🎆 Your 4th of July Guide for the Peninsula!

Hey neighbors,

Welcome to this week’s San Mateo Scoop! We’ve got your July 4th event guide for the holiday weekend!

Let’s get into it 👇

🇺🇸 Fourth of July Celebration | Foster City | Leo J. Ryan Park | 7/4 | more
Spend the holiday enjoying live entertainment, family games, food trucks, community festivities, and the beloved family and dog parades at this all-day Fourth of July celebration. Event vendors start at 9am and entertainment and activities continue through 4pm. Please note - there is not a firework show this year.

🎉 Family and Dog Parade | Foster City | The VIBE Teen Center / Shell Boulevard | 7/4 | more
Dress in your best red, white, and blue, decorate your bikes, wagons, and pups, and join this festive community parade before the Fourth of July celebration begins. Check-in if participating in the parade is 10-1045 before starting promptly at 11:05. The parade will end at the amphitheater at Leo Ryan Park for the rest of the 4th of July festivities.

🇺🇸 4th of July in the Park | San Mateo | Central Park | 7/4 | more
Enjoy a festive Fourth of July celebration featuring live music, family activities, delicious food, and a fun-filled afternoon in Central Park. Activities will start at 11am with the concert from 12-2.

🎆 Fourth of July Celebration & Fireworks | Downtown Redwood City, Fireworks @ the Port of Redwood City | 7/4 | more
Enjoy a day packed with festivities, including the Pancake Breakfast, Chalk Full of Fun Chalk Festival, the Fourth of July Parade, the Downtown Festival, live music and food trucks at the Port, and the exciting return of the fireworks show to cap off the celebration.

🎺 4th of July Parade | Redwood City | Downtown | 7/4 | more
Line the streets of downtown Redwood City to cheer on colorful floats, marching bands, community groups, and performers during one of the Peninsula's longest-running and the largest Independence Day parade in Northern California .

🌶️ Chili Cook-Off and Summer Festival | Palo Alto | Mitchell Park | 7/4 | more
Sample award-worthy chili, enjoy live music, games, and family-friendly activities, and celebrate the Fourth of July at this popular community festival.

🎪 Fourth of July Celebration and Circus | Menlo Park | Burgess Park | 7/4 | more
Celebrate the holiday with a parade starting at 11am, live circus performances starting at 12pm, and other entertainment, games, food, and family activities throughout Burgess Park.

🎆 Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular with the San Francisco Symphony | Mountain View | Shoreline Ampitheatre | 7/4 | more
Cap off the holiday with the San Francisco Symphony performing "Summer of 1969: The Soundtrack of a Generation," followed by a grand fireworks finale after dark. Ampitheatre seating is ticketed (discounted for Mountain View residents), but you should be able to see the fireworks for free from many spots around adjacent Shoreline Park.

🇺🇸 Fourth of July Parade | Los Altos Hills | Town Hall | 7/4 | more
Dress in your red, white, and blue and join this festive neighborhood parade, ending with watermelon, refreshments, and a chance to meet horses from the Los Altos Hills Horsemen's Association that will be a part of the parade!

🎇 Independence Day Celebration | Los Altos | Shoup Park | 7/4 | more
Celebrate the Fourth with live music, family-friendly entertainment, games, and plenty of patriotic fun at Shoup Park.

🎪 74th Annual Woodside Junior Rodeo | Woodside | Mounted Patrol of San Mateo County | 7/4 | more
Visit the Annual Woodside Junior Rodeo with steer wrestling, barrel racing, pole-bending, pony rides, a petting zoo, and a barbecue at the Mounted Patrol grounds (521 Kings Mountain Road).

🎆 An Old-Fashioned Fourth | Redwood City | San Mateo County History Museum | 7/4 | more
After the downtown parade, step inside the 1910 courthouse for 1880s-style craft workshops, pinwheel and paper-parachute making for kids, and a 1 p.m. screening of "A Beautiful Place to Live," featuring Peninsula footage from the 1930s. 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

🍷 The Fourth Starts at Noon at Auto Vino | San Carlos | Auto Vino Wine Garden | 7/4 | more
A laid-back, grown-up way to start the holiday: live music in the vine-covered Wine Garden (380 Industrial Rd.), a special menu from the oak-fired oven, Woodside Vineyards wines by the glass, and coloring pages for the kids. Dog- and family-friendly, 12–4 p.m., $50 per person before you head to evening fireworks.

🎵 Belmont Summer Concert Series: Highwater Blues | Belmont | Twin Pines Park | 7/6 | more
Bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy an afternoon of rhythm and blues from Highwater Blues, with light concessions available in the beautiful park setting.

🌳 Planting Trees for the Future | Burlingame | Washington Park | 7/6 | more
Help grow Burlingame's urban forest by taking part in a community tree-planting event celebrating sustainability and investing in a greener future.