4th of July celebrations

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be in our 4th of july parade

You are invited to join our Downtown Wilmington 4th of July Parade! Bring your group, your car, your horse, your tractor or even your semi and join us for a 250th celebration you won't forget!

Parade: Saturday, JULY 4 th, 1:00pm starting at Clinton County Fairgrounds
Parade Entry Deadline Date: July 3, 2026

Decorate your float or vehicle in patriotic colors with banners and U.S. Flags! Walkers should also dress in red, white and blue. Help make this a very colorful patriotic parade.

complete the entry form

schedule of events

Parade
1:00pm – Starting at Clinton County Fair Grounds on Main St., heading to downtown, left on Mulberry St, left on Locust St.  Parade disbands at Locust St and Wayne Rd
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J. W. Denver Williams Park
5:00pm - 10:00pm - Concessions
5:00pm – 9:30 - Children’s activities - Inflatables, Water Slides, and more
6:00pm – 6:45pm - Community Band
6:00pm – Community Band and Cantabile – A Gathering of Voices, to perform combined music
7:00pm – 7:30pm - Cantabile ​– A Gathering of Voices
7:50 – 8:00pm – Announcements
8:00 – 8:30pm - Aliyah Good, country singer – on the city stage in Denver Park (on hillside in front of pond)
8:30pm - 9:45 – Jamie O’Neil, country singer – on the city stage in Denver Park (on hillside in front of pond)
10:00 – 10:30 – Fireworks with patriotic music

Parking lots at Lowe’s, Dove Church and TSC will have concessions and porta-johns for the convenience of families who like to watch the fireworks from these areas.
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Sound from the stage/bands/announcements as well as patriotic music during the fireworks, will be broadcast live on local FM station WIOH 95.9 FM for everyone to hear in their cars, as well as anyone throughout the county who cannot attend the festivities.