Parades, Fireworks & Festivals by Day

June 22 –

·         St. Mary’s Fun Festival fireworks as part of St. Mary’s Family Fun Festival June 22-24

June 23 –

·         Kettle Moraine Fireworks as part of Kettle Moraine Days June 22-24

·         Lake Mills Parade

June 29 –

·         Hartland Hometown Celebration fireworks

June 30 –

·         Hartland Hometown Celebration

·         Oconomowoc Parade at 5pm

·         Oconomowoc Fireworks

·         Delafield Fireworks

July 1 –

·         Hartland Hometown Parade at 1:30pm

·         East Troy Parade and Fireworks

July 2 –

·         New Berlin Family Festival

July 3 –  

·         New Berlin Family Festival

·         Stone Bank 4th of July Festival

·         Menomonee Falls Parade at 7:00 pm

·         Menomonee Falls Fireworks

·         Watertown Celebration and Fireworks

·         Lac La Belle Fireworks

·         Watertown Fireworks

·         Muskego Celebration and Fireworks

·         Milwaukee Downtown Fireworks

July 4 –

·         Town of Brookfield Picnic and Parade at 9am

·         Wauwatosa Parade at 9am

·         Sussex Kiddie Parade at 9:15am

·         New Berlin Kiddie Parade at 9:30am

·         Pewaukee Bicycle and Doll Buggy Decorating contest at 10:00 am

·         Delafield Parade at 10am

·         Brookfield Parade at 10am and Ice Cream Social

·         Watertown Parade at 10am and Celebration to follow

·         Waukesha Parade at 10am

·         Elm Grove Family Fun Fest 

·         Stone Bank Parade at 11am

·         New Berlin Parade at 1pm

·         Butler Parade at 2pm

·         Pewaukee Parade at 3pm

·         Hales Corners Parade at 4pm

·         Brookfield Family Fest and Fireworks

·         New Berlin Fireworks

·         Pewaukee Lake Fireworks

·         Waukesha Fireworks

·         Sussex Fireworks

·         Okauchee Lake Fireworks

·         Butler Fireworks

·         New Berlin Fireworks

·         Elm Grove Fireworks

·         Wauwatosa Fireworks

·         Hales Corners Fireworks

July 13 –

·         Big Bend Fireworks as part of the “Rumble by the River” July 13-14

Here are Lake Country Family Fun’s summer parade survival tips!

• Bring water, lots and lots, of water.
• Get there early, if you can’t buddy up with another family that you love and whomever gets there first saves enough space for the whole group.
• Strategically seat your family near a rest room if at all possible.
• Strategically seat your family near a place they can run and kill time prior to the parade starting, many parades go by parks (that is usually where you will find us) {Pro tip from Lake Country Family Fun founder, Melissa Peterson}.
• Bring freeze pops or frozen yogurt tubes.  The last thing you want is your 3 year old over heating and ending up in a walk-in freezer at a convenience store.  {Pro tip from Lake Country Family Fun founder, Melissa Peterson}
• Bring a small pair of scissors for said freeze pops.  It will save time, frustration and your teeth.  
• Bring wet wash cloths in a ziplock bag to cool down your little people or to clean off your sweaty face and sticky hands. Throw them in the freezer or fridge  and grab them just before you leave.  
• Bring some band-aids, inevitably someone will fall and skin their knee.
• Bring a blanket to place on the sidewalk or curb, once the parade begins your little people will be chasing candy and not relaxing in their chairs.  It helps give them parameters of what their ‘area’ is and how far they can go for candy.  
• Snacks, snacks, snacks.  If you bring a large bag of pretzels bring some small bags/containers to give to each kid individually (bring a few more than you think you may need).
• Please teach your children manners. {Don’t be the parent with your kid knocking over somebody else’s kid to get that piece of Laffy Taffy.}  Let them know their boundaries and expect them to abide by it.
• Bring a few extra bags for the kids to round up their candy, bring at least one extra for use as a trash bag.
• Bring sunscreen, if you can apply prior before the parade.
• Bring some extra baby wipes, they have so many purposes and can help in multiple ways.
• Bring a few extra hair rubberbands, things get lost easily and when they get hot the ladies will always want their hair pulled up.  
• Possibly an extra change of clothes if you have a kid that likes to pour water on themselves,  or are a sweaty little mess, or maybe you have somewhere to go afterwards.