4th Of July 2019
Food, fun and fireworks are on the schedule for the annual Fourth of July celebration in downtown Lexington.
On Wednesday, July 3, the Great American Pie Contest and Ice Cream Social will take place at the Fifth Third Bank Pavilion at noon. At 8 p.m. that evening, a patriotic music concert will begin on the Morrison Lawn at Transylvania University.
The Bluegrass 10K Race will launch festivities on Thursday, July 4. The race begins at 7 a.m. in downtown Lexington. A downtown street festival with vendors, entertainment and family-friendly fun will run 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
A reading of the Declaration of Independence starts at 11 a.m. The Fourth of July parade takes place at 2 p.m. and proceeds down Main Street from Midland Avenue to Mill Street.
Festivities conclude with a fireworks show around 10 p.m. Fireworks will be launched from the R.J. Corman property in downtown Lexington
Info: www.downtownlex.com