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Bonita Springs Tuesday, July 4 9 a.m. July 4 Parade Riverside Park Free 4 p.m. (fireworks at dusk) Star Spangled Bonita Riverside Park Free Cape Coral Tuesday, July 4 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Red, White & Boom Cape Coral Parkway at foot of Cape Coral Bridge *Cape Coral Bridge and Cape Coral Parkway from Del Prado Boulevard to the bridge will close at 3 a.m. on July 4.* Free 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Rock the Dock Fathoms Restaurant & Bar, 5785 Cape Harbour Dr., Unit 106 Free Estero Tuesday, July 4 7 a.m. USA Independence Day 5k Germain Arena $30 to $35 per person Fort Myers Tuesday, July 4 6:30 a.m. 92.5 Fox News Run For Honor Centurylink Park at Hammond Stadium $30 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. WINK Freedom Fest Downtown Fort Myers Free 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. City Tavern Chili Dog Eating Competition Event takes place during WINK Freedom Fest Free Fort Myers Beach Tuesday, July 4 10 a.m. Fourth of July parade Estero Boulevard from Sea Grape Plaza to Times Square Free 1 p.m. Patriotic event Times Square Event includes patriotic crafts, trivia and a watermelon-eating contest. Free 8:45 p.m. Fourth of July fireworks Times Square *Matanzas Bridge will be closed from 9:30 a.m. to noon and from 9:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.* Free Lehigh Acres Tuesday, July 4 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. (fireworks at dusk) Lazy Springs Fourth of July Fireworks Lazy Springs Recreational Park, 9591 State Road 82 $10 (free for kids 9 and under) Naples Tuesday, July 4 10 a.m. Fourth of July parade Downtown Naples (Broad Street South, Third Street South and Fifth Avenue South) Free 4 p.m. Independence Day Party Sugden Regional Park, 4284 Avalon Dr. Free 9 p.m. Fourth of July fireworks Naples Pier Free Pine Island Tuesday, July 4 10 a.m. Fourth of July parade Starts at Winn Dixie on Stringfellow Road in St. James City and ends at the Fire Station Training Tower on Pine Island. Free Dusk Fourth of July Fireworks American Legion, 4106 Stringfellow Rd., St. James City. Free Port Charlotte Tuesday, July 4 3 p.m. “Of Thee I Sing” Concert & Cook-Out First Presbyterian Church of Port Charlotte, 2230 Hariet St. $10 to $25 Punta Gorda Tuesday, July 4 11 a.m. (fireworks at 9 p.m.) Fisherman’s Village Fourth of July Celebration and Freedom Swim Starts at north end of U.S. 41 bridge and ends at Fisherman’s Village Free 11 a.m. (fireworks at 9 p.m.) 4th Fest Laishley Park, 100 Nesbit Rd. $3 to $10 San Carlos Park Tuesday, July 4 8:30 a.m. Fourth of July parade Sanibel Boulevard & U.S. 41 to Lee Road, San Carlos Boulevard East and Three Oaks Boulevard. Free Sanibel Tuesday, July 4 7 a.m. to- 9 a.m. Pancake Breakfast Sanibel Community Church, 1740 Periwinkle Way Free 9:30 a.m. Independence Day Parade Tarpon Bay Road on Periwinkle Way to Casa Ybel Road. Free 10:30 a.m. July 4th Celebration at Jerry’s Jerry’s Shopping Center, 1700 Periwinkle Way Free Noon San-Cap Optimist Club’s 38th Annual Road Rally Timbers Restaurant, 703 Tarpon Bay Rd. Free 7:30 p.m. Fourth of July Fireworks Cruise Cruise departs from Port Sanibel Marina $59 9 p.m. Fourth of July fireworks Best viewing from the Sanibel Causeway Islands and the Bayside of Sanibel. Free