LIST: Your guide to Fourth of July celebrations in Kansas City area

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Independence Day is nearing, and here are all the places you can go to safely watch fireworks.

KCTV5 and Kansas City, Missouri’s, official fireworks show: Stars and Stripes Picnic on July 4 at the National WWI Museum and Memorial. Grounds open at 3 p.m. and fireworks start at 9:40 p.m.

If you want to set fireworks off yourself, click here to see where it’s legal.

Kansas

• Fairway (with the cities of Roeland Park, Westwood, Mission Woods and Westwood Hills)
  • The 2025 Fireworks Display is on July 3, around 9:45 p.m. at Bishop Miege High School.
• Kansas City/Wyandotte
  • Christmas in July on July 19 at Wyandotte County Lake Park at 6 p.m.
• Lansing
  • The Independence Day Celebration will be on June 28, starting at 3 p.m. with fireworks at 9:30 p.m. at Lansing High School.
• Lawrence
  • Summerfest 2025 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds on July 3, beginning at 4 p.m.
• Leavenworth
  • The 4th with Fort Leavenworth will be on July 4, beginning at 6 p.m. with fireworks at dusk at Merritt Lake.
• Leawood
  • Celebration in the Park on July 4 at 6 p.m. at Leawood City Park.
  • Leawood Aquatic Center is open 12-6 p.m., food trucks and activities start at 6 p.m. and fireworks begin around 9:45 p.m.
• Lenexa
  • The Freedom Run is on July 4, beginning at 7 a.m., starting at Sante Fe Trail and Pflumm Road.
  • Community Days Parade on July 4 at 10 a.m., beginning at Santa Fe Trail Drive and Park Street.
  • The Great Market Carnival is on July 4 from noon to 3 p.m. at the Lenexa Public Market.
• Olathe
  • The Olathe Fireworks Show will be on July 4 at 9:45 p.m. at the College Boulevard Activity Center.
• Overland Park
  • Star Spangled Spectacular at Corporate Woods is on July 4 from 5 p.m. with fireworks at 10 p.m.
  • Red, White and BluHawk on July 3 at 3 p.m. with fireworks at 9:45 p.m.
• Prairie Village
  • VillageFest is on July 4 from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Prairie Village Municipal Campus.
• Shawnee
  • Parked is on June 27 at 5:30 p.m. with fireworks at 9:30 at Stump Park.
  • The Freedom Fling is on July 4 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Thomas A. Soetart Aquatic Center.

Missouri

• Blue Springs
  • Red, White and Blue Springs on July 3 at 5 p.m. with fireworks at 9:30 at Blue Springs South High School and Young Park.
• Gladstone
  • The Independence Day Celebration will be on July 4 from 7 to 10 p.m. with fireworks at dusk at Oak Grove Park.
• Higginsville
  • Family Fun Fireworks Festivites on July 3 beginning at 6 p.m. with fireworks at dusk at Fairground Park.
• Independence
  • The Independence Celebration will be on July 5, beginning at 5:30 p.m., with fireworks at 9:30 p.m. at the Independence Visitors Center.
• Lee’s Summit,
  • The Legacy Blast will be on July 3 at 6 p.m., with fireworks at 9:30 at Legacy Park.
• Liberty
  • LibertyFest will be on July 3 from 6 to 10:30 p.m. with fireworks at 10, at the Capital Federal Sports Complex of Liberty.
• Parkville
  • On July 4, a pancake breakfast will be from 7:30 to 11 a.m. in downtown Parkville.
  • The Independence Day parade will be at 10 a.m. at 1st and Main Street.
  • A concert will be at 7:30 p.m. at Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel, followed by a skydiving show at 8:45 p.m. at English Landing Park and Main Street.
  • The fireworks show will be at 9:30 p.m. at the end of Main Street.
• Raymore
  • The Festival of the Parks: Spirit of America Celebration will be on June 27 from 7 to 10 p.m. and fireworks at dusk at Recreation Park.
• Smithville
  • Smithville Fireworks show on July 4, beginning at 3 p.m. with fireworks at dusk, around 9, at Smith’s Fork Park.