Plan your July Fourth weekend: Fireworks, music, pups

🧨 See the explosions, hear the boom. Ida Claire's annual Kaboomtown Block Party in Addison features a DJ, Fourth of July food and cocktails, yard games, and a front-row seat to the renowned fireworks show.

• Friday, 7 -10:30pm. Tickets start at $15.

📚 Go old school. Dallas' official celebration will be at Klyde Warren Park with food trucks, live music from Emerald City Band and the grand finale lighting up the city skyline.

• Saturday, 7-9:30pm. Free.

🎇 Feel patriotic. Catch more fireworks displays at these free events:

Irving, 7pm Friday.

Grandscape in The Colony, 7:30pm Friday.

Fort Worth, 5pm Saturday.

Grapevine, 9:30pm Saturday

🐕 Cheer on your pup. Enter your dog in pet contests at Paws and Stripes at Frisco Freedom Fest.

• Friday, 6-10pm at Kaleidoscope Park. Entry $12 per event.

⚽️ Celebrate soccer. Head to the FIFA Fan Festival at Fair Park to watch live soccer matches on the big screens.

• Watch fireworks Friday at the conclusion of the Colombia vs. Ghana match that begins at 8:30pm. Free with advanced registration.

🏅 Tap along to patriotic tunes. Celebrate America's 250th at Freedom Fest at the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington.

• Saturday and Sunday, culminating in a live performance by the 1st Cavalry Division Band on Sunday, 7:30-9pm, followed by a viewing party of Light Up Arlington fireworks show at 9:30pm. General admission tickets start at $30.