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Where to watch the fireworks: 26 July 4 celebrations across Northeast Ohio
The Fourth of July is quickly approaching, and many Northeast Ohio counties, cities and organizations have different events planned to celebrate Independence Day.
This year, there are a wide variety of celebrations across Northeast Ohio. From wiffleball tournaments to cultural festivals to the classic barbecue and fireworks, Northeast Ohio has many unique festivities to offer this week.
See the list below for different celebrations planned across the region.
Ashland County:
Wifflefest XXV
Location: Southview Grace Brethren Church (810 Katherine Avenue, Ashland, OH)
Compete in a wiffleball tournament at the adult, high school, middle school or elementary level during July 4-6 (registration required).
Ashtabula County:
Red, White, & Boom Over Lake Erie
Location: Lakeview Park (340 Erie Street, Conneaut, OH).
Watch musical performances and participate in festive activities during July 4-6. A fireworks show over Lake Erie will begin at 10 p.m. on July 6th.
Carroll County:
Carroll County Fireworks Show
Location: Carroll County Fairgrounds (160 Kensington Road NE, Carrollton, OH).
Enjoy a variety of food trucks, vendors and kids activities on July 5 beginning at 4 p.m. A fireworks show will begin at 10 p.m.
Columbiana County:
East Palestine Firefighters Association Annual 4th of July Celebration
Location: East Palestine City Park (31 Park Avenue, East Palestine, OH).
Activities will begin at 8 a.m. on July 4, and there will be a fireworks display in the evening.
Coshocton County:
Coshocton Fireworks
Location: Coshocton County Fairgrounds (707 Kenilworth Avenue, Coshocton, OH).
Enjoy a fireworks display beginning at dusk on July 3.
Cuyahoga County:
Grindstone Festival
Location: Coe Lake Park (Coe Lake, Berea, OH)
Spend July 4 participating in lake activities, enjoying live entertainment and watching a fireworks display later into the evening. This event runs from 4-10 p.m.
Independence Day Parade and Fireworks
Location: Clague Park (Clague Park, Westlake, OH)
Spend July 4 in Westlake with activities, including a car show, face-painting, and food vendors and a fireworks show at dusk.
Light Up the Lake: 4th of July Fireworks
Location: Multiple viewing locations throughout Cleveland.
Watch a 20-minute fireworks display launched from the Port of Cleveland at dusk on July 4.
Solon Community Band Concert and Fireworks
Location: Solon Community Park (6679 SOM Center Rd., Solon, OH).
Enjoy an evening of live music on July 3 beginning at 7:30 followed by a fireworks display.
Erie County:
Light Up the Point
Location: Cedar Point (1 Cedar Point Drive, Sandusky, OH).
In addition to Cedar Point’s coasters and other activities, there will be a fireworks display at night on July 4 and July 5.
Geauga County:
Community Fourth of July Celebration
Location: Kenston High School (95000 Bainbridge Road, Chagrin Falls, OH).
This event will take place on July 5 from 6-10:30 p.m., and there will be a fireworks display at dusk.
Fourth of July Fireworks
Location: Geauga County Fairgrounds (14373 N. Cheshire St., Burton, OH)
Gates open for cars, motorcycles and walk ins at 6 p.m., and fireworks begin at dusk.
Holmes County:
Loudonville Fireworks
Location: Riverside Park (131 W. Main St., Loudonville, OH).
Enjoy a fireworks display beginning at dusk on July 4.
Huron County:
4th of July Fireworks
Location: Huron County Fairgrounds (940 Fair Rd., Norwalk, OH)
Enjoy a fireworks display beginning at dusk on July 4 at the county fairgrounds. A Fourth of July parade will run through the city of Norwalk at 10:30 a.m. that day.
Lake County:
Independence Day Celebration
Location: Mentor Civic Amphitheater (8600 Munson Rd., Mentor, OH).
Watch a free concert at the Mentor Civic Amphitheater at 7:45 p.m. on July 4, followed by a 25-minute fireworks display. There will also be food trucks and beverage sales in the surrounding area that evening.
