Louisburg Freedom Festival

Grab the kids, your lawn chairs and blankets and head on out to Lewis-Young Park for the annual Freedom Fest celebration July 4.

The fun starts at 6 p.m. with great food, fun activities for the kids and musical entertainment before fireworks light up the sky around 9:30 p.m.

Taking the stage this year and performing good ol’ toe-tapping classic country music will be Jim Winters and the Back Road Aristocrats with special guests Three Trails West.

Several area organizations will have or will sponsor booths with games for the kiddos, face painting and give-aways including water, snow cones, popcorn, cotton candy, homemade cookies and more.

The local American Legion will be giving rides to the little ones on their Legion train.

The event is free with a free-will donation taken at the gate to help offset the cost of the fireworks. Area businesses generously support the fireworks fund. It will cost about $9,000 to produce the fireworks show this year.

There are a few items at the celebration that will require money to include the food trucks: KC Deyas, Whildin’s Weiners and The Funnel Cake Truck and the inflatables. Inflatables tickets are $1 each, seven for $5 or the all-you-can-ride wristband for $10.