Overview

• More than 50 events across the South Bay, East Bay, Peninsula and San Francisco will run from July 4 to 6 with fireworks and drone shows alongside traditional parades
• South Bay highlights include San Jose’s Rose, White & Blue Parade with car cruises and Lucha Libre matches plus Mountain View’s Shoreline Lake boat-view fireworks packages with BBQ dinners
• Peninsula communities will host Half Moon Bay’s 54th Ol’ Fashioned parade, Redwood City’s “Celebrate California” festival and Foster City’s Leo Ryan Park gathering without a fireworks display
• East Bay cities such as Pleasant Hill, Danville, Concord and Martinez have lined up fun runs, downtown parades, waterfront fireworks parties and evening concerts
• San Francisco offerings range from the Golden Gate Park Band’s patriotic concert and El Rio’s charity dance party to the SF Mime Troupe’s free musical farce and the admission-free Fillmore Jazz Festival