9:30 AM
- West Annapolis Bike Parade at Top of Melvin Avenue - West Annapolis Elementary
10 AM
- Piscataway Nation Singers and Dancers at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
11 AM
- Children’s Story Telling featuring Dovie Thomason, storyteller at Chesapeake Children’s Museum
- Eastport Parade - Start at Eastport Elementary School
11:45 AM
- George Washington & Marquis de LaFayette Re-enactors at Second Street, Eastport
A conversation with General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette (reenactors), hosted by Jamie Costello
12 PM
- Food Festival & Local Vendors at People’s Park
Annapolis restaurants and food trucks offering local and international cuisine. WRNR live broadcast. - Various Activities at the William Paca House
12-4 for details, visit annapolis.org/event/4th-of-july2026
1-5 PM
- One Country, Many Cultures: Live Music! at People’s Park
Indigenous Round Dance
Fritété-West African Drumming and Dancing
Annapolis Percussive Irish Dance
Machaya Klezmer
Cantaré
Indo-Caribbean Dance - Athina Ramphal, Miss Diwali 2026 - The Genealogy Club Inc. - Meet Frederick Douglass on the Front Steps of the Paca House
Reenactment by Nathan Richardson: For What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
2-4 PM
- Activities Inside and On-the-Grounds of the Maryland State House
3 PM
- One Country, Many Cultures: Storytelling & Oral Histories at People’s Park
3 PM Fifty Nifty United States
3:15 PM Oh, Freedom
3:45 PM What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? with William Rowel
4 PM Songs of Black Pride & Protest, Silopanna Band
5 PM Conclusion
6:30 PM
- City of Annapolis Downtown Parade - West and Main Streets
Community groups, marching bands, vintage vehicles, and local organizations.
7:45 PM
- USNA Electric Brigade on the State House Grounds
Concert featuring family-friendly popular and patriotic song tracks
9:15 PM
- Fireworks extravaganza over Spa Creek!
