July 4th festivities in Hampton Roads

Join the celebration of our nation's 236th birthday with parties and pyrotechnics.All phone numbers are the 757 area code unless otherwise noted.

30th Annual AT&T Fourth of July Great American Picnic & Fireworks. Patriotic tunes by the U. S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Band, fireworks (9:30 p.m.) food and more, 5-10 p.m. at Town Point Park, Waterside Drive, Norfolk. 441-2345. www.festevents.org.

July 4th Celebration. Music, children's activities, food, fireworks (9:30 p.m.) and more. 4-10 p.m. Mount Trashmore Park, 310 Edwin Drive, Virginia Beach. 385-2990. www.vbgov.com/specialevents.

Stars & Stripes Spectacular. Music, fireworks (9 p.m.), food, children's activities and more. 6- 9:30 p.m. Constant's Wharf Park and Marina, 110 E. Constance Road, Suffolk. 514-7250.www.suffolkva.us/parks/events/.

Stars & Stripes Explosion. Fireworks (launched from a barge off 20th Street at 9:30 p.m.), music and more at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. Details: 491-7866. www.beachstreetusa.com.

Independence Day Celebration. "Salute to the States" featuring Colonial Williamsburg's Fifes and Drums with musket and cannon salutes (10 a.m.), "Reading of the Declaration of Independence" (noon), fireworks (9:30 p.m.) and more. Colonial Williamsburg. 800-447-8679.www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/summer.

Cradock's 94th annual Patriotic Salute & Children's Bike Parade. Children's bike parade at 9:30 a.m. Afton Parkway and George Washington Highway, Portsmouth. 485-9471.www.historiccradock.org.

4th of July Stars in the Sky. Fireworks (9:30 p.m.), music and more. 7-10 p.m. Victory Landing Park, 23rd Street at the James River, Newport News. 926-1400.

July Fourth Celebration. Opening ceremonies at 11 a.m., bicycle and float parade (11:30 a.m.), fireworks (9 p.m.) Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 1589 Steeple Drive, Suffolk. 238-2359.

4th of July Celebration. Parade, music and more. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lakeside Park, 1441 Bainbridge Blvd., Chesapeake. 543-0828.

Liberty Celebration. Featuring re-enactors, artillery demonstrations and more. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Yorktown Victory Center, 200 Water St. 253-4838.

Patriotic Pyrotechnics. 9:30 p.m. Busch Gardens, Williamsburg. 800-343-7946.

Independence Day Fireworks Spectacular. 9:25 p.m. milepost 11.5 on N.C. 12, S. Virginia Dare Trail, Nags Head. 252-441-7132.

Sources: hamptonroads.com