{"id":143524,"date":"2025-07-03T21:57:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T01:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143524"},"modified":"2025-07-03T21:57:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T01:57:47","slug":"allentowns-2025-stars-stripes-4th-of-july-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143524","title":{"rendered":"Allentown\u2019s 2025 Stars &#038; Stripes 4th of July Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 3, 2025 \u2013 Celebrate Independence Day in the City of Allentown at the 2025 Stars &amp; Stripes 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0of July Celebration, taking place on\u00a0<strong>Friday, July 4 from Noon to 10:00 PM at Cedar Beach Park<\/strong>. The rain date for the event is Saturday, July 5.<\/p>\n<p>This year marks a major shift in tradition:\u00a0<strong>J. Birney Crum Stadium will be closed to the public.<\/strong>\u00a0All fireworks viewing should take place at Cedar Beach Park or surrounding areas, where the entire day\u2019s festivities will unfold.\u00a0The fireworks will be safely launched from the nearby ball field. Linden Street will close at 3:00 PM as part of the fireworks fall zone safety plan.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration kicks off at noon with a family-friendly Day Party and continues into the night with live music, free activities, local food vendors, and a spectacular fireworks finale.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Entertainment Lineup<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1:00\u20133:00 PM:<\/strong>\u00a0Melody Cruz<\/li>\n<li><strong>3:00\u20136:00 PM:<\/strong>\u00a0DJs Static &amp; Shy<\/li>\n<li><strong>6:00\u20136:40 PM:<\/strong>\u00a0BC &amp; Blue\u2019s Crew<\/li>\n<li><strong>7:00\u20137:40 PM:<\/strong>\u00a0Scott Marshall &amp; Highway Souls<\/li>\n<li><strong>8:00\u20138:40 PM:<\/strong>\u00a0East Coast Salsa Scene<\/li>\n<li><strong>8:50\u20139:00 PM:<\/strong> Scott Marshall\u2019s United We Stand All-Star Jam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LED robots will be at Cedar Beach Park with interactive appearance around 8:00 PM, and emcee Scott Marshall will keep the energy going between sets with curated playlists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free Activities (1:00\u20135:00 PM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bubble science with\u00a0<strong>Da Vinci Science Center<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Henna art by\u00a0<strong>Henna Chakra<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Face painting by\u00a0<strong>Kim Einsla<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Caricatures by\u00a0<strong>Emotional IQ (Genesis Rodriguez)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Arts &amp; crafts with\u00a0<strong>Brandon Jones<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Food &amp; Drink Vendors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From tacos and ice cream to lemonade and BBQ, more than 20 food trucks and vendors will offer a diverse menu of treats. Alcohol will be available from Hijinx Brewing Co., Fegley\u2019s, and PRCP for patrons 21 and over from 12:00\u20139:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resource Tables &amp; Local Merch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stop by community resource tables and browse unique goods from local artists and small businesses between 12:00 PM and 9:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fireworks Finale \u2013 9:15 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The grand finale begins with remarks by Mayor Matt Tuerk at 9:00 PM, followed by a live rendition of the National Anthem, leading into a 25-minute fireworks display at 9:15 PM, set to a special patriotic playlist curated by the Mayor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nGenesis Ortega<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov\">http:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 3, 2025 \u2013 Celebrate Independence Day in the City of Allentown at the 2025 Stars &amp; Stripes 4th\u00a0of July Celebration, taking place on\u00a0Friday, July 4 from Noon to 10:00 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143524\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Allentown\u2019s 2025 Stars &#038; Stripes 4th of July Celebration<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5716,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allentown","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/25-allentown-fireworks.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/143525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}