers, and food trucks.

Also starting at 11:00, Harmony Arbor will be in Clapp Park distributing free ice cream treats and explaining what they’re all about.

Free ice cream festival poster in St. Louis

Celebrate at Harmony Arbor’s Free Ice Cream event in St. Louis! Join the fun at Clapp Park on July 11th at 11AM.

From 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. join Seville Community Church of God for a free concert in the park, also featuring inflatables, hot dogs, and freebies! Patriotic park concert flyer celebrating 250 years of freedom

Starting at 8:00 p.m. and running until the fireworks, visit Open Door Events at 520 Olive Street for their second annual Fireworks & Finds featuring vendors, games, and food. Stay to watch the fireworks if you like and feel free to bring blankets and chairs. Fireworks and Finds July 11th community event flyer

At dusk (approximately 10:15 p.m.) the festival will conclude with a beautiful fireworks display, sponsored by Gratiot Area Chamber/St. Louis Middle of the Mitten Association. These are being launched from the former Velsicol site.

Don’t forget the Cruise-in Wednesday, July 8; the city-wide garage sales happening the 9th through 12th; the outdoor concert with Miranda & the M80s on Friday, July 10; and the Free Swim sessions at the W.T. Morris Memorial Pool on Saturday, July 11. The St. Louis Moose Lodge will also host a Yard Sale Fundraiser from 9:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 11. St. Louis Moose Lodge yard sale flyer

View updates on these and other events at the Middle of the Mitten Association Facebook page.