Coronado Independence Day Celebration and Fireworks

Celebration Highlights

Coronado will celebrate July 4th all day with several activites. The two main events are the Independence Day Parade on downtown Orange Avenue and fireworks over San Diego Bay. Sporting events: The annual Independence Day 15K Run-5K Run/Walk at Tideland Park and annual Rough Water Swim at Coronado CIty Beach. Spreckles Park events: Art in the Park, Adrian Empire Demonstration, and the Coronado Concert in the Park.

Independence Day Schedule

5am - Wake up & get your spot along Orange Ave for the parade. You can't set up before 5am!

 

7am – 37th Annual Independence Day
15K Run-5K Run/Walk
Tideland Park (map)
Registration at 5:30AM
619-298-7400 (www.kathyloperevents.com)

 

8am – 4pm – Art in the Park
Spreckels Park
6th & Orange Avenue (map)

 

9am – 53rd Annual Rough Water Swim
Coronado City Beach (map)
(Check-In Starts at 7:30am) - TBA

 

10am – 64th Annual Independence Day Parade
2012 Theme “America's People”
Orange Ave from 1st Street
to Churchill Place (map)

 

2:30pm – 4pm – Adrian Empire Demonstration
Spreckels Park
6th & Orange Avenue (map)
Recreation of Western European culture between the years 1066-1603

 

4pm – Concert in the Park
Spreckels Park
6th & Orange Avenue (map)
Music by: “Coronado Community Concert Band”

 

9pm – Fireworks Over Glorietta Bay /
San Diego Bay (map)
Music by: 105.7 The Walrus FM radio
Good viewing at Glorietta Bay Park and Tidelands Park.