By Kyle Coppola
Where to See Fireworks in Lake & Sumter County This Year
Fireworks, parades, and patriotic festivities are lighting up Lake and Sumter counties as communities across the region gear up to celebrate Independence Day with a full lineup of events for the Fourth of July. Here’s the lineup:
🇺🇸 Lady Lake – “The Big Bang”
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Date: Saturday, June 28th
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Time: Festivities start at 6 p.m.; Fireworks at 9:15 p.m.
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Location: Guava Street Athletic Complex
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Details:
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Live music by The Audio Exchange Band
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Watermelon eating contests (kids & adults)
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Arts & crafts table
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Food trucks and vendors
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Mechanical bull ride (free, sponsored by Millers & Sons Plumbing)
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Kid Zone with bounce houses, slides, and foam party (sponsored by the Orange Blossom Gardens Lions Club)
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Free admission
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🎆 Mount Dora – “Freedom on the Waterfront”
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Date: Thursday, July 3rd
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Time: 5 to 10 p.m.; Fireworks after dark
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Location: Mount Dora Waterfront
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Details: Live entertainment and fireworks celebration by the lake
🎇 Wildwood – “Happy Birthday America 2025”
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Date: Thursday, July 3rd
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Time: 6 to 10 p.m.; Fireworks at 9 p.m.
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Location: Wildwood Community Center, 6500 Powell Road
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Details:
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Live music
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Food vendors
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Kids’ zone
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Giveaways
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Cash bar
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Professional fireworks show
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Free admission
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⭐ Leesburg – “Star Spangled Spectacular 2025”
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Date: Friday, July 4th
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Time: Starts at 4 p.m.; Fireworks at 9 p.m.
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Location: Ski Beach Park, 201 Dixie Ave
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Details:
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Live music by Groove Slayers
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Food trucks & merchandise vendors
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Family activities
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Fireworks over Lake Harris
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Free and open to the public
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🎉 Clermont – “Red, White & Boom”
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Date: Friday, July 4th
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Time: 5 to 9:30 p.m.; Fireworks around 9:30pm
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Location: Waterfront Park, 330 3rd Street
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Details:
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Live music
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Food trucks
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Bounce houses
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Family activities
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Fireworks over Lake Minneola
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Free admission
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🎈 Tavares – 4th of July Celebration
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Date: Friday, July 4th
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Time: Parade at 5 p.m.; Events follow into the evening fireworks after sundown
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Location: Downtown Tavares
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Details:
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Parade
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Live entertainment
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Food, games, and activities for all ages
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Family-friendly celebration of Independence Day
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Groveland – 4th of July Celebration at Lake David
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Date: Friday, July 4th
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Time: 4:00pm – 9:30pm Fireworks Show is at 9:15pm
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Location: 156 S Lake Ave, Groveland, FL, United States, Florida 34736
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Details:
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Car Show – 4:00pm – 8:00pm
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Firecracker Pageant (1:00pm – 4:00pm)
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Food Trucks
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Kid Zone
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Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
