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Brandon Independence Day Celebration

July 6

Brandon Independence Day Celebration – Brandon’s Favorite Day of the Year !!

Brandon has been celebrating Independence Day with a grand parade for decades. This year, besides the procession there will be bands in the parks, the Heritage train giving rides up Park Street and two auction sites where you can take home winnings on the same day. Additionally, there will be a beer garden, our world-famous Little Debbie Swiss Cake Roll Eating Contest, an evening street dance and fireworks at dusk that can be seen from up to a mile away.

9 am – 3 pm : Free train rides; start at Brandon Inn (not during parade)
10:00 am: Parade starts on Park St., through downtown, ends at Conant Square
11 am – 1 pm: Runnin’ Wild Jazz Band led by Gene Childers, Central Park Gazebo
11 am – 3 pm: Free family games, face painting, trampoline +++.
Behind Brandon Inn PLUS Spider Bounce Ride & Mechanical Bull (fee)
12 noon: Little Debbie Swiss Roll Eating Contest behind Brandon Inn
12 noon – 7 pm: Beer Garden in Green Park, across from Red Clover Ale
1 pm: Duck Race over Neshobe Falls – they go in behind Brandon Inn and good viewing is at Kennedy Park
3 – 5 pm: Aaron Audet Band at Green Park
6:30 – Dusk: Street Dance with Jam Man Entertainment in front of Bar Harbor Bank
DUSK: Fireworks – Downtown Brandon – Visible from within a mile of downtown