Name: Palm Bay Independence Day Celebration
Start: 2024-07-05T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-07-05T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Eastern Florida State College (Palm Bay Campus)

Eastern Florida State College, 250 Community College Pkwy SE, this year. The celebration will be held on Friday, July 5 from 5 to 9 p.m. with fireworks capping off the evening around 9:15 p.m. In addition to the fireworks, the event will feature more than 20 food trucks, vendors, live music, and a kids’ zone with free inflatables, games, and face painting.
Blue Stone Circle, who last played the event in 2022, will be our band again this year. Their repertoire is a mix of pop, rock, blues/funk, modern and hard rock, beach music, and all the old standards!
THERE IS PLENTY OF FREE GENERAL PARKING FOR THIS EVENT! Please use the main entrance on Community College Pkwy behind Lowe's and park in Eastern Florida State College's parking lots. All vendors, VIP parking pass holders and staff working the event will use the Jupiter Blvd entrance and park in designated areas. Beginning around 4pm on Friday, July 5 the areas of Malabar Rd, Jupiter Blvd SE and San Filippo Dr SE near Eastern Florida State College are expected to be congested. Please plan your travels accordingly and use alternate routes when necessary. See map in comments.
A limited number of paid VIP parking spaces are available for the event. Passes cost $25 per vehicle and can be purchased at www.PBFL.org/IndependenceDay. VIP passes cannot be purchased the day of the event. Tickets will be available until 4 PM on July 3 or until they are sold out. Proceeds from parking passes will go to the Palm Bay Disaster Relief Committee.
Event sponsors include the Space Coast Office of Tourism, Bowman Consulting Group, Ralph Carpenter Roofing, Mi-Box Moving & Storage, Camping World, One Insurance group, and Cumulus Media of Melbourne. For information on becoming a sponsor, email [email protected].
We will be accepting vendors for this event until Wednesday, June 26. The vendor fee is $75 ($50 not-for-profits) for each 10 x 10 space. Food vendor spaces are already full. Food vendors wishing to be placed on a waitlist should call Daniel Waite at (321) 726-2760 or email [email protected].
For more information or to download a vendor registration form, visit www.pbfl.org/IndependenceDay.
No pets, fireworks, sparklers, drones, or alcohol please!
**The City of Palm Bay does not accept vendors for events nor do we sell tickets to any events through social media! If anyone posts under any of our events that they are accepting vendors or that they have tickets for sale, it is a scam. Please do not send your information to anyone via social media concerning any Palm Bay event. If you have a question about vending or signing up for any of our events, please email us at [email protected].