4th of July weekend is here, and absolutely packed with family-friendly fun! While it’s certainly a big weekend for backyard BBQs and pool parties, there’s more fun to be had. Celebrate America’s birthday with all things red, white and blue at Independence Day celebrations, parades, and fireworks displays. Don’t forget to tag us using the hashtag #sharekidlist while you’re out and about celebrating.
This weekend planner is sponsored by Rockin’ Rhapsody in Western Springs and the Hummingbird Pediatric Therapies’ Children’s Academy Open House.
Rockin’ Rhapsody in Western Springs
Rockin’ Rhapsody
July 16, 2022 | 2:00 – 8:00 pm
Spring Rock Park
4400 Central Avenue
Western Springs, IL 60558
This free concert features three bands, including Peach’s Beach Party, Toxic Crayon and Starlight City. Wine and beer will be available for purchase with the proceeds going towards Ukraine Aid and Western Springs park improvements. Your kids can enjoy activities there too!
Fun Things To Do With Kids This Weekend and Beyond
Please check the details before you go to these events to ensure you know about registration requirements and additional safety measures to maximize your family’s fun. While we do our best to keep the most up-to-date information in our calendar, last minute location or time changes do happen.
Friday
Enjoy Kids Entertainment Series in Bloomingdale or cool off at Elmhurst Art Museum’s Free Day. At night, you can visit the animals and enjoy the first night of Brookfield Zoo’s new summer music series, Twilight Tunes.
Safety Town Open Road (Elmhurst)
July 1, 2022 | 9:00am – 10:30am
Register in advance.
Visit Your Local Park (Bolingbrook)
July 1, 2022 | 10:00am – 12:30pm
Take and Make Fridays (Brookfield Public Library)
July 1, 2022 | 10:00am – 6:00pm
Park-Hopper Storytime (Darien)
July 1, 2022 | 10:30am – 11:00am
Elmhurst Art Museum Free Day
July 1, 2022 | 11:00am – 5:00pm
Freedom Days (Lemont)
July 1, 2022 | 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Kids Entertainment Series (Bloomingdale)
July 1, 2022 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Tractor-Drawn Wagon Rides (St. James Farm, Warrenville)
July 1, 2022 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Moose Cruise Night and Friday Night Live (Downers Grove)
July 1, 2022 | 4:00pm – 8:00pm
Cruise Nights at the Sonic Drive-In (Villa Park)
July 1, 2022 | 4:00pm – 8:00pm
Family Float Night (Cypress Cove, Woodridge)
July 1, 2022 | 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Naperville Salute
July 1, 2022 | 4:30pm – 10:00pm
Food Truck Picnic at the Lake (Glen Ellyn)
July 1, 2022 | 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Parents Night Out (Geneva)
July 1, 2022 | 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Roselle Cruise Nights
July 1, 2022 | 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Twilight Tunes (Brookfield Zoo)
July 1, 2022 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Movies and Food Trucks: Spider Man: No Way Home (Geneva Commons)
July 1, 2022 | 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Movie In The Park: Paw Patrol: The Movie (Cantigny Park, Wheaton)
July 1, 2022 | 8:30pm – 10:30pm
Hummingbird Pediatric Therapies’ Children’s Academy Open House
Hummingbird Pediatric Therapies’ Children’s Academy Open House
Wednesday, July 13, 2022 | 6:30pm – 8:00pm
750 Pasquinelli Drive #204
Westmont, IL 60559
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Join us Wednesday, July 13th from 6:30pm-8:00 PM for Hummingbird Pediatric Therapies’ Children’s Academy Open House. We are a one-of-a-kind therapeutic enrichment program in Westmont. Parents can learn about the academy, tour our facility and meet our amazing team of therapists. Our Academy serves as a preschool for littles or complements school schedules for older kids.
Attendees will also have a chance to win fun family giveaways, including mini golf or aquatic park passes.
About our Academy:
- Play-based curriculum
- Run by pediatric specialists and therapists
- Ages 2-7 years old
- 9-month school year academy
- Complements school schedule for older children
- Small class sizes
- Builds social emotional development, problem solving & more
Sign up for our Academy Open House here!
Saturday
Kick off your 4th of July fun at the Naperville Salute, with both a Family Fun Area and Family Fun Tent running all weekend long. Outdoor adventures include a visit to Kline Creek Farm for Picnicking for the Glorious Fourth, or Storytime in the Garden at Serenity Park in Berwyn.
Yoga on the Green (Burr Ridge)
July 2, 2022 | 8:30am – 9:30am
Home Depot Workshop (check your local store)
July 2, 2022 | 9:00am – 12:00pm
Naperville Salute
July 2, 2022 | 10:00am – 10:00pm
Wheaton Makers Market (Wheaton Nurseries)
July 2, 2022 | 10:00am – 2:00pm
Carol Stream 4th of July Parade
July 2, 2022 | 10:00am – 11:00am
Star Spangled Storytime (Glen Ellyn Public Library)
July 2, 2022 | 10:30am – 11:00am
Storytime in the Garden (Serenity Park, Berwyn Public Library)
July 2, 2022 | 10:30am – 11:30am
Picnicking for the Glorious Fourth (Kline Creek Farm, West Chicago)
July 2, 2022 | 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Twilight Tunes (Brookfield Zoo)
July 2, 2022 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Cruise Nights and Summer Concert Series (Lombard)
July 2, 2022 | 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Independence Day Fireworks (Navy Pier, Chicago)
July 2, 2022 | 10:00pm – 10:30pm
Sunday
Soak in the sweet sounds of summer at Oak Park’s Summer Concerts in the Park or Cantigny Park’s Outdoor Concert in Wheaton, or get in the spirit with many fireworks displays happening Sunday night.
