Start the day early and burn off barbecue calories with the FireKracker 5K at 7:30 a.m. in City Park.

Then dress in your red, white and blue and watch the parade along Mountain Avenue between Jackson Avenue and Meldrum Street at 10 a.m.

Of course it doesn’t end there, join the evening celebration at 4:15 p.m. in City Park with live music from the 101st Army Dixieland Band and the Fort Collins Symphony.

The main event, the annual fireworks show, is estimated to begin a 9:35 p.m., also in City Park. Transfort will offer free shuttle service to City Park from the Downtown Transit Center and the CSU Towers parking lot, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:10 p.m., and MAX will operate from 5 to midnight. Plan ahead because parking may be tricky!

Fort Collins has tons to offer this weekend for celebrating the 4th of July. Enjoy the holiday, have fun and most of all…be safe!

(Information retrieved from the Coloradoan.com)