Fireworks, food trucks and music will be part of the city’s annual Fourth of July Splash at Lake Meridian Park in Kent.
The free event begins at 5 p.m. Friday, July 4 and will end with fireworks at 10 p.m. at the city park, 14800 SE 272nd St. Park gates open at 3 p.m. The only parking at the park is for people with disabled parking permits. No drop-offs of passengers are allowed.
Free shuttle service will be offered starting at 3 p.m. Return service will run until after the fireworks display, which is when the park closes.
Parking locations
• Kent Fire Station 75: 15635 SE 272d St.
• Kentwood High School: 25800 164th Ave. SE, Covington
No personal fireworks
Personal fireworks are banned in the city of Kent. It is unlawful to purchase, possess or discharge any fireworks, with the exception of display fireworks discharged by professionals at a sanctioned, legally permitted community event.
Fireworks were banned by the City Council in 2016 after 62% of Kent voters approved a ban in an advisory vote in November 2015. Residents expressed their concerns about fireworks going off in neighborhoods before, during and after the Fourth of July. Besides noise, the mayor and council members received frequent complaints about fire danger, litter, traumatized military veterans and scared pets.
Splash stage schedule
5:30 to 6 p.m.
Boot Boogie Babes: A line dance team provides a safe space for women of all ages, sizes and backgrounds to grow through their love of dance. The Boot Boogie Babes are owned and operated by former Seattle country radio personality DeAnna Lee.
6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Massy Ferguson: Seattle-based band Massy Ferguson proudly plants its boots on both sides of the country-rock divide, carving out their own brand of amplified Americana. The band doubles down on rock & roll rhythms, mixing bar-band twang with raw, guitar-driven bang, and spin stories of small-town adolescence, big-city adulthood and the long stretch of highway in between.
8 to 9:30 p.m.
90’s Rewind: One of the best 90’s pop-rock performing tribute bands in the Pacific Northwest, Seattle-based 90’s Rewind focuses on songs from the pop/alt-rock genre, and covers bands and artists like Alanis Morrissette, Stone Temple Pilots, The Cranberries, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Garbage, Jimmy Eat World, No Doubt, Gin Blossoms and more.
For more information, go to https://www.kentwa.gov/departments/kent-parks/events/fourth-of-july-splash.
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