Independence Fest

Independence Fest 2024 is set for Thursday, July 4. Like always, the day will be packed full of fun and activities for all, including a Children’s Parade, vintage car show, food trucks, local vendors, hours of live entertainment, and a stunning firework show to cap it all off!  Thanks to our sponsors, Independence Fest 2024 is completely free.

We’re thrilled to welcome Texas country singer/songwriter Pat Green back to Flower Mound to headline Independence Fest 2024! When the Grammy nominated singer-songwriter first played at Independence Fest in 2018, he rocked Bakersfield Park, and we can’t wait for him to do it again. Known for hits like "Wave on Wave," "Carry On," and "Texas On My Mind," Green has sold more than two million records and has a string of Top Ten hits on the Billboard Country Radio chart. His latest album, "Miles and Miles of You," is the 14th of his career and his first in nearly seven years. It features ten fresh tracks that capture the resilience, maturity, and optimistic joy of Green’s creative resurgence. Credited as one of Texas country’s modern era founding fathers, Green’s career has gone beyond the bounds of a country star since his debut album in 1995.

The festivities will kick off that morning with our annual Children’s Parade to Leonard and Helen Johns Park, where there will be kids’ activities, face painting, and food and drinks provided by Market Street. Then, the party continues at Bakersfield Park (1201 Duncan Ln.) with live entertainment on the main stage presented by Republic Services and GDS Wealth Management, food trucks, vendor booths, a car show, a kids’ zone presented by CoServ, and some spectacular fireworks presented by JSK Operations Management, Inc.

Pat Green
Starting at approximately 8:15 p.m.

Marked by resilience, maturity, and the optimistic joy of a creative resurgence, Pat Green’s brand new album, Miles and Miles of You is the work of an icon reclaiming ground only he himself could have ceded. Ten fresh tracks feel like the spiritual exhale of a celebrated troubadour, taking fans on a journey to the other side of turmoil … and to a place where the old ways feel new again.

Credited as one of Texas country’s modern-era founding fathers, Green has traveled many roads in the 25 years since his debut album, Dancehall Dreamer. A Grammy nominated singer-songwriter with a restless creative spirit, his career has gone beyond the bounds of a “country star” to include the work of a painter, sculptor, philanthropist, family man and more. But one constant has remained – his vision.

Combining Southwestern country traditions with the rebellious spirit of rock ‘n’ roll, and adding in a poet’s literary flourish, it was Green’s vision which brought the organic, true-to-yourself Texas style to the country mainstream in the early 2000s. With watershed tracks like “Carry On,” “Three Days” and the Grammy nominated Top 5 Billboard Country Airplay hit, “Wave On Wave,” he’s gone on to sell more than two million records and notch a string of Top Ten hits on the Billboard Country Radio chart, 12 Number Ones at Texas radio, a headlining sell out of the Houston Astrodome and tours with Dave Matthews Band, Willie Nelson, Kenny Chesney and others.

His vision paved the way for a generation of fiercely-independent Texan talent, and with the new album, Miles and Miles of You, that vision is focused like never before!

For more information, visit the Pat Green website.

Le Freak
6:15 p.m.

A tradition almost as old as Independence Fest itself, crowd favorite Le Freak is back to rock out Independence Fest again! Le Freak brings their intensely unique, high energy, high quality, danceable entertainment that will get the crowd pumping. Why get the same old Top 40 bands when you could have a show with "The Greatest Disco Band in the World"?
Le Freak has done every type of event imaginable from corporate parties, weddings, birthdays, Debutante' balls, festivals, bar mitzvah's, fraternities, sororities, spelling bee contests, puppet shows... in every medium including television, film, radio... and in every type of element including indoors, outdoors, underwater, and in outer space.

For more information, visit the Le Freak website.
Time Thief
5 p.m.

Time Thief is a Texas based Rock and Roll/ Dance party band. Time Thief reaches back in time and plays the songs you grew up with cruising in your car…..the ones that you forgot about, along with long-standing hits spanning over 40 + years. This 5 piece band has some of the best musicians that have been playing the scene in DFW for decades. They all stem from other bands from the past, to create a very talented group of musicians to give you a Rock show you won’t forget and will want to come back for more!

For more information, visit the Time Thief Facebook Page.