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Independence Day Schedule

Wednesday Night, July 3: 

5:00 p.m. – Lineup for Kid’s parade on 100 North by the Malad Drive-in. All youngsters welcome. Decorate your bikes, tricycles, wagons, small cars – whatever you have! (Vickie Ingram and Samantha Willson)

5:30 p.m. – Kid’s Parade begins through North Main business district turn west on Bannock Street to Four Points, then turn south and end at the library. 

6:00 to 6:45 p.m. - Enjoy the music of Rush’n Joe (Sponsored by Malad City)

6:45 p.m. – Flag ceremony and announcement of Volunteer of the Year

7:00 p.m. Malad’s Got Talent preliminaries – Open to all talents. Come and show us what you’ve got! 

(Sponsored by Malad City) Must register with Candy Broadus 208-406-4232 or Trissa Nesbitt 208-705-8032 by Friday, June 30 

12 & under – 1st $100, 2nd $75, 3rd $50; 13 – 18 – 1st $100, 2nd $75, 3rd $50; Adults - 1st $300, 2nd $200, 3rd $100


Thursday, July 4

6:00 a.m.  – Cannonade, Malad Fire Department

6:00 a.m. - Fun Run sponsored by Malad’s Distinguished Young Woman Allen Drug Parking lot (Laura DeJong); all races check in at 6:00 a.m.; all races begin at 6:30 a.m.

6:30 to 9:00 a.m. – Oneida Search & Rescue pancake breakfast at Malad City Park 

8:45 a.m. – Parade - (Hailee Hanks) – floats lineup on 300 West 

PLEASE, do not have water features that squirt into the crowd!

9:30 a.m. - Dignitaries/Legion lineup on 200 West

10:00 a.m. – Parade Starts at 400 N. 200 W., follows traditional route. Stops at the Veterans Memorial on Main Street for National Anthem and Taps, Follows Bannock Street to 300 West, then North to 400 N. 300 W.  

12:00 Noon – Western stage play at Malad City Park (Malad Theater Guild)

12:00 – 6:00 p.m. – Hatchet Throwing, free activity (Idaho Enterprise)

1:00 p.m. – Kid’s Races (Malad City)

1:00 to 5:00 p.m. - Dunk Tank and Slip ‘n Slide hockey (Jr. Wrestling) Army Truck Rides around Town (Nimer’s Repair)

1:30 p.m. – Tug of War (Malad Elementary PTO)

2:00 p.m. – Malad Theater Guild melodrama “The Great Ice Cream Scheme or Robin Baskins to the Rescue!” 

2:00 p.m. til balloons last – Water Balloon fight Malad City Park (Bamma Wammas and Swaffles & Cream)

3:30 p.m. – Softball Game (Malad Drive In)

6:00 p.m. – Malad’s Got Talent Finals

7:30 p.m. – Band – “Code Blue Revival” (Malad City and the Malad Area Chamber of Commerce)

10:00 p.m. – Fireworks at Fairgrounds (Malad City Fire Department, Oneida County and Malad City)

Music, food and vendors will be set up all afternoon at Malad City Park


Friday, July 5

7:00 p.m. - Malad Theater Guild melodrama “The Great Ice Cream Scheme or Robin Baskins to the Rescue!”  

8:30 p.m. – Street Dance in front of Malad City Hall with Rough Stock (sponsored by Malad City) and Watermelon Bust (sponsored by Thomas Market)

**all times approximate

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