Celebrate America’s independence at Kent’s 19th annual Fourth of July Splash at Lake Meridian Park, 14800 SE 272nd St.<\/p>\n
The fun begins at 11:30 a.m. and continues until 10:30 p.m., on Tuesday, July 4.<\/p>\n
The free event features family entertainment including live music, children’s activities, food and drinks and culminates with a fireworks display.<\/p>\n
“It’s a pleasure to host the Splash at Lake Meridian for what has become a great community tradition,” said Kent Parks’ Cultural Programs coordinator Mark Hendrickson in a city media release. “It’s a super family event and a fantastic venue to celebrate Independence Day.”<\/p>\n
Free shuttle buses starting at noon will take visitors to Lake Meridian Park from Kent Fire Station 75, 15635 SE 272nd St.; Kentwood High School, 25800 164th Ave. SE; and Mattson Middle School, 16400 SE 251st St.<\/p>\n
Family activities run from noon to 5 p.m. Highlights include bounce houses, recycling activities from Republic Services, Kent Parks and Recreation carnival games, Seattle Thunderbirds Puck Shoot and hands-on activities.<\/p>\n
City officials remind residents the sale, possession and discharge of fireworks are prohibited in Kent, except for permitted displays. This marks the first year of a new city ban on fireworks. The former city code allowed fireworks to be discharged on July 4 and the sale of fireworks from June 28 to July 4.<\/p>\n
This year’s stage lineup may be the best in Splash history, according to city staff. The evening concludes with a special performance by country artist Dylan Jakobsen, a Seattle native.<\/p>\n
For more information, visit KentArts.com or call 253-856-5050. The Splash is presented by Kent Parks, Recreation and Community Services and the Kent Arts Commission.<\/p>\n
• Splash Event Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n 11:30 a.m.<\/strong> Ribbon cutting for new Lake Meridian dock; elected officials will cut the ribbon to celebrate<\/p>\n Noon-12:30 p.m.<\/strong> Spotlight Dance; local dance studio performers<\/p>\n 12:45-1:30 p.m.<\/strong> Abigail Neilson; sings Taylor Swift-inspired originals<\/p>\n 1:45-2:15 <\/strong>p.m<\/strong>. Roomers Performance Team<\/p>\n 2:30-3:15 p.m.<\/strong> Pie Eating Contest<\/p>\n 3:30-4:15 <\/strong>p.m<\/strong>. Root5; Americana, five-piece Kent-based band<\/p>\n 4:30-5:30 p.m.<\/strong> Norman Baker, Seattle based folk\/Americana\/country blues music<\/p>\n 6-7:30 p.m.<\/strong> Bobby Medina and the Red Hot Band; America’s top Herb Alpert Tribute show<\/p>\n 8-9:30 p.m.<\/strong> Dylan Jakobsen; rising star of country music<\/p>\n 10 p.m.<\/strong> Lake Meridian fireworks display<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Celebrate America’s independence at Kent’s 19th annual Fourth of July Splash at Lake Meridian Park, 14800 SE 272nd St.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":29096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-29095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29095"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29095"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=29095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}