NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Aislinn Spain,
Operations Assistant
336.274.4595
FUN FOURTH FESTIVAL
FIREWORKS FINALE ANNOUNCED
GREENSBORO, N.C. – June 16, 2015 – This year’s Fun Fourth Festival will host
the News &
Record Pops Concert and Fun Fourth Fireworks Finale from
7:30-10 p.m. Sat., July 4 at White Oak
Amphitheatre at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. Gates will open at 5:30 p.m.
The News & Record Pops Concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. featuring The Greensboro Concert
Band playing patriotic pops. The
band will play the “1812 Overture” as the lights go down in the parking lots at
9:20 p.m. The Fun Fourth Fireworks
Finale will brighten the skies from 9:30 – 10:00 p.m. Spectacular displays will include hundreds of
colorful aerial shells, as well as an exciting display of vertical horsetails,
colorful comets and pattern shells – new for 2015!
White Oak Amphitheatre boasts 2,005 reserved seats and an overall
capacity of 7,666 including lawn seating. For those interested in viewing the
fireworks from outside the Coliseum Complex, optimum locations are the Coliseum
parking lot, lots along Patterson Avenue and High Point Road between the
Coliseum and Florida Street and lots along Lee Street near UNCG.
The event is free of charge thanks to the support of Fun Fourth
sponsors including News & Record, City of Greensboro, Greensboro Coliseum
Complex, WFMY News 2, Fairway Outdoor Advertising and other community
organizations and businesses. Parking in
the Coliseum Complex parking lots will also be free.
Tailgating will be allowed in the Coliseum Complex parking lots. No outside food or beverages will be allowed
inside the Amphitheatre. Blankets and cushions
may be brought into the amphitheatre, but no chairs are allowed. Lawn chairs are available for rental at $5
per chair and may be rented just inside the entry gates of the White Oak
Amphitheatre. Pets are prohibited at all
Fun Fourth Festival events.
In the event of inclement weather, the fireworks will be rescheduled
for Sun., July 5, 9:30 p.m. at the same location. Weather related delays are
possible. Weather updates, including delays and cancellations, will be made on Twitter via @Fun4thGSO
For more information
about the Fun Fourth Festival, please visit www.funfourthfestival.org, www.facebook.com/Fun4thGSO, follow on Twitter @Fun4thGSO, or call
336.274.4595.
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