4th Fest

Name: Lone Piñon - 4th Fest: Rochester's Official 4th of July Celebration (Global Music Series)
Start: 2022-07-04T21:30+00:00
End: 2022-07-04T22:45+00:00
Location: 4th Fest/Soldiers Field

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4th Fest Independence Day Celebration

Est. 2021

Rochester’s official Independence Day celebration, 4th Fest is a free, annual community event featuring live music, poetry, and fireworks.

With local food vendors and craft beer, 4th Fest is a fun-filled celebration for the entire family!

Stay tuned for 2025 event details.

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Lone Piñon - 4th Fest: Rochester's Official 4th of July Celebration (Global Music Series)

Date: 07/04/2022 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM 07/04/2022 4:30 PM 07/04/2022 5:45 PM
Location: 4th Fest/Soldiers Field
300 7th St SW
Rochester, Minnesota 55902

Artist Website URL https://www.lonepinon.com/

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4th Fest - 2022 | Rochester's Official 4th of July Celebration! | Fireworks, Food Trucks, Music & More! | Soldiers Field - #RochMN | FREE | Global Music Series - 2022 | New Mexican String Band Music

Food trucks (Jersey Jo's Philly Cheesesteaks and More, The Wandering Scoop, Infuzn Foods, Taco Lab, Whiskey Dick's, & Minne’SNO’da Shave Ice) will be on-site!

LONE PIÑON - 4:30 PM - Lone Piñon is a New Mexican string band, or “orquesta típica”, whose music celebrates the integrity and diversity of their region's cultural roots. With fiddles, upright bass, guitars, accordions, vihuela, and bilingual vocals, they play a wide spectrum of the traditional music that is at home in New Mexico. The Norte has long been a crossroads of cultures, and centuries of intersecting histories, trade routes, migrations, and cultural movements have endowed the region with an expansive and rich musical heritage that weaves together Spanish, Mexican, Indigenous, European immigrant, Anglo-American, and Afro-American musical influences.

4:00 PM • DJ LaidEe P | DJ Set #1

4:30 PM • Lone Piñon | New Mexican String Band | Global Music Series

5:45 PM • DJ LaidEe P | DJ Set #2

6:15 PM • Rochester Community Band | Patriotic Music/Symphonic Wind

7:30 PM • DJ LaidEe P | DJ Set #3

8:00 PM • Susan McMillan | Rochester Poet Laureate

8:30 PM • Celebrating the Music of*PRINCE*! LIVE! with Chase & Ovation
10:00 PM • FIREWORKS!!!

Rochester Civic Music presents 4th Fest, Rochester's Official 4th of July Celebration! All are welcome and encouraged to attend this annual FREE community celebration which takes place in Soldiers Field Park near the Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial, featuring a diverse lineup of musical offerings from near and far, a poetry recitation from Rochester's Poet Laureate, and FOOD TRUCKS, all leading up to the main attraction ... FIREWORKS! The festival takes place in an open-to-the-public City park, so lawn chairs, blankets, and coolers are welcome.

Presented by the City of Rochester’s music department, Rochester Civic Music, in partnership with Rochester Parks & Recreation, the Rochester Fire Department, and the Rochester Police Department.

Global Music Series - The purpose of Rochester Civic Music's Global Music Series is to foster among community members an appreciation for music, develop future audience, patrons and contributors for the arts and introduce the community to a variety of musical instruments and genres. Each of the artists engaged are meritorious Global Music artists of national or international importance. The vision of this project will enable Civic Music to contribute to a fuller understanding of diverse cultural points of view, helping citizens gain insight into how they define their broader community and themselves.

City Parking Options for 4th Fest at Soldiers Field Park

3rd Street Parking Ramp (100 3rd St SW)
Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial Parking Lot (7th St. SW)
Soldiers Field Swimming Pool Parking Lot (Soldiers Field Dr. SW)
Soldiers Field Tennis Court Parking Lot (Soldiers Field Dr. SW)
Roy Sutherland Playground Parking Area (Soldiers Field Dr. SW)
Street Parking (Soldiers Field Dr. SW, George Gibbs Dr. SW)
Street Parking (1st Ave SW, Near YMCA)
Soldiers Field Parking Lot, Across the River (Broadway Ave S)
All City and residential side streets, unless marked otherwise

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support Grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.

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Virtual Pet Parade

The Virtual Pet Parade is a pet-friendly way to include your animal companions in the 4th of July festivities. The parade is a video slideshow that will be played on a jumbo video screen and accompanied by music.

To include your animal companion (or companions!) in the 4th of July parade, please email their photo to publicmusic@rochestermn.gov by Wednesday, June 26, and include “Virtual Pet Parade” in the subject line.

If you’d like your pet’s name displayed, please include their name in the body of the email or directly on the photo. You can submit a photo of your pet in patriotic gear, a fun costume, or just being their adorable selves!

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Weather Policy

The event will take place outdoors. In the case of threatening weather, parts of the event may be delayed, postponed, or, as a last resort, cancelled.

For weather related updates the day of the event, please check our event updates page or social media accounts.

If the fireworks are cancelled due to weather, they may be rescheduled for the following day. There is no rain date for the other elements of 4th Fest; music and food trucks will not be rescheduled for the July 5 rain date.

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All city and residential side streets will be available for parking, unless marked otherwise. Additional options include:

3rd Street Parking Ramp (100 3rd St SW)
Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial Parking Lot (7th St. SW)
(NOTE: The entire west half of this lot will be designated as accessible parking)
Soldiers Field West Parking Lot (Soldiers Field Dr. SW )
Roy Sutherland Playground Parking Area (Soldiers Field Dr. SW)
Soldiers Field East Parking Lot (Soldiers Field Dr. SW)
Street Parking (Soldiers Field Dr. SW, George Gibbs Dr. SW)
Street Parking (1st Ave SW)

NOTE: Both the Soldiers Field Parking Lot, Across the River (Broadway Ave S) and the pedestrian bridge will be CLOSED

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