A Home Town Celebration

Morgan Hill, with continuous July 4th celebrations since 1876 remains one of the very few cities in the entire Bay Area that continues to have all day events surrounding the 4th of July. Our events include Patriotic Sing, Downtown Family Street Dance, Freedom Run, Parade, Car Cruise n’ Show and spectacular Fireworks and entertainment show.

Schedule:
Sunday July 3, 2022
Family Music Fest
Come out and join the Family Music Fest on Monterey Road between Dunne and Main Avenue.  Food and beverages will be available for purchase at vendors as well as from local merchants.  Remember – beer and wine sales is one of our few fundraising efforts!  Support Freedom Fest by purchasing from the beer and wine booths!

Main Stage – Monterey and 3rd Street
7:00: Honor Color Guard – VFW 6309
7:10: National Anthem – Alison Turner
7:20: Alison Turner
8:00: Patriotic Singers
8:10: The Recurrents – Classic Rock, Latin Rock, Motown and Southern Rock

2nd Street Stage
7:30 – 10:30: Dance with DJ E-Poki

Monday July 4, 2022
Freedom Run

Welcome To Morgan Hill Freedom Run

5K Run & Walk / Kid's 1 Mile Fun Run

In person registration/packet pickup available on July 2nd from 10:00am to 2:00pm at Commonwealth Credit Union

Morgan Hill remains one of the very few cities in the entire Bay Area that continues to have all day events surrounding the 4th of July. Our annual events include the Patriotic Sing, Family Street Dance, Freedom Run, Parade, Freedom Car Cruise and Show finished by a spectacular fireworks and entertainment show entitled Fireworks on the Green.

Celebrated in our historic downtown core, the Community and Cultural Center as well as the Outdoor Sports Center, our six events deliver a spectacular, fun-fill, family set of events every July 4th holiday. The links above will lead you to everything you need to know for each event.
Freedom Fest is truly a hometown celebration dedicated to preserving our national and local heritage and most important, celebrating our freedom as citizens of the United States of America. We are the largest annual event in Morgan Hill, put on entirely by volunteers. The award-winning parade alone is the largest privately organized parade in Northern California and the official 4th of July Parade of Santa Clara County.

If you are part of a roll team (in a wheelchair or want to push someone in a wheelchair) we would love to have you. You will get your own start time and get to participate with our entire community.

Location:
Start - Corner of Peak and Dunne
Finish - 17575 Peak Ave

Registration Fee:
8:15am - 11:30am: 5K Run/Walk - $45
7:45am - 11:30am: Kids 1 Mile - $20

Click here for Registration

9:00am: 4th Of July Cruise And Car Show

The Car Cruise will kick off at 9:00 am Sharp on July 4th and motor up Main Ave, across Peak, down Dunne Ave and then finishes on Monterey Rd in the Northbound lanes.

The Car Show portion of the day will kick off following the parade with the entries from the Car Cruise lined up in the Southbound lanes of Monterey from Noon-2pm. Everyone is welcome to walk along beautiful Downtown Morgan Hill and admire all of the classic and unique cars. Then come join us for the award ceremony that will take place on the main stage on 2nd Street where we will recognize the best of the best from both the parade and the car show.

10:00am: Fourth Of July Parade
Welcome To The 146th Fourth Of July Parade

Theme: "Let Freedom Ring"

Parade Route:  1.6 miles - Downtown Morgan Hill

Parade entries: Required to be entertaining, creative, and exciting. Participate with a float, push float, band, colorful costumes, uniformed attire, drill, dance team or comical routines, etc. Think out of the box!  All parade entries will be selected based on how well they plan their presentations around the Parade theme.

Click here for Parade Application

9:45pm: Fireworks On The Green

Welcome To Morgan Hill’s Fireworks On The Green

Fireworks are launched from the Outdoor Sports Complex (OSC) located at 16500 Condit Rd. Located between Tennant and East Dunne Ave.

Gates open at 3pm and we have over 1,000 parking spots (so plenty of room for everyone).

We are excited to bring a new headline act to our line-up this year, The Arena Band!  Also, by popular demand, we’re bringing back The Usual Suspects, our Patriotic Singers school group and a third band to open (watch this space for that announcement).

Live music starts at 5pm and the largest, land-based fireworks display in Northern California begins at 9:45…(BOOM!)

We will also have a traditional pie eating contest. Sign-up on-site if you are interested.

The festival is Free for everyone! Parking is a modest $10 to help pay for the fireworks and you can sit just yards away from where they are being launched!

Plenty of food trucks and drinks (beer and non-alcoholic drinks) will be available on-site but please, NO outside alcohol is allowed on-site.

Click here for Road Closure and Map

Date: July 3 - 4, 2022

Location: Various Venues in Morgan Hill, CA

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