This weekend, the community will have multiple local options to celebrate America 250.

Sunday, Farmersville is hosting a day-long festival in the Village that starts at 9 am, includes a community worship at 10, and ends with fireworks.

The City of Germantown is holding its annual July 4th parade on Saturday with special grand marshals, and partnering with a local church for a Sunday evening gathering at Kercher Park ending with fireworks.

Stars, Stripes and Small Town Pride

Farmersville’s festival on Sunday, July 5, will include a market with 100 booths, food trucks, community booths and a beer truck.

The festival will feature entertainment on the main stage all day, culminating with a concert by the band Britches Down, a Dayton area country band.

The event will end as night falls with the Big Boom for Bryston Fireworks, in memory of Bryston Keating. Keating, who died at age 8 on July 4, 2019, is memorialized with the “Be Bold. Be Brave. Be Kind” shirts many in the community wear.

The Village of Farmersville shared this about Bryston: “As we celebrate our Nation’s 250th anniversary, we pause to remember Bryston—not for how he left us, but for how he lived. His smile, his energy, his love for life, and the impact he continues to have on our community reminds us that even the shortest lives can leave the biggest footprints.”

The fireworks will be set off at the Village water station on Farmersville Road. Part of Elm Street leaving town will be closed for the community to view the fireworks.

The Farmersville festival is supported by several sponsors and community volunteers.

“If the weather is not cooperative on July 5th, the festival will be postponed by one week,” said Village Council member Crystal Lohn in a statement. “We are all hoping for beautiful weather, but as we all know, Ohio weather can be unpredictable, and we felt it was important to have a backup plan in place.”

Germantown Parade and Fireworks

The City of Germantown has recently announced that it will also hold an Independence Day event on July 5. In partnership with the Abundant Life Tabernacle Church, the City will hold a celebration at Kercher Park 6-10 pm. The event is promoted as an evening of family fun, food, music and community celebration.

The Kercher Park event will include bounce houses, face painting, food trucks and live music. The celebration will conclude with fireworks.

Germantown’s annual July 4th parade will begin Saturday at 10 am. See the parade route below.

The Historical Society of Germantown will serve as parade marshals. Members are preparing to honor our nation’s founders by portraying a tableau of the Second Continental Congress, which authorized the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

Glen Bowman will portray Ben Franklin, Mark Heistand will be John Adams and Tim Hewitt will be Thomas Jefferson. Julie Smith will portray Betsy Ross, widely credited with sewing the nation’s first flag.

Photographer Bob Woods, who is retiring as Valley View’s official sports and event photographer, will also serve as a parade marshal.

The City is encouraging creative ideas for parade floats and groups by creating a new awards program. The new awards include a Mayor’s Choice Award and a Crowd Favorite Award that will be voted online. The Red, White and WOW award will recognize the parade entry with the most energy and audience appeal. The Best Youth Entry Award will recognize the top young community participants.

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