Schedule of events for 2023:
Sunday, June 25th:
9:00 am Sharon Five Mile Road Race. The 54th annual race begins at Memorial Park Beach and travels around Lake Massapoag. For more information go to our Road Race Page: www.sharonjuly4.org/roadrace
Monday, July 3rd (rain date: Sunday, July 9th):
4:00 pm Children's Parade – The parade will travel on Beach St. to the bandstand. Line up at Beech Tree Park at 3:45. Feel free to bring a decorated bike, stroller, etc. Participating children will receive a frozen treat at the bandstand.
4:15 pm Family musical entertainment at the bandstand featuring Matt Heaton!
Ongoing activities starting at 4:15pm:
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Live music on the bandstand, featuring Mo Bounce!
8:00 pm Pie Eating Contest on the bandstand lawn, sponsored by Shaw's Sharon Supermarket - free to enter, with a $50 prize for the winner (sign up to enter at the main gate - must be 18 years or older to enter)
9:30 pm (or earlier, weather depending) Independence Day Finale – fireworks fired from barge on Lake Massapoag
Please note that the Sharon Recreation Department typically does not allow swimming at the beach during the Celebration after 5 PM.
Also, there is no parking at the beach at any time on July 3.
See our parking page for additional information.
Sunday, June 25th:
9:00 am Sharon Five Mile Road Race. The 54th annual race begins at Memorial Park Beach and travels around Lake Massapoag. For more information go to our Road Race Page: www.sharonjuly4.org/roadrace
Monday, July 3rd (rain date: Sunday, July 9th):
4:00 pm Children's Parade – The parade will travel on Beach St. to the bandstand. Line up at Beech Tree Park at 3:45. Feel free to bring a decorated bike, stroller, etc. Participating children will receive a frozen treat at the bandstand.
4:15 pm Family musical entertainment at the bandstand featuring Matt Heaton!
Ongoing activities starting at 4:15pm:
- Sharon's tenth food truck fair, featuring some of the Boston area's best food trucks
- Food and activities from local community organizations
- Carnival games
- Train rides from the Roaming Railroad (a longtime Sharon Independence Day Celebration tradition)
- #sharon4thewin Photo Contest (see our photo contest page for details).
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Live music on the bandstand, featuring Mo Bounce!
8:00 pm Pie Eating Contest on the bandstand lawn, sponsored by Shaw's Sharon Supermarket - free to enter, with a $50 prize for the winner (sign up to enter at the main gate - must be 18 years or older to enter)
9:30 pm (or earlier, weather depending) Independence Day Finale – fireworks fired from barge on Lake Massapoag
Please note that the Sharon Recreation Department typically does not allow swimming at the beach during the Celebration after 5 PM.
Also, there is no parking at the beach at any time on July 3.
See our parking page for additional information.
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Background image courtesy of Irina Fofanova, 2017 Sharon Independence Day Celebration photo contest winner