independence day celebration details

July 3 | 6-10 p.m. (fireworks at 9:30 p.m.)
Community Park
41703 N. Gavilan Peak Parkway

Thousands of people Valley-wide come together to celebrate the annual Anthem Independence Day Celebration. Along with a fireworks display, fun rides, activities and festival food, families bring blankets and lawn chairs and sit back to enjoy the fun-filled event.

Audition to perform the National Anthem (registration due May 24, 5 p.m.)

event features

• Food vendors
• Water slides, rides and inflatables (fee-based)
• Music/dancing
• Fireworks finale (9:30 p.m.)
• Free admission and parking

Purchase an “all-you-can-ride/bounce bracelet” in June for an early bird price at the Community Center or Civic Building; prices go up the night of the event. 

closures

• The Skate Park and Roller Hockey Rink at Community Park close at 2 p.m. The Hockey Rink will reopen at 6 p.m. as a special needs viewing area only.
• The Community Center Lap Pool, Diving Well and Big Splash Water Park close at 3 p.m.
• The Community Center closes at 3 p.m. and all cars must be removed from parking lot by 4 p.m. (fallout zone for fireworks). Please make arrangements to pick children up from summer camp by 3 p.m.
• Pickleball Courts will close at 3 p.m. (fallout zone for fireworks)
• Foot bridge between Community Center and Community Park closes at 2 p.m. For your personal safety, please access Community Park by other means.
• Areas surrounding the Community Center, including Soccer Fields #3 and #4, and foot bridge, are secured for the fireworks fallout zone. No access.
  

know before you go

• No personal chairs, blankets, pop-up tents, coolers or other seating on the grass in the food court (Softball Field #4); covered seating is provided in this area. These items ARE allowed in other areas of the park, however.
• No personal fireworks are permitted in the park at any time.
• It's best to park off-site and walk to the event due to heavy traffic.
• It's best not to bring pets, as they are easily frightened by the crowds and fireworks.
• Wear sunscreen until the sun goes down; that Arizona sun is blazing!
• Overflow parking will be available in the Boulder Creek High School parking lot, a short walk from the park.

traffic control plan

• Community Park middle and lower parking lots will be closed all day, only allowing access to vendors and authorized personnel. It will reopen at 5 p.m. to the general public.
• The Traffic Control Plan affects many of the community’s major roadways and side streets resulting in road restrictions, lane reductions and closures. The plan begins as early as 2 p.m.
• Freedom Way and Whitman Drive will be closed as early as 2 p.m. Those picking up children from camp at the Community Center will have access until 3 p.m., but all other traffic will be one-way exiting the Community Center area only.
• Anthem Way and Gavilan Peak Parkway have road restrictions, lane reductions and left or right turn lanes blocked off. Bike lanes are closed with street parking permitted where designated.
• Memorial Drive, Independence Way, Venture Court and several other nearby streets have restrictions.
• The first gated entry to the Country Club community will be closed for a brief time when the fireworks conclude.