• Hester Park 

  • Open sunrise - 10:30pm 

  • St. Cloud Municipal Band Concert 8:00pm - 10:00pm

• Wilson Park

  • Open 10am - 10:30pm 

  • Reserved seating for military and families

Fireworks

• St. Cloud presents central Minnesota's Fourth of July fireworks display. 2009 is the 62nd year for the area's July 4th fireworks. the 2009 fireworks display is expected to be the largest pyrotechnics display in central Minnesota on July 4th.
  
  
• For the fourth year in a row, fireworks will be launched from barges in the Mississippi River between Hester and Wilson parks, beginning at 10pm on July 4th.  
  
  
• Our fireworks show will be synchronized to specially selected music soundtrack. Great viewing areas will be available on both sides of the Mississippi River, in Wilson and Hester parks, along 5th Avenue North, and other parts of the community.
  
  
• Specially arranged music will be simulcast on Wild Country 98, KCLD 104.7 and Lite 99.9
  
  
• Melrose Pyrotechnics, Inc. - an international award winning professional pyrotechnic display company is the producer for St. Cloud's Fourth of July fireworks spectacular.
  www.melrosepyro.com
  

Food/Beverage

• Emy's Donuts:  Mini Donuts, Shaved Ice, Corndogs
• Boy Scout Troop 13:  Water

• Warren's BBQ: BBQ Sandwiches  
• County Fair Kettle Korn: Kettle Korn