Important news for Andover’s annual Fourth of July celebration! The fireworks will not be on the Fourth this year – they will be on Saturday, July 5, at dusk.
Here’s the rest of the schedule for Andover’s biggest day of the year:
CANCELLED!
Due to a major rain event associated with the on-coming hurricane …the Andover 4th of July PARADE, OPENING CEREMONY, FLAG RAISING CEREMONY, & MUSIC CONCERTS have been CANCELLED WITH NO RAIN DATE RE-SCHEDULE. The fireworks is still scheduled for dusk on Saturday night with a rain date for Sunday night. Anyone having questions please contact Bob Ward, Chairman of the 4th of July Committee at 735-5061.
July 3
6:30 PM: Lowering the Flag, Girl Scouts, Village Green
July 4
Parade Theme: Summertime
7 – 10 AM: Lions Club Pancake Breakfast, AE/MS
8 AM – 5 PM: Flea Market, Village Green
8 – 9 AM: Firecracker 5K Race Registration, Blackwater Park
9 AM: Firecracker 5K Race, Blackwater Park, rain or shine
9 – 11 AM: Parade Registration, Proctor Field House
9 AM – 1 PM: Closest to the Pin Drive, Carr Field
9 AM –1 PM: Road Relics Car Show, Pizza Chef parking lot
10 AM: Opening Ceremonies, Reviewing Stand
10 – 11 AM: Judging of Parade Entries
10:15 AM: Firecracker 5K Race Awards, Reviewing Stand
10:30 – 11:15 AM: Kearsarge Community Band, next to the Stone Chapel
11 AM: Children’s Parade Forms, ProClaim Building
11:15 AM – Noon: Air National Guard Band, next to the Stone Chapel
11:30 AM: Judging Children’s Parade
Noon: Parade starts at Proctor Field House
Noon: Patriotic Medley, Margo Coolidge and Nancy Tripp, Reviewing Stand
1:15 – 2 PM: NH Pipes & Drums, next to the Stone Chapel
2 – 2:45 PM: Long Tail Monkeys, next to the Stone Chapel
3 – 3:45 PM: Fontones, next to the Stone Chapel
3:30 PM: Men’s Championship Softball Game, Corson Field
5:30 PM: Women’s Championship Softball Game, Corson Field
July 5
Dusk: Fireworks (Rain Date FOR FIREWORKS ONLY: July 6)