Clarksville, Tennessee: – Clarksville’s annual Independence Day celebration took place on July 3 at Liberty Park, featuring music from the Madison Street Festival Singers, an acoustic set by Ray Landrum, local favorite Cody Parson and the Heavy Change, and the evening’s headliner, Memphis-based Southern Avenue.

“Southern Avenue plays a lot of high energy music and we are so excited to have them with us tonight,” said Amanda Pitt, event planner for Clarksville Parks & Recreation. “Maggie Houts is in charge of tonight’s event and she always does a great job. We get between 5,000 and 7,000 people every year, but I don’t know if that many will brave the heat tonight.”

“The fireworks will run from 9:10 to 9:30 p.m. and we have help from P&R staff, CPD, City Hall Security, EMS and CFR. It’s really a hands-on situation. Mayor Joe Pitts will be here. Cynthia Pitts will be doing the invocation. And we have the 101st Airborne Division Honor Guard raising the flags.

In addition to the music, this year’s event featured face painters, inflatable figures, over a dozen food trucks, and beverages from Star Spangled Brewery.

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