Lorain County:
Avon Lake’s Fireworks Celebration
Location: Weiss Field (33401 Webber Rd., Avon Lake, OH)
Enjoy a variety of food trucks starting at 5 p.m. on July 3 followed by fireworks at 10.
Mahoning County:
Fireworks and Food Trucks
Location: Wean Park (201 S. Phelps St., Youngstown, OH).
The city of Youngstown will host a variety of food trucks on July 4 from 6-10 p.m., and a fireworks display will be held immediately after.
Medina County:
Independence Day Parade, Music and Fireworks
Location: Mill Stream Park (1200 Maple St., Valley City, OH).
From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on July 4, this event consists of a parade, a car show, food trucks and fireworks at dusk.
Portage County:
Hiram 4th of July Celebration
Location: Hiram College (11715 Garfield Rd., Hiram, OH).
Beginning in the evening of July 3 with food vendors, this celebration consists of a softball game, a potluck, a pie contest and much more through July 4. A fireworks display will begin at 9:30 p.m. on July 3.
Richland County:
Charles Mill Red, White, and Blue Celebration
Location: Charles Mill Lake Park (1277A State Route 430, Mansfield, OH).
Various events, consisting of arts and crafts, parades and games during July 4-6. A fireworks show over Charles Mill Lake will begin at dusk on the 6th.
Stark County:
North Canton Chamber of Commerce July 4 Fireworks Show
Location: North Canton Hoover High School (525 7 St. NW, North Canton, OH).
This event will take place on July 4 and will consist of food trucks opening at 6 p.m. and a fireworks show at 10 p.m.
Stark County Italian American Festival
Location: Cultural Center for the Arts (1001 Market Ave. N., Canton OH).
Enjoy a weekend of bocce, food and live entertainment from July 5 through July 7.
Summit County:
Rib White & Blue Festival
Location: Lock 3 (200 S. Main St., Akron, OH).
Enjoy plenty of barbecue food, as well as nightly concerts at 7 p.m., starting July 3 through July 6. A fireworks display will take place at 9:45 p.m. on July 6.
Trumbull County:
4th of July Homecoming and Parade
Location: Gustavus Township Park (8867 Youngstown Kingsville Rd., Farmdale, OH).
This festival includes food vendors, a parade, kids activities and more on July 4 beginning at 10 a.m.
Tuscarawas County:
City of New Philadelphia Gigantic Fireworks Display
Location: Tuscora Park Practice Field (161 Tuscora Ave. NW, New Philadelphia, OH)
Enjoy a firework display beginning at 10 p.m. on July 6.
Wayne County:
Wooster 4th of July Fireworks
Location: Burbank/Oldman Road Soccer Field (100 Oldman Rd., Wooster, OH).
This July 4th celebration begins at 5 p.m. on Thursday with food and family entertainment and concludes with a fireworks show at 10 p.m.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Make that a trio of commitment in the Class of 2027 this week for the Louisville football program.
Cleveland (Oh.) Brush defensive end Munir Lewis announced Wednesday that he has committed to the Cardinals. He’s the third commit in the last four days for UofL, Bradenton (Fla.) Cardinal Mooney defensive lineman Kaleb Exume committing on Sunday and Tampa (Fla.) Carrollwood Day two-way athlete Brooklyn Maxey doing so on Monday.
Lewis chose Louisville out of a top seven that also consisted of Ohio State, Michigan State, Illinois, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech and Purdue. He also held offers from Cincinnati, Minnesota, Wisconsin plus several others, and made multiple visits to UofL’s campus – including this past Friday for the spring game. He’s set to return for an official visit this May.
The 6-foot-5, 245-pound defensive end is regarded as the 23rd-ranked prospect in the state of Ohio, the No. 50 edge rusher in the Class of 2027, and the No. 592 recruit in the nation, per the 247Sports Composite.
Lewis was an explosive force for Brush as a junior this past season. He collected 55 total tackles, 13.5 for loss, nine sacks, four pass breakup, a forced fumbles and over 20 quarterback pressures. He helped Brush finish the 2025 season with a 6-4 record.
Lewis is the 12th commitment in Louisville’s 2027 recruiting class, which is on pace to be the best in school history. he joins a class that not only ranks as the best class in the ACC, but the No. 8 class in the nation, per the 247Sports Composite. Four of their commitments are regarded as four-star prospects by the composite.