Naperville Salute
July 3, 2022 | 10:00am – 10:00pm
Bartlett Lions’ 4th of July Parade
July 3, 2022 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Sunday Makebreak (Michael’s Craft Stores)
July 3, 2022 | 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Outdoor Concert (Cantigny Park, Wheaton)
July 3, 2022 | 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Taste of Oak Brook
July 3, 2022 | 3:00pm – 9:00pm
Independence Day Extravaganza (Lemont)
July 3, 2022 | 4:00pm – 10:00pm
Willowbrook Happy Hour (Willowbrook Wildlife Center, Glen Ellyn)
July 3, 2022 | 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Warrenville 4th of July Festivities
July 3, 2022 | 5:00pm – 11:00pm
Independence Day Celebration (Wheaton)
July 3, 2022 | 5:30pm – 9:30pm
Independence Day Fireworks (Burr Ridge)
July 3, 2022 | 5:30pm – 10:00pm
Summer Concerts in the Park (Oak Park)
July 3, 2022 | 6:00pm – 7:30pm
July 4th Fireworks Display (Naperville)
July 3, 2022 | 9:15pm – 10:00pm
4th of July Fireworks (Lisle)
July 3, 2022 | 9:30pm – 10:00pm
Romeoville’s Fourth of July Fireworks
July 3, 2022 | 9:30pm
Monday
Stretch your legs at Glen Ellyn’s Freedom Four 4Mile Run, Riverside’s Friends of the Fourth 5K, or the Firecracker 5k in Warrenville. We hope the rest of your day is filled with parades, good food, quality time with loved ones, and of course, fireworks!
July 4th Celebration and Fireworks (St. Charles)
July 4, 2022 | all day, with fireworks at dark
Freedom Four 4Mile Run (Glen Ellyn)
July 4, 2022 | 7:30am
Friends of the Fourth 5K (Riverside)
July 4, 2022 | 7:30am – 9:00am
Firecracker 5k (Warrenville)
July 4, 2022 | 8:00am – 10:00am
4th of July Parade and Festival in the Park (Riverside)
July 4, 2022 | 8:45am – 10:00am
Fourth of July Parade, Concert, and Fireworks (Elgin)
July 4, 2022 | 9:00am – 9:30pm
Independence Day Celebration (Yorkville)
July 4, 2022 | 9:00am – 10:00pm
4th of July Parade (Darien)
July 4, 2022 | 9:30am – 10:30am
Fourth of July Festivities (Hinsdale)
July 4, 2022 | 10:00am – 4:00pm
4th of July Parade (Lisle)
July 4, 2022 | 10:00am – 11:00am
Independence Day Parade (Wheaton)
July 4, 2022 | 10:00am – 12:00pm
Independence Day Parade (Villa Park)
July 4, 2022 | 10:00am – 12:00pm
Aurora 4th of July Parade
July 4, 2022 | 10:00am
4th of July Parade (South Elgin)
July 4, 2022 | 10:00am – 11:00am
LibertyFest (Bensenville)
July 4, 2022 | 10:00am – 10:00pm
Naperville Salute
July 4, 2022 | 10:00am – 10:00pm
July 4th Parade (Oak Park)
July 4, 2022 | 10:00am – 12:00pm
4th of July Parade (Westchester)
July 4, 2022 | 10:00am – 11:00am
Story Time at Kline Creek Farm (West Chicago)
July 4, 2022 | 10:00am – 12:00pm
4th of July Parade & Party in the Park (Brookfield)
July 4, 2022 | 10:00am – 10:00pm
North Riverside 4th of July Parade
July 4, 2022 | 10:00am – 11:00am
4th of July at the Pool (Clarendon Hills)
July 4, 2022 | 11:30am – 5:00pm
Chicago History Museum Illinois Resident Free Day (Chicago)
July 4, 2022 | 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Glen Ellyns 4th of July Parade and Fireworks
July 4, 2022 | 12:00pm – 9:00pm
Warrenville 4th of July Festivities
July 4, 2022 | 12:00pm – 9:30pm
4th of July Celebration (Glendale Heights)
July 4, 2022 | 12:00pm – 6:00pm
Independence Day Parade (Downers Grove)
July 4, 2022 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm
4th of July Festivities and Fireworks (Bolingbrook)
July 4, 2022 | 3:00pm – 10:00pm
Picnic, Concert and Fireworks (Oakbrook Terrace)
July 4, 2022 | 3:00pm – 10:00pm
Independence Day Celebration (Westmont)
July 4, 2022 | kicks off at 4:00pm
Cruise Nights at the Sonic Drive-In (Villa Park)
July 4, 2022 | 4:00pm – 8:00pm
Monday Miles (Oswego)
July 4, 2022 | 6:00pm – 7:30pm
North Riverside July 4th Celebration
July 4, 2022 | 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Aurora 4th of July Fireworks
July 4, 2022 | 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Fourth of July Fireworks ( Lombard)
July 4, 2022, 8:30pm – 9:30pm
July 4th Fireworks (Downers Grove)
July 4, 2022 | 9:30pm
Independence Day Fireworks (Oswego)
July 4, 2022 | 9:30pm
Want to look ahead to next week?
Check out all the family-friendly events happening in your neighborhood and beyond on our events calendar!
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