The skies over Calhoun County can be dotted with colourful sizzling air balloons, plane and fireworks this week in celebration of Independence Day.
Battle Creek’s signature summer time pageant returns to Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field with the Field of Flight, the nation’s largest mixed air present and balloon pageant.
“The event itself is a huge undertaking, with well over 2,000 volunteers every year,” mentioned Battle Creek Field of Flight Media Director Bretten Bailey. “As a 501c4, we’re about promoting good will. We want to provide an event that the community can look forward to and this is an event known throughout the world and is a big hit with families.”
Here is a information to celebrating Fourth of July in Calhoun County:
Battle Creek
• Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival: Gates open 4 p.m. Thursday, with $10 parking per car and free admission. There can be meals distributors and greater than 20 rides and video games by means of Skerbeck Entertainment Group. Meijer is sponsoring a “Kids Day” starting at 5:30 p.m. with free crafts and two bike giveaways. Pending climate, there can be a balloon launch and fly-in every day at 7 p.m., with the “balloon illume” scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday. The Great Lakes Timber Show will conduct the primary of its every day 6 p.m. reveals, that includes ax throwing, chainsaw carving and log rolling. There can be stay music every day of the occasion at 7 p.m.
On Friday, gates open at 2:30 p.m. with $5 parking and admission $13 per individual (kids 3 ft and underneath are free). From 3:30 to five:30 p.m., there can be an air present warmup that includes demonstration groups of F-35 Lightning IIs, the F-35Cs and F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets (as seen within the blockbuster movie “Top Gun: Maverick”). The twilight air present begins at 8:30 p.m., adopted by an evening present with pyrotechnics at 10 p.m.
Runners and walkers will line up at 7 a.m. Saturday for the Cereal City Half Marathon and 5K run by means of the pageant grounds and airport. Gates open at 9:30 a.m. and the air present runs from midday to five:30 p.m., celebrating the seventy fifth anniversary of the U.S. Air Force by that includes Thunderbirds, in addition to F-35A Lightning IIs, Super Hornets and F-35Cs, and civilian performers. Fireworks are scheduled for 10:30 p.m.
Festival grounds open at 9:30 a.m. Sunday and Monday, with air reveals at midday and fireworks at 10:30 p.m.
For extra data, go to fieldofflight.com or name 269-962-0592.
• Fireworks ordinances: Fireworks are permitted on personal property between 11 a.m. and 11:45 p.m. from June 29 by means of July 4. Violations can be reported by calling 911, and can lead to a $1,000 advantageous.
• Goguac Lake Boat Parade: The annual Goguac Lake boat parade returns, launching in entrance of the previous Pache’s Lakeside Restaurant at 6 p.m. The Calhoun County Sherriff’s Office will lead the parade, with dozens of boats vying for “most creative,” “most patriotic” and “best party boat.”
Albion
• Fireworks at Dusk: The Greater Albion Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau is presenting the standard fireworks at nightfall on the banks of the Kalamazoo River at Barnes Park Sunday. The fireworks show is made potential by means of almost $15,000 in donations from the group.
“The outpouring of support during this year’s fundraising campaign truly shows the spirit of Albion,” Chamber President Billy Beers mentioned in launch.
The Air National Guard Band of the Midwest will carry out a free live performance at 6 p.m. Sunday as half of the “Swinging at The Shell” free summer time live performance sequence.
• Red, White and Blue Cruise-In & Car Show: The Albion Downtown Development Authority is sponsoring a cruise-in and automotive present “on the bricks” from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Registration is free and begins at 4 p.m., with a collector’s sprint plaque to the primary 100 contributors. There may even be a 50/50 drawing and stay music that includes the sounds of the Nineteen Fifties and Nineteen Sixties.
For extra data, go to fb.com/carshowsalbion.
Marshall
• Pet, Bike & Wagon Parade: Oaklawn Hospital in Marshall is as soon as once more sponsoring the standard pet, bike and wagon parade, wherein lots of of kids, members of the family and pets parade across the Brooks Fountain with colorfully adorned bicycles and different automobiles. Children 3 to 12 are inspired to create costumes and decorations celebrating Independence Day. All cyclists using within the parade are required to put on a helmet, and Oaklawn is making helmets out there for $5 for many who do not convey them.
Lineup for the parade begins at 9:40 a.m. Monday. There is no charge to take part, however registration is required by means of oaklawnhospital.org/parade-registration. Late registration will solely be accepted the day of the occasion from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on the Crary Condominiums constructing, close to the National House Inn.
At 11 a.m., a lunch that includes barbecued rooster, hotdogs and ice cream will get underneath means, sponsored by the Marshall Area Economic Development Alliance, together with a efficiency by the Marshall Rotary Community Band.
• Cruise on the Fountain: Marshall’s annual automotive present begins at 9 a.m. Saturday with registration, distributors and a craft present on the Calhoun County Fairgrounds, 720 Fair St. Gate admission is $5 (kids 10 and underneath enter free), with proceeds benefitting fairgrounds programming. Vehicles will line up at 6 p.m. with a cruse by means of downtown Marshall starting at 6:30 p.m.
For extra data, go to cruisemarshall.com.
Contact reporter Nick Buckley at [email protected] or 269-966-0652. Follow him on Twitter:@NickJBuckley
