Salt Lake City

Friday: The Sugar House Arts Festival, on Highland Drive between Wilmington Avenue and 2100 South, starts at 10 a.m. with art booths, live concerts, food and more. Next, the Salt Lake Symphonic Winds perform Broadway and patriotic tunes, marches and folk music at 7:45 p.m. in Sugar House Park, 2100 S. 1300 East, followed by fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Free. For information, visit www.slsw.org or www.sugarhouselife.com.

Friday: Jordan Park, 1000 S. 900 West, offers various activities from 3-10 p.m., including a pie eating contest, food, carnival games, and performances by U.I.C. Choir, Rising Roots, One Voice, Musica Potencia, Radio Disney Dancers, and Roots Rawka/Ailene's Touch of Polynesia. Fireworks at dusk. Free. For information, visit www.slcityevents.com.

Friday and Saturday: This Is The Place Heritage Park, 2601 E. Sunnyside Ave., hosts "Liberty Days" from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Activities include pony and mini-train rides, a kids' rodeo, pie-eating contests and Candy Cannon. On Saturday, there is a performance of "Utah Welcome Home" at 7 p.m.; tickets for the play are available by calling 801-582-1847. Admission is $8, $6 for children. For more information, call 801-582-1847.

Murray

Friday: "Murray Fun Days," Murray Park, 5201 S. Murray Park Lane. The fun begins at 8:30 a.m. with a parade beginning at Fashion Place Mall, 6191 S. State St., and ending at the park. Activities such as food booths, rides, face painting, baseball games, and hot air balloon rides take place throughout the day. Fireworks at 10 p.m.

Magna

Thursday-Sunday: Magna's events will be at Copper Park, 8965 W. 2600 South, unless noted. A carnival is Thursday, opening at 11:30 a.m. On Friday, there is a 5K Fun Run/Walk ($20) at 7 a.m., starting at 4100 S. 8400 West, with a pancake breakfast ($5 for adults or $3 for children) from 7-11:30 a.m. hosted by the Lion's Club after the run; the parade is at 12:30 p.m. starting at 8560 W. 3100 South, and traveling north to Magna's Main Street; fireworks are at 10 p.m. On Saturday and Sunday, the carnival fun continues at 4 p.m. For information, visit www.magnautah.org.

Holladay

Friday: Holladay hosts festivities at the park behind its city hall, 4580 S. 2300 East. From 6:30-8:30 p.m., the band Crash Pontiacs will play hits from the 50s & 60s; The Salt Lake Symphony will play from 8-9 p.m.; fireworks begin at 10:10 p.m. For more information, visit www.cityofholladay.com or call 801-272-9450.

Sandy

Friday: Sandy City celebrates at the South Towne Promenade, 10000 S. 175 West. Festivities include a flag-raising ceremony with Radio Disney Dancers; a performance by the Air National Guard Band of the West Coast at noon; and a parade at 6 p.m., followed by a performance by Charlie Jenkins. Fireworks begin at 10 p.m. For information, call 801-352-4465 or visit www.sandy.utah.gov.

South Salt Lake

Thursday: "Freedom Fest" starts at 6 p.m. at Granite High School, 3300 S. 500 East. Activities include music, carnival games, a bouncy house, food and more. Fireworks are at 10:10 p.m. Free. For more information, call 801-412-3218.

West Jordan

Thursday-Saturday: The three-day Western Stampede Rodeo and Celebration takes place at the Veterans Memorial Park, 1985 W. 7800 South, with a rodeo at West Jordan Arena, 2200 W. 8035 South. Expect food, games, music, rodeo rides and movie screenings at the park, with all the big rodeo action inside the arena. Friday, the Independence Day parade starts at 10:30 a.m., traveling down Redwood Road from 7000 South to City Hall, 8000 S. Redwood Road. Fireworks will be at about 10:20 p.m. each night. Park events are free; rodeo tickets are $10-$15, $8 for kids, available online at www.westernstampede.com. For more information, call 801-569-5100.

Davis County

Layton

Layton Liberty Days starts with breakfast from 6:30-10:30 a.m. at the North Bowery at Layton Commons Park, 437 N. Wasatch Drive. Cost is $5.50, $3.50 for kids, free for children younger than 3 or $22 per family (up to five). Other activities will take place throughout the day, including a run/walk, a parade at 10:30 a.m., a children1s carnival and fireworks at 10 p.m. For information, visit 801-336-3900.

Utah County

Provo

Thursday-Saturday: America's Freedom Festival and Colonial Days takes place at Center Street and University Avenue on the Utah County Government complex and at Tabernacle Park, Provo. The Red, White and Blue Bar-B-Q-Blaze, a competitive cook-off with entrants from around the country, takes place on Thursday and Friday. The Grande Parade is also Friday, beginning at 9 a.m. on University Avenue. The Stadium of Fire, featuring Miley Cyrus and the Blue Man Group, is at 8 p.m. at LaVell Edwards Stadium, 1700 N. Canyon Road. Saturday's activities include a car show, arts and craft booths, food, music, face painting and more. Tickets for Stadium of Fire are $35-$120 by calling 801-422-BYU1. For more information, visit www.freedomfestival.org or call 801-818-1776.

Summit county

Park City

Friday: The Independence Day celebration kicks off from 7-10 a.m. with breakfast in City Park, followed by music, children's games, food and drinks available from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cole Sport's 3-mile run is at 8 a.m. For details, call 435-649-6100 or go to www.parkcityinfo.com.

Friday and Saturday: David Cho leads the Utah Symphony in its annual Patriotic Celebration at 7:30 p.m. at the Snow Park Amphitheater at Deer Valley Resort. On the program is "Strike Up the Band" by Gershwin, "American Fantasie" by Herbert, "LibertyFanfare" by Williams and more. Tickets are $25, $12 for kids, $50 for reserved seating available by calling ArtTix at 801-355-ARTS or online at www.arttix.org. The orchestra will give an encore performance Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Sundance Resort in Provo Canyon. Tickets are $25 at ArtTix. For more information, visit www.utahsymphonyandopera.com.

Weber County

North Ogden

Friday: Cherry Days activities incude a car show, food and games, a dutch oven cook-off, concerts, volleyball tournament and more at North Ogden Park, 2685 N. 550 East. Fireworks are at 10 p.m. at Weber High School, 430 W. 3100 North. For more information, call 801-737-0587.

Around Utah

Eagle Mountain City

Friday: A daylong celebration begins at 10 a.m. at the LDS stake center across from City Hall, 1330 E. Ira Hodges Scenic Parkway. There will be a patriotic program with flag ceremony, special music, reading of the Declaration of Independence, colonial games, children's crafts, face painting, hair streaking and lemonade.