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Where to Celebrate July 4th in the Douglasville area!

By Christina Stump June 26, 2019

Are you looking for ways to celebrate July 4th in and around Douglasville, GA? 

We have all your Independence Day fun in Douglasville and slightly beyond — fireworks, parades, community picnics, and more — rounded up right here for you!

Here are a few ways you can find your family fun on July 4th and celebrate Independence Day:


Fourth of July Celebration at Hunter Park

July 4th, 11am- 2pm

Hunter Park 

8830 Gurley Road, Douglasville GA

Details: Join us at Hunter Park for a day of food, fun, and fellowship as celebrate America's birthday. Fireworks will fire off from West Pines Golf Club at dusk. Sams Club parking lot and Arbor Place Mall will provide the best view.  Macaroni Kid Douglasville will be onsite providing a new contest, with food:) So stop by and get some free snacks while you are there!

For more information: https://fairburn.macaronikid.com/events/5d02c165f0c3ea3f76555450/fourth-of-july-celebration

4th of July Community Fireworks Viewing, Concert, & Food Trucks

July 4th, 2-9pm

Arbor Place Mall, 6700 Douglas Blvd, Douglasville

Details: Enjoy the City of Douglasville's firework show and live entertainment from Arbor Place Mall.

Enjoy live entertainment provided by MVP TV Network. Performances are based on a Musical Tribute to Motown.
All performances will take place on the MVP/Coke-Cola Main Stage in the Arbor Place parking lot on Douglas Blvd. in front of the mall entrance.
The community can enjoy a fashion show presented by Dillard's, Dance Party and VIP Reception!

There will be food trucks on site.

ARBOR PLACE CODE OF CONDUCT WILL BE ENFORCED. ______________________________________________________

In order to help ensure a pleasant shopping environment, all shopping center visitors, patrons, and employees are PROHIBITED from the following:

NO FIREWORKS ARE ALLOWED ON SITE.
Any illegal activity.
Any improper use of shopping center amenities.
Any improper use of shopping center facilities or equipment, including, but not limited to, using escalators, elevators, stairs, sidewalks, or walkways in a manner that impedes the flow of pedestrian traffic, such as unnecessary standing or stopping.
Any form of solicitation, including, but not limited to, the offering of any non-permitted sales of products or services, and distributing any handbills, leaflets, commercial advertising or promotional material of any kind or offering samples of items, not otherwise permitted by law.
Any disturbing of the peace, including, but not limited to, unlawful or non-permitted assembling, demonstrating, parading, picketing, marching, flash mobs, or any other activity that hinders or prevents the shopping enjoyment of customers or disrupts the intended business use of the shopping center.
Any conduct that annoys or disturbs others in the shopping center, including, but not limited to, engaging in noisy or boisterous activities, unnecessary staring, the intentional following someone through the shopping center and parking lot, stalking, shouting, yelling, screaming, singing, playing musical instruments, radios, or the use of any other sound generating equipment that otherwise creates noises of sufficient volume to impinge on the hearing or peace of other shopping center patrons.
Using obscene language, obscene gestures, or racial, religious, gender, or ethnic slurs.
Violence, threats of violence, fighting, physical abuse, or physically or verbally threatening any person, or hostility of any kind.
Running, wrestling, horseplay, skating, skate boarding, hoverboarding, rollerblading and/or riding a scooter, otherwise being disruptive, or creating a disturbance, obstructing or interfering with the free flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic or with patron's view of doorways, windows, and/or other merchant or shopping center displays. Some bicycles and Segways are, however, permitted on shopping center property, provided they are used in strict accordance with manufacturer recommendations and shopping center bicycle and vehicle safety rules.
Engaging in any sexual activity, including, but not limited to, using sexually explicit language, engaging in sexual conduct, or engaging in excessive public displays of affection.
Displaying or wearing any item that depicts sexually explicit activity, illegal activity or obscene or offensive language; promotes violence; wearing clothing or lack of clothing that is likely to create a disturbance or embroil others in open conflict, offends community standards of decency, or impinges on the sensitivities of others in the shopping center.
Gang activity, including wearing of apparel intended to indicate gang membership or to communicate gang behavior, including, but not limited to, the use of gang symbols or slogans.
Defacing, damaging, destroying, or removing any real or personal property constituting part of or located in or on the shopping center property.
Carrying or displaying weapons of any kind, except those carried by authorized law enforcement officers or security personnel in the performance of their duties and by security officials specifically permitted by shopping center management.
Being intoxicated, inebriated, and/or possessing or being under the influence of any illegal substance.
Possessing any open container of alcohol or consuming alcohol anywhere, except in businesses licensed to sell alcoholic beverages.
Selling or providing alcohol or tobacco products to underage persons; purchasing alcohol or tobacco products by underage persons.
Driving in an unsafe, erratic, or careless manner, including, but not limited to, exceeding the posted speed limit or using a vehicle in manner prohibited by traffic markings, signage, or otherwise obstructing traffic.
Overnight parking, parking in non-designated parking areas, parking in fire lanes or other no parking areas. Parking violators may be subject to towing at the vehicle owner's expense.
Littering or discarding paper, glass, or other matter of any kind, except in a trash receptacle.
Fishing, swimming, or boating without prior written approval of shopping center management.
Failing to wear shoes and a shirt.
Photography or recordings of any kind without prior approval of shopping center management.
All animals, other than Service Animals, are prohibited, except where otherwise specifically permitted, such as for special events or going to or from pet stores. Pursuant to the United States Department of Justice guidelines, only dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities qualify as Service Animals.
Attendance by any minor during school hours when unaccompanied by a parent, teacher or legal guardian, although unaccompanied minors aged 16 or above may attend provided they produce proof of reduced school hours or completion thereof.


