Dundalk's Fourth of July (for sale, 2009, suburban)

[barante]

Fourth of July is celebrated with oomph for several days in Dundalk. Here is the entertainment schedule:
Dundalk Heritage Fair - Entertainment

[Kranzi62]

I am not a Dundalk resident, but I spend a considerable portion of July 4th weekend at the Heritage Fair -- July 3, 4 & 5. This year, The principal headliner is Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees. His concert is scheduled for Sunday, July 5th at 8:00 p.m. on the Fair's main stage.

Also, 2009 marks the 75th anniversary of the Independence Day Parade which takes place on July 4th at 8:15 a.m. I hear that this year's event is expected to be one of the best ever and should run a good three hours in duration. The parade travels through the historic heart of the community, and the route is more than two miles long.

Dundalk's fireworks display is also quite outstanding, and the parking is free!

All told, Dundalk's events would constitute one of the largest suburban-based July 4th celebrations in the country.

[David Robert Crews]

The Dundalk Heritage Fair is a great family oriented event. I go every year.

There are the usual local fair happenings like a variety of good foods, crafts tents with lots of nice items for sale, and fun on carnival rides; but where this event outshines the average local fair is the quality of the music headliners. There is always at least one music act at the Heritage Fair who has a long history of producing gold records, writing great songs, etc..

This year the fair headliner is Mickey Dolenz, formerly the singing drummer of The Monkees. Mickey is best known for being the singing drummer for The Monkees, but he has also directed shows for the stage and television, as well as producing several of the shows he directed. He has provided voice-overs for a number of Saturday-morning cartoon series. He has also worked as the morning disc jockey at oldies radio station WCBS-FM in New York. He's done much more in the entertainment world, but the important thing here is that the Dundalk Heritage Fair is going to be entertained by a heck 'uv a great guy on Sunday July 5.

The fair does not open until Dundalk's 75th Anniversary 4th of July Parade ends on Saturday morning July 4th, and the fair is easy walking distance from most of the parade route.

Dundalk's 4th of July fireworks are only partly visible from a small section of the fair, so you have to leave the fair and head on down Merritt Boulevard to see Dundalk's very popular 4th of July fireworks in their glorious entirety. If you don't know exactly where the fireworks are shot off, you'll find out by driving down Merritt Boulevard till you see the gathering, lawn chair toting, crowds of folks getting ready to watch the fireworks.

If you want to see great photographs of and true words about Dundalk, Maryland, including some Dundalk Heritage Fair, 4th of July Parade, and fireworks photos, web search for "Blue Skies Over Dundalk Maryland"; or go straight to davidrcrews2.blogspot.com.