2025 FreedomFest
Let Freedom Ring!
Celebrate Independence Day in Murray, Kentucky, July 4, with Freedom Fest! Family fun and patriotic spirit awaits you during this jam-packed weekend of events. The FNB Bank Freedom Fest Parade marches down Main Street at 9:30 am, on Friday, July 4, as locals and visitors line the streets. Freedom Fest goes out with a bang during everyone's favorite event, The Murray Bank Fireworks Extravaganza at 9:00 pm.
Friday, July 4
7:00am - 9:30am: Gary Taylor Memorial Breakfast | First Methodist Church
Boy Scout Troop 45 will be hosting the annual fundraiser breakfast before the parade! Tickets will be $10 at the door ($5/kid, 12 & under); To-go options will be available.
8:45am - The Main Street Mile by Growing Wild | Downtown Parade Route
Registration & packet pick up begins 7:30 am @ US Bank, running down the parade route toward the downtown square. If you don’t feel like running
down the stretch, grab your chairs and set up early to cheer on the runners! Registration is $25 and if you sign up by June 20, registration will include a
shirt!
$100 prize for fastest female & fastest male!
SIGN UP:
9:30am: FNB Freedom Fest Parade | The parade route begins at 10th St. & Memorial Baptist Church, and rolls down Main Street, ending at Cherry St.
See the bottom of the page for registration form. Registration closes Thursday, June 26. Join the community in celebrating the red white and blue with annual parade. Filled with patriotic sprit, local favorites and candy the FNB Freedom Fest Parade is a must-see
11:00am: Reading of the Declaration of Independence by the American Legion, VFW & Calloway County Tea Party | Downtown Courthouse Lawn
7:00pm: MSU Town & Gown Community Band and Chorus | Inside Lovett Auditorium
Listen to the beautiful patriotic sounds of the Town & Gown Community Band, inside Lovett Auditorium. This event is free to attend,
air conditioning included.
9:00pm: The Murray Bank Fireworks Extravaganza
The fireworks can be viewed anywhere along HWY 641 North near Kroger, Walmart or Lowes.
Saturday, July 5
7:00am - Noon: Downtown Farmers Market | at Downtown Court Square
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Freedom Fest Parade Registration
Deadline to enter is June 26th. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Parade line up email and information will be sent out on Friday, June 27. If you have not received an email by Monday, June 30, please call our office at 270-759-2199.