He’s also the latest in a budding pipeline to the state of Ohio, which has been championed by Executive Director of Football Personnel and Recruiting Vince Marrow. Five of Louisville’s 12 commitments in the 2027 cycle are from the Buckeye State, with three hailing from the Cincinnati area and the other two coming from Cleveland.
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Garion Thorne gives you a preview, prediction and pick for tonight’s game between the Houston Astros and the Cleveland Guardians.
Few teams needed a win last night more than the Astros.
Houston came into Monday’s action having lost 12 of its past 14 games, while also having lost nearly as many pitchers — at least it feels that way. Just take a quick glance at this club’s IL. Hunter Brown (shoulder), Tatsuya Imai (fatigue), Cristian Javier (shoulder). Those aren’t losses that are easy to survive, and the Astros have understandably been struggling. However, after a dominating 9-2 victory, Houston can at least take a small breath.
Can the Astros make it two in a row this evening? Or will the Guardians bounce back? Let’s preview this AL clash and make a couple picks on the DraftKings Sportsbook.
Astros vs. Guardians prediction, preview
So, remember that list of injured Astros pitchers I just recited? The consequence of the length of that list, is that you have to start people like Ryan Weiss. That’s not to suggest that Weiss is completely without promise — he was a stud in the KBO in 2024 and 2025 — it’s just that the right-hander’s MLB career has gotten off to a slightly rocky start, and it’s clear that Houston currently prefers the 29-year-old as a reliever. In 14.2 innings of work, Weiss has racked up 18 strikeouts, but he’s also surrendered four home runs, 11 earned runs, and a sixth percentile opponent hard hit rate (54.5%). Weiss isn’t quite built up to be a starter, either. Well, at least not fully, as he threw a season-high 76 pitches in his last outing. That means we’re probably going to have to see a lot of the Astros’ bullpen on Tuesday, which is not a good thing. Houston’s RPs rank 29th in ERA (5.66) and they’ve served up a league-high 1.89 opponent home runs per nine. Yikes.
On the other side of this pitching matchup, we find another starter with little major league experience. That said, Parker Messick already looks like another developmental success story of the Guardians’ pitcher factory. The former second-round pick debuted in 2025, maintaining a 2.72 ERA and a 2.98 FIP across seven starts. If possible, Messick’s looked even better so far in 2026, allowing a mere three earned runs over 25.2 innings. Now, a .200 BABIP isn’t going to sustain. Neither is a 91.4% strand rate. However, when you’re limiting opponents to a 3.3% barrel rate and a 29.5% hard hit rate, you might just get a little “lucky” from time to time. It’s not like the southpaw has been skating by on a soft schedule, either. Messick has faced the Dodgers, the Braves, the Cubs and the Orioles. There isn’t a single cakewalk in there.
That pattern of difficult matchups will continue on Tuesday, as well. For as underwhelming as the Astros’ record is, it’s mostly a byproduct of poor pitching. The offense has actually been one of the best in all of baseball. Houston actually leads all American League teams in wOBA (.350) and wRC+ (124), with Yordan Alvarez leading the charge. He’s been fantastic in left-on-left scenarios, too. In his 36 plate appearances within the split, Alvarez is slashing .448/.528/1.034 with a 315 wRC+. I don’t want to discount Jose Ramirez, who has six homers and 10 stolen bases for the Guardians, yet a healthy Alvarez is easily the best bat in this series. He’s that good.
Astros vs. Guardians pick, best bet
Best Bet: Jose Ramirez 2+ Total Bases (+107)
Weiss has a 6.27 FIP. The Astros’ bullpen has given up the most opponent home runs per nine (1.89). Ramirez probably won’t be in a single bad matchup this evening, and that’s before you factor in that the All-Star is a switch-hitter.
Strong Lean: Ryan Weiss 4+ Strikeouts (+123)
While Weiss’ surface numbers aren’t great, he has managed four strikeouts in two of his three outings where he’s thrown 60+ pitches. He’s struck out 18 in 14.2 innings and I expect he’ll flirt with the 90-pitch plateau on Tuesday.
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