Join your family, neighbors and friends at Central Park to celebrate Independence Day. Activities planned are Public Safety Vehicles display (police cars, fire trucks and more), Best Baked Apple Pie Contest, Parent-Child Look Alike Contest, Fun for the Kids crafts area, music, and an arts and crafts show. Join in the evening parade at 7:30 p.m. through downtown Fernandina Beach, followed by a concert, starting at 8:30 p.m. and fireworks at dark, courtesy of the City of Fernandina Beach. For more information, contact (904) 261-3248.
4th of July Celebration. Folly Beach, South Carolina.
Fireworks display at Folly Beach from the Ocean at dark. Enjoy playing on the beach before the fireworks, or fish off the Edwin S. Taylor Fishing Pier at Folly Beach. Restaurants, Restrooms available.
Directions: I-26 to downtown Charleston. Take Hwy. 17 South to Folly Road (Hwy. 161). Go to the end of Folly Road (about 15 minute drive) to get to the beach. Find a place to park (this is the true challenge) and enjoy.
Nassau Sport Fishing Kingfish Tournament of Champions. Fernandina Beach, Florida.
The Nassau Sport Fishing Association’s (NSFA) Tournament of Champions is one of the largest events on the Southern Kingfish Association tournament trail, annually attracting the world’s best kingfish anglers to Amelia Island in the northeastern tip of Florida
The tournament will celebrate its 26th year in 2008, with anglers competing for cash prizes totaling more than $75,000. The three-day event includes a Saturday fish fry, award ceremony featuring a free performance by The Finesse Band, and other festivities. Participants can enter the Tournament for just $350 through May 31 or for $400 from June 1 through June 19.
Fernandina Harbor Marina
Amelia Island, Florida
To register, or for Tournament information: (904) 607-4224
www.fishnsfa.com
Memorial Park Movie Series. Tybee Island, Georgia.
Location: Memorial Park, Tybee Island
Phone: (912) 786-4573
This week’s screening is the movie BIG. Bring your whole family to watch a movie under the stars. $5.00 donation is suggested.
website: http://www.cityoftybee.org
Fishing Tournament Folly Pier, South Carolina
Location: Folly Beach Fishing Pier
Phone: (843) 588-FI
Join us for our monthly fishing tournament. Enter to win valuable prizes in a variety of categories at this beautiful pier on Folly Beach, The Edge of America. Registration begins at 6:00 am & takes place on-site only. Tournament end at 4pm & prizes will be awarded at 4:15pm. For additional information, call the Folly Beach Fishing Pier at (843) 588-FISH (3474).
Meets at: Folly Beach Fishing Pier Age: 3 & up