Demorest’s Glorious Fourth returns this year to celebrate America’s 249th birthday.
Friday’s event on July 4th will kick off with a morning 5K, followed at 11 a.m. by the popular Glorious Fourth Parade. The parade will begin at the intersection of Florida Street and Central Avenue/Hwy. 441 and wind through the heart of downtown past Piedmont University.
“I’m excited for it; we decided that it’ll go back to being an all-day event,” Demorest City Councilmember Shawn Allen tells Now Habersham.
Demorest Utilities Clerk Sarah Rumsey is again organizing the event.
“We’ll have 21 vendors divided evenly between food and craft vendors. There’s gonna be entertainment in the pavilion from 12 (noon) to 5 p.m. beside the post office,” she says. “Just like last year, there will be bouncy houses, a petting zoo, and I think they’re gonna set up a cooling station.”
Other highlights include:
1 p.m.: Cornhole & Horseshoe Tournaments
5 p.m.: Cakewalk
6 p.m.: Live Music in Demorest Springs Park
9:45 p.m.: Fireworks
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Music in the park and fireworks
The musical acts will begin at 6 p.m. on stage at Demorest Springs Park with Tad Boemer. This year’s headliner, Troubadour Project, will take the stage at 7:30 p.m.
“In the evening, we’ll shoot fireworks from behind the Brentley Moore Ballfield,” says Allen.
The city usually allows some lag time between the concert ending and the fireworks beginning, so people have time to get to an open viewing area. Due to the tree cover, the fireworks are not visible from the park. The best fireworks viewing is around Demorest City Hall between Florida and Alabama Streets.
