Music, fireworks at Batavia's Fourth of July Sky Show

Batavia's Fourth of July Sky Concert will begin with the Savor the Flavor at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 4, on Millview Drive. Check out the food trucks and vendors, including Team FIB BBQ.

Orange Star, an acoustic pop cover band from Batavia, will perform at 6 p.m., followed by the Batavia Community Band performing all your favorites at 8:15 p.m. and fireworks at 9:30 p.m. See the show from Engstrom Park on Main Street at Millview Drive or the Batavia High School athletic practice fields between Main and West Wilson streets.

The Batavia Community Band will be playing all the American classics to set the mood for the Sky Concert.

The City of Batavia is proud to host one of the most popular Fourth of July fireworks productions in the western suburbs of Chicago, nicknamed the "Sky Concert." It has a more than 50-year history of being produced and paid for by local citizens. Today, the show is provided under the auspices of the Batavia ACCESS Committee. The show is paid for with private donations and fundraisers. While the City of Batavia incurs costs for police and fire safety, no tax dollars are used to pay for the pyrotechnics.

Visit bataviafireworks.org or www.facebook.com/bataviaILfireworks.

Prior to the show, Main Street will be closed to all vehicular traffic between Feece Drive and Pitz Lane once the public parking lot at Batavia High School and the handicap parking lot at Batavia Covenant Church are full. At that time, traffic will be detoured to Wilson Street.