Downtown Is Site for July 4 Festival

Food, fun and fireworks are on the schedule for the annual Fourth of July celebration in downtown Lexington.

On Tuesday, July 3, the Great American Pie Contest and Ice Cream Social return to Cheapside Park at noon. At 8 p.m., the Lexington Philharmonic will perform a patriotic concert on the Morrison Lawn at Transylvania University.

The Bluegrass 10K Race will launch festivities on Wednesday, July 4. The race begins at 7 a.m. in downtown Lexington. A downtown street festival with vendors, entertainment and family-friendly fun will run 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

The Fourth of July parade begins at 2 p.m. and proceeds down Main Street from Midland Avenue to Mill Street.

Festivities conclude with a fireworks show around 10 p.m. Fireworks will be launched from the Fifth Third Bank building downtown. Info: www.downtownlex.com.