FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 4th of July Symphony on Your Porch Announces Black Hawk Flyover and Ancillary Events

June 24, 2021 – Celebrate the 4th of July - from the comfort of your porch! With resounding positive feedback from the Springs community, 4th of July Symphony on Your Porch will be back for a second year bringing fireworks to residents across El Paso County. The event, innovatively designed as a result of COVID-19, allows residents to enjoy the holiday while watching one of the region’s many fireworks shows “from their porch.”

With the event just around the corner, the Colorado Springs Sports Corporation is eager to share the ancillary events surrounding the community-wide celebration including: ● Black Hawk flyover brought to you by to kick off the evening’s festivities ● FREE patriotic frozen treats for five surprise neighborhoods provided by Xfinity and Kona Ice ● Photo contest brought to you by iHeartRadio ● Summer Concert Series ● Live stream of the Patty Jewett firework display on KKTV.com *Full ancillary event details are included below.

The event continues the tradition of playing a patriotic concert, along with the fireworks, while being broadcast on local radio stations as the night sky lights up. While residents celebrate the 4th of July “from their porch,” they are encouraged to tune-in to one of the event’s partnering radio stations including Sunny 106.3 FM, Y96.9 FM, KCME 88.7 FM, 92.9 Peak FM, or AM 740 KVOR.

Radio broadcast starts at 9:00 PM *Music provided by: KCME 88.7 FM

Fireworks start at approximately 9:20 PM - weather permitting

Visit COS4thofJuly.org for complete details

Partnering with several communities, the following locations will be hosting firework displays, weather-permitting, with restricted on-site access. These shows will be visible to residents at their homes across the region; see COS4thofJuly.org for details: ● The Broadmoor ● Cherokee Ridge Golf Course ● The Club at Flying Horse ● The Country Club of Colorado at Resort ● Falcon Freedom Days at Meridian Ranch ● Fort Carson – July 2 ● Resort and Club ● Patty Jewett Golf Course

Additional communities will be hosting firework displays while also participating in the regional coordinated efforts to bring fireworks across the county. Visit COS4thofJuly.org for more information: ● Banning Lewis Ranch ● Colorado Springs Swithbacks FC – ticketed event ● – July 2; ticketed event

4th of July Firework Display Locations

ANCILLARY EVENT DETAILS

Fort Carson Black Hawk Flyover

The Fort Carson Black Hawk helicopters will do a community flyover to kick off the 4th of July. Starting at approximately 5:00 pm until 6:00 pm, residents are encouraged to look to the skies for this special Independence Day tribute to honor the military men and women, past and present, who have served our great nation.

FREE Xfinity Patriotic Frozen Treats Xfinity has teamed up with Kona Ice to provide FREE patriotic frozen treats to kids in five surprise neighborhoods across the community! Be on the lookout between 6pm – 8pm to grab your tasty treat while enjoying the Fort Carson Black Hawk flyover. These FREE treats are provided to the community thanks to Xfinity!

iHeartRadio Photo Contest

iHeartRadio wants to see your #PorchParty fun! Sunny 106.3 & Y96.9 listeners can submit their best 4th of July photos via social media to enter to win. Upload your patriotic photo to the gallery and you could win a prize pack bursting with concert tickets, gift cards, event tickets, and more!

Banning Lewis Ranch Summer Concert Series The Banning Lewis Ranch Summer Concert Series will host a 4th of July event at Vista Park. Festivities will include food trucks, community frozen treat giveaway, farmers market, bouncy houses and military/first responder appreciation activities from 4 - 8pm. Enjoy live music from Collective Groove from 7 - 9pm with fireworks following.

Full details at:BanningLewisRanch.com

KKTV Live Stream KKTV will be streaming the Patty Jewett Golf Course firework display on KKTV.com and on the KKTV Facebook page. Tune in from anywhere to celebrate the 4th of July!

Special thanks to the City of Colorado Springs, El Pomar Foundation, Schmidt Construction Company and all of our event sponsors and partners for helping make this event happen.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Event website: COS4thofJuly.org Media Contact: Molly Sharples Office Phone: 719-634-7333 ext. 1000 Cell Phone: 702-813-8006 Email: [email protected] Check us out at: Facebook, #PorchParty, @TheSportsCorp, @CityofCOS

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