This list is not all inclusive and may be modified at any time by the management of this shopping center.
This shopping center is a smoke-free environment. Smoking is permitted only in designated areas.
Violation of this code of conduct may result in expulsion from this property in addition to any other legal remedies that shopping center management may choose to exercise.
This shopping center is private property, and no rights shall accrue to the public by virtue of the public's entry into this shopping center or on shopping center property.
This "Code of Conduct" is not intended to deprive any person of their applicable civil rights or liberties under the law.
If you feel your rights are being violated, please notify the shopping center management office.

For more information: https://fairburn.macaronikid.com/events/5d08037eeb331b03716977e4/4th-of-july-community-fireworks-viewing-concert-food-trucks


Fourth of July Celebration Annual Parade & Fireworks

July 4th 10am (parade) and dusk for the fireworks

annual parade starting at 10 AM on Church Street &  Fireworks will be discharged from the West Pines Golf Club and viewable from the surrounding areas such as an Arbor Place. West Pines Golf Club will not be open for parking.

Details: Celebrate America's Independence with the City of Douglasville! Join us for our annual parade starting at 10 AM on Church Street.

End the evening with a grand fireworks show at dusk. Fireworks will be discharged from the West Pines Golf Club and viewable from the surrounding areas such as an Arbor Place. West Pines Golf Club will not be open for parking.

For more information: https://fairburn.macaronikid.com/events/5d122d2552a5322184da7e05/fourth-of-july-celebration-annual-parade-fireworks


4th Fest!

July 4th, 7-10 pm

First Presbyterian Church 9190 Campbellton Street Douglasville, GA 30134 

Details: 

Join us for our annual tailgate party on Independence Day. We'll have live music, games, watch the fireworks, and sample the barbecue cookoff. Bring your dinner, snacks, beverages, chairs, blankets and come connect with the community as we celebrate Freedom and #LoveDouglasCo

*Hosted in the front parking lot of First Presbyterian Church on the corner of Chapel Hill Rd. & I-20.

For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/2296625810418152/


14th Annual Fireworks Display Extravaganza

July 3rd, 5-11 pm, rain date is July 5th at 5pm. 

Villa Rica V Plex, 1605 Carrollton Villa Rica Highway, Villa Rica

Details: The City of Villa Rica 14th Annual Fireworks Display Extravaganza Wednesday, July 3, 2019; rainout date Friday, July 5 5:00 p.m. until fireworks end @ VR Sports Complex (V-Plex).

For more information: https://fairburn.macaronikid.com/events/5ce70cadeb9b2c6ad19b11ef/14th-annual-fireworks-display


If you have any in your neck of the woods that you know where and when please send the information to me and I will add it to the calendar and to this article for the 4th of July Holidays! christinastump@macaronikid.com . 


Have a wonderful 4th of July wherever you end up to watch the fireworks or enjoy the day!