{"id":32485,"date":"2026-06-08T16:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/32485\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T16:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:46:16","slug":"tuscaloosas-celebration-on-the-river-returns-july-4-to-mercedes-benz-amphitheater-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/32485\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuscaloosa&#8217;s Celebration on the River returns July 4 to Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Tuscaloosa is celebrating America&#8217;s 250th birthday at its annual Celebration on the River Fourth of July event, happening at the Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater.<\/p>\n<p>Family-friendly festivities kick off at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 4, with children&#8217;s activities, live music, fireworks and more.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule of activities includes:<\/p>\n<p>6\u20138 p.m.: Kids Zone in West and East Plazas featuring face painting and inflatable games6\u20137:55 p.m.: DJ Tank Performance7:55 p.m.: Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra performance featuring patriotic selections lasting through the end of fireworks9 p.m.: Fireworks begin following brief remarks from Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox<\/p>\n<p>Attendees are encouraged to park in the free downtown Intermodal Parking Facility located at 2230 7th St. A free shuttle is available to the amphitheater. Accessible parking will be available in the Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater box office lot.<\/p>\n<p>The Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard\/Jack Warner Parkway Improvements Project is ongoing, meaning Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is closed from just north of Sixth Street to Jack Warner Parkway near the Nick&#8217;s Kids Avenue intersection.<\/p>\n<p>The Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater&#8217;s clear bag policy will be in effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Tuscaloosa is celebrating America&#8217;s 250th birthday at its annual Celebration on the River Fourth of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20951],"tags":[18723,2849,3622,42,4791,30745],"class_list":["post-32485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mercedes-benz","tag-alabama","tag-local","tag-mercedes-benz","tag-news","tag-state","tag-tuscaloosa_county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}