Anna Maria Island residents will once again be able to fill their boots with July 4 firework displays, with not one, not two, but three shows being given the green light by city officials.
Last year celebrations were scaled back to one show from two to help law enforcement personnel bring illegal fireworks use under control. But the Chiles Restaurant Group has been allowed to stage displays at all three of its outlets on the island. We are lucky!
The first display is on July 3 with an Independence Eve celebration at the BeachHouse Restaurant, 200 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach.
The fireworks will begin just after 9pm and will be fired from a barge in the Gulf of Mexico in full view of the crowds on the beach. Should be a spectacular way to cap off another sunset.
The other two displays will take place on July 4, one at the Sandbar Restaurant, 100 Spring Ave., Anna Maria and the other at the MarVista Restaurant, 760 Broadway St., Longboat Key.
The Sandbar display will again begin just after 9pm with the fireworks sent up from the beach, while the MarVista display also will take place shortly after dark. The fireworks there will be fired from a barge so you might be able to catch both if you stand in the right place.
The local July 4 holiday celebration also will feature the traditional Anna Maria Island Privateers parade, which will run the length of the island, from Coquina Beach in the south to the Anna Maria City Pier, starting at 10am. Get out on the street, throw them some money and you might just get something in return (as well as that warm, fuzzy feeling you get after donating to a good cause).
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