New Berlin Fourth Of July Celebrations Return In 2021

NEW BERLIN, WI — Fourth of July Celebrations in New Berlin this year will involve a festival, two parades and live entertainment.

This year's celebration involves a three day festival, two parades and fireworks at Malone Park. The festival will start July 2 and end on July 4. But the parades and fireworks will be held on the Fourth of July only.

Here's a schedule for this season's celebrations:

July 2 - The first day of the 53rd Annual City of New Berlin 4th of July Festival starts at Malone Park at 5 p.m. The festival will have a carnival and live music until 11 p.m.

July 3 - The second day of the festival will hold a cornhole tournament at 5 p.m. and a pie bake-off at 6 p.m.

July 4 - Fourth of July celebrations will be broken into several events throughout the day.

• The day will start off with a childrens' mini parade at 9:30 a.m. in the City Hall parking lot.
• The main parade will start on National Avenue and Coffee Road at 1 p.m. From there it will march west to Al Stigler Parkway.
• Fireworks start at 10 p.m. at Malone Park.

The city said that shuttle buses will run from after the main parade until 11:30 p.m. to Burghardt Sporting Goods, Holy Apostles and the Ronald Reagan Grade School to the festival grounds. Parking is available in the fields east and west of the park.

It's against city ordinance to have sparklers, punks, fireworks and open fires on the festival grounds.