MARQUETTE, MI-- It’s festive in the City of Marquette as the Fourth of July Committee offers the “Greatest Fourth in the North” this week.
Wednesday is the opening day of the International Food Fest at Mattson Lower Harbor Park. Sponsored by the Exchange Club, it will offer various types of food, children’s activities and live entertainment through Friday. Activities start at noon and end at 10:30 p.m. each day.
The annual 4th of July parade starts at 2 p.m. Thursday. It will proceed down Washington Street from McClellan Avenue to Third Street and end on Baraga. Staging for the parade begins at 10 a.m.
And Independence Day activities conclude Thursday at dusk with fireworks at the lower harbor. They’ll be choreographed to music that can be heard on 100.3 FM the Point.
