The City of Palm Bay’s Annual Independence Day Celebration will return to the Palm Bay Campus of Eastern Florida State College, 250 Community College Pkwy SE, this year. The celebration will be held on Friday, July 5 from 5 to 9 p.m. with fireworks capping off the evening around 9:15 p.m. In addition to the fireworks, the event will feature more than 20 food trucks, vendors, live music, and a kids’ zone with free inflatables, games, and face painting.

Blue Stone Circle, who last played the event in 2022, will be our band again this year. Their repertoire is a mix of pop, rock, blues/funk, modern and hard rock, beach music, and all the old standards!

There is plenty of free general parking for this event!  Please use the main entrance on Community College Pkwy behind Lowe's and park in Eastern Florida State College's parking lots. All vendors, VIP parking pass holders and staff working the event will use the Jupiter Blvd entrance and park in designated areas.  Beginning around 4pm on Friday, July 5 the areas of Malabar Rd, Jupiter Blvd SE and San Filippo Dr SE near Eastern Florida State College are expected to be congested. Please plan your travels accordingly and use alternate routes when necessary.

All VIP parking spaces for this event have SOLD OUT.  There are no more VIP spaces available.  VIP passes will not be sold the day of the event. 

Event sponsors include the Space Coast Office of Tourism, Bowman Consulting Group, Ralph Carpenter Roofing, Mi-Box Moving & Storage, Camping World, One Insurance group, and Cumulus Media of Melbourne. 

For more information visit www.pbfl.org/independenceday.

No pets, fireworks, sparklers, drones, or alcohol please!

This event is supported by the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners and the Space Coast Office of Tourism.