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SOUTH SOUND CENTER INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION Vendors, family activities, entertainment and fireworks, 6-10:45 p.m. Sunday, South Sound Center, 663 Sleater-Kinney Road. S.E., Lacey. Free. 360-491-6850, www.facebook. com/SouthSoundCenter .
TUMWATER’S FOURTH OF JULY Start the day Monday with an 11 a.m. parade on Capitol Boulevard. Daylong activities, entertainment, music, food, prizes at Tumwater Valley Golf Course, end the day with fireworks show at dusk. Golf course is at 4611 Tumwater Valley Drive S.E., Tumwater. $5 parking.
4TH OF JULY BASH FOR CUBA A celebration and fundraiser for aid to Cuba with music by David Rovics and dinner by chef Brian McDonald ($15;an all-you-can-drink ticket is $10), 5:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Media Island International, 816 Adams St. S.E., Olympia. www.mediaisland.org .
GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY
OLD-FASHIONED FOURTH OF JULY IN WESTPORT Kids activities, games, music and fi reworks plus Dock of the Bay Blues Festival with beer garden and eight bands on Monday in Downtown Westport. 800-345-6223.
FIRE OVER THE WATER Fireworks display at 10 p.m. Monday, Ocean Shores.
ABERDEEN SPLASH FESTIVAL Featuring live music, family fun, vendors, foods, free infl atable rides and games and fireworks show, 2-11 p.m. Monday, Chehalis River waterfront, Aberdeen.
OAKVILLE INDEPENDENCE DAY PATRIOTS’ PARADE Traditional parade with car clubs, tractors, livestock, horses, firetrucks and bands, plus a re-enactment of the Great Oakville Horseback Bank Robbery. 11 a.m. today, downtown Oakville. 360-470-9034 or oakville-parade@oakvile wa.org
LEWIS COUNTY
CITY OF CENTRALIA SUMMERFEST Fishing derby, entertainment, games, trolley rides, Destruction Derby and parade, 7 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday in both Borst Park, Downtown Centralia, and the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds, 2555 N. National Ave., Chehalis.
PIERCE COUNTY
MILITARY AVIATION NIGHT AT CHENEY STADIUM Featuring military activities, a special Naval centennial tribute and fi reworks, 7:05 p.m. today, Cheney Stadium, 2502 S. Tyler St., Tacoma.
FREEDOM FAIR WINGS AND WHEELS An aviation event with a car and motorcycle show. Featuring live entertainment, amusements for kids, race cars, World War II B-25 aircraft rides and tours, helicopter rides, and the Smoke ’N’ Thunder Jet Dragster, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Tacoma Narrows Airport, 1202 26th Ave. N.W., Gig Harbor. $5-$12, ages 6 and younger get in free.
TACOMA FREEDOM FAIR Air shows, food, vendors, exhibits, rides, and events ending with the Northwest’s biggest fireworks show over Puget Sound, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday, Ruston Way Waterfront, Tacoma. Free, donations accepted.
STEILACOOM FOURTH OF JULY Featuring family activities, food, street fair, live entertainment, street dance and fi reworks show, 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday, Lafayette Street, Steilacoom. GREATEST GENERATION FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION Featuring a parade, pony rides, barbecue, live music and children’s activities, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday, Clocktower Park, DuPont.
KING COUNTY
FAMILY 4TH AT LAKE UNION Noon Monday, Gas Works Park, 2101 N. Northlake Way, Seattle. Dusty 45s will play starting at 8 p.m.; fireworks start about 10 p.m., with a musical score simulcast at 97.3 KIRO FM and TV broadcast on KINGTV. Free. family4th.org.
