The week before the big Fourth of July parade, the City of Fairfax will hold a new event called ‘A Hometown Celebration.” It’s set for Sunday, June 30, at 5 p.m., at the Veterans Amphitheater outside City Hall, 10455 Armstrong St., in Fairfax.
Slated are games, food from The Roaming Coyote (Coyote Grille), American Legion Post 177 (hot dogs and hamburgers), The Inside Scoop (ice cream) and Rita’a Italian Ice, plus a 7 p.m. concert by the City of Fairfax Band. Children’s activities will include a dunk tank, milk and Coke-bottle toss, balloons, Superheroes, peach-basket toss, a caricaturist and a juggler.
Attendees should bring chairs or blankets. In case of rain, the event will be relocated to the Sherwood Center, 3740 Old Lee Hwy.