Cape Ann Celebrates Independence Day with Free Concerts, Fireworks, Parades, Bonfires, and more

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July 3 (Gloucester)
5 p.m. - Free Concert on Stacy Boulevard (Stage adjacent to the Blynman Canal and Drawbridge)
6 p.m. - Gloucester Horribles Parade begins
7 p.m. (approximately, after the Parade passes) - Concert resumes
9:30 pm - Grand Fireworks Display over Gloucester Harbor      
July 4 (Manchester-by-the-Sea and Rockport)
10 am - Manchester-by-the-Sea Independence Day Parade
6 pm - Rockport Firemen’s Parade
8 pm - Rockport Legion Band Concert - Back Beach
9 pm - Rockport Bonfire - Back Beach
Gloucester Horribles Parade Route:
Start at Gloucester High School
Leslie O. Johnson Road
Centennial Avenue
Stacy Boulevard (Western Avenue)
Rogers Street
Manuel F. Lewis Street
Main Street
Pleasant Street
Prospect Street
Railroad Avenue
Washington Street
Centennial Avenue
Emerson Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
Blynman Avenue
End at Gloucester High School
Manchester 4th of July Parade Route:
Starts at Manchester/Essex High School
Lincoln Street
Vine Street
School Street
Pleasant Street
Pine Street
Central Street
Union Street
Norwood Avenue
Ends at Coach Field Playground
Rockport Firemen's Parade Route
Start at Rockport High School
Jerden's Lane
South Street
Mt. Pleasant Street
Dock Square
Main Street
Beach Street
End at Back Beach