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Howard County July 4th Fireworks

July 4 @ 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm

FREE

Howard County July 4th fireworks

Fireworks @ Lakefront

Howard County July 4th Fireworks
Thursday July 4, 2024 | 3:00pm-10:00pm 
FIREWORKS 9:10pm – 9:20pm

Columbia Lakefront | 10275 Wincopin Circle Columbia MD 21044

Howard County July 4th fireworks celebration features live bands and a fireworks show. Bring a blanket, picnic basket or purchase food from vendors. Parking is free.

Celebrate Independence Day in style at the 4th of July lakefront extravaganza! As day turns to dusk, fireworks illuminate, Columbia Lakefront. Experience star-spangled magic with us!

Food & Fireworks

The following food trucks are confirmed: 

  • Tasty Treats – ice cream & hot dogs
  • Tasty Treats – chicken fingers and French fries
  • Pacha Mama
  • Blowfish Poke
  • Kona Ice
  • Malik’s Ice Cream
  • Althea’s Almost Famous
  • Hardy’s BBQ

Mark your calendars for an incredible Fourth of July celebration at the Columbia Lakefront in Howard County, Maryland. Prepare for a night of fireworks, live music, delicious food, and community. Bring your friends, family, to celebrate in true Howard County style!

Live Bands

Entertainment at the Lakefront Stage

Holly Montgomery

6:00pm – 7:15pm
Montgomery’s career spans nearly three decades, and in that time she’s wowed audiences as a frontwoman and toured internationally as the bassist for The Mustangs of the West. In the early 2000s, she made the radical choice to leave the industry to pursue another fulfilling path: becoming a mother. Subsequently she adopted three Kazakhstani teenage orphans through Kidsave International,. Additionally, Montgomery mines her experience as a mother with “For My Son,” featured on her forthcoming 2022 LP Sorry for Nothing.

Montgomery is a staple of the Mid- Atlantic live circuit, booking hundreds of gigs each year.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sftk6PuTYI

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_sU4XNzTEU

Sugaray Rayford

7:30pm – 9:00pm
Rayford has gone on the record to say “We don’t play concerts. We play parties!” according to a World Records news release. Rayford and his six-piece band have toured and recorded with Gladys Knight, Amy Winehouse, Deep Purple, Ben Harper and Neil Diamond. Caron Nimoy “Sugaray”

Rayford discovered his love of music where many in the South do: in church. His grandmother was a driving force for his churchgoing ways when she took him in along with his two brothers, taking him to church daily. Furthermore developing his skills as a musician, a vocalist, songwriter and bandleader before enlisting with the Marines for 10 years. Lastly, after his service, he found his footing again in music, focusing on gospel, soul and blues.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVFbyo7kkEI

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qQzwyzYGy4&t=1447s

Event Parking

Free public parking for this event will be located at:

  • The Mall in Columbia
  • One and Two Merriweather Garage – 10970 Grantchester Way 
  • Symphony Woods garage, 6275 Mango Tree Road 
  • Sterrett Place North * limited * 

NO Parking at the Lakefront.
Whole Foods parking lots will be closed 6:00pm -11:00pm.

Howard County Police Department will be closing Little Patuxent Parkway between Symphony Woods Road & Governor Warfield Parkway from 6:30pm-11:00pm. Additionally, eastbound Little Patuxent Parkway between Broken Land Parkway & Symphony Woods Road will be closed 8:00pm-11:00pm. 

Additional info on Howard County 4th July Fireworks found below.