Coronado's popular annual Independence Day activities a parade, concerts in the park, and a fireworks display over Glorietta Bay.
5 am – Wake up & get your spot along Orange Ave for the parade. You can’t set up before 5am – however, you should get there by 4:30 am and wait across the street from ‘your spot’ if you want front row seating on the curb or grassy median! Tip, you can also take the ferry over from downtown San Diego to Coronado. The traffic is going to be heavy, so plan on walking or biking.
7:30 am-10 am – Pre-Parade Entertainment
Location: Orange Ave
10 am-12:30 pm – 74th Annual Independence Day Parade
Location: Orange Ave from 1st Street to Churchill Place
Can’t be at the parade? Live stream the parade on Coronado TV (http://tv.coronado.ca.us/).
12:30 pm-2 pm – Adrian Empire Demonstration and San Diego Star Wars Society Photo-Op
Star Park
2 pm – Navy Leap Frogs Aerial Demonstration
Coronado Golf Course 17th Fairway, near Glorietta Bay
3 pm – Public Kids Concert
Katleen Dugas performing Children's songs at the Coronado Golf Course 14th Fairway
4 pm-5 pm – Patriotic Concert
Coronado Concert Band at Spreckels Park
4 pm-5:30 pm – Patriotic Concert
IT'S NEVER 2L8 at Coronado Golf Course 14th Fairway
5:45 pm-8:45 pm – Public Concert
PHT & The Honky Tonk Nights at Coronado Golf Course 14th Fairway
9 pm – Fireworks
Coronado Golf Course Fireworks Over Glorietta Bay, Near Stingray Point
Local tip: watch Coronado’s fireworks from the golf course, and don’t drive — walk or bike instead
San Diego Fireworks Over San Diego Bay, Ferry Landing Side
Musical simulcast will be broadcast live on KYXY 96.5 FM radio, title sponsor City of Coronado
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