Luckenbach, Texas, makes the list of 10 Best Places for Fourth of July Celebrations in Texas AND the Top 5 Texas Towns to Spend the Fourth of July! This Texas town near Fredericksburg celebrates Independence Day with music, games, food, and the “World Famous Luckenbach Lawn Mower Parade”. Then visitors can head to Fredericksburg to watch fireworks that light up the night sky. Fredericksburg holds its own small-town 4th of July celebration with a schedule of events that includes Patriotic Parade and Program, a chili cookoff, wine tastings, and more. At “dark-30” it’s time for fireworks at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park, or “nature’s naturally star-spangled banner” at Stars & Nights Forever in the Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Pamper yourselves with a Fourth of July getaway in one of our 13 private Wine Country Cottages right in the heart of downtown on Main St. in Fredericksburg. You’ll be close to all these Hill Country events!
Here’s how to spend your 4th of July in Fredericksburg and Luckenbach:
- After enjoying the continental breakfast stocked in your room, you can watch the small-town Patriotic Parade while it passes in front of the Cottages, or stroll two blocks down Main to where there will be Parade Viewing at the Pontotoc Vineyards Weingarten. The Parade begins at 10:00 am with an aircraft flyover, and features every entry decorated with red, white and blue. Following the parade, there is a free Patriotic Program on the Marktplatz.
- You can continue the red, white, and blue theme with “Reds, Whites, and Blues” at Lost Draw Cellars on Park St. from 11:00 am – 6:00 pm and/or focus on just the Reds at the Annual Independence Day Chili Cook-off at Becker Vineyards from 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (a fundraiser for local charity).
- Don’t forget to visit Luckenbach, just 10 miles away from your bed and breakfast in the heart of Fredericksburg. Be sure to return in time to enjoy a glass of wine on your patio or to relax in your personal hot tub.
- In the evening, watch the Fredericksburg Fireworks Display light up the night sky at “dark-30” (9:30 pm).
- If you prefer nature’s own celestial sparklers, Stars and Nights Forever promises “a light show like no other” at Enchanted Rock, an International Dark Sky Park with some of the darkest skies in the Hill Country. The telescope will provide views of planets, stars in the galaxies, and perhaps the Milky Way. Visitors should bring a lawn chair and dress for the weather; personal telescopes or cameras are welcomed. The program lasts from 9:00 – 10:30 pm, is weather dependent, and costs $7.00 per person (free for children ages 12 and under). Please visit their website for detailed information about Stars and Nights Forever, what to bring, and making day-use reservations.
Hill Country Fourth of July events continue through the holiday weekend. For more of the best of Texas celebrations, head north from Fredericksburg to Llano on Saturday, July 6, 2019, for the Llano Rock’N Riverfest. Enjoy your day on the Llano River with jet ski races, the Oldies but Goodies Car Show, vendors, music, and a giant fireworks show at dark:30.
Saturday and Sunday you can enjoy Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing featuring quarter horse and thoroughbred racing at the Gillespie County Fairgrounds in Fredericksburg, see the Songs of the Patriot Exhibit and outdoor WWII Pacific Combat Program at the National Museum of the Pacific War, or follow the route of the Fredericksburg 290 Day Trip for Hill Country wineries!
It’s time to make plans to come to one of the best 4th of July celebrations in Texas, so don’t wait to go online and choose the favorite of our bed and breakfast cottages for your holiday getaway.