4th of July in Tavares!

Get ready for 4th of July in Tavares!

Heres the official information about what's going on from the City Of Tavares:

Fire & Ice -Tavares’ Independence Day Celebration

 The City ofTavares presents “Fire & Ice” a cool, colossal Independence Day Celebration on Wednesday, July 4, at Wooton Park. Watch the Main Street Parade and enjoy a day filled with music, food, fireworks and family-friendly activities.

Festivities begin at 3:00 pm in Wooton Park, downtown Tavares, with kid’s activities,food vendors and the one-of-a-kind Splash Park!  Kids of all ages can enjoy the Ice Skating Rink (with free skates), an interactive Dance Party and Water Walker Balls. Ben Franklin & Betsy Ross are also expected to make an appearance. Entertainment will continue all afternoon and evening featuring TheJimmy Sparks Band. 

The 4th of July parade will begin at 5:00 p.m. and travel down both Main Street and Ruby Street. This All-American spectacle will be a fun-filled mix of music,floats and mounted units. America’s Seaplane City will provide aspecial treat at the start of the parade, so don’t be late!

The Splash Park will remain open until 8:00 p.m. The evening concludes with a spectacular fireworks show at 9:00 p.m.

Free parking is available at the Lake County Parking Garage at Maud Street and Sinclair Avenue. The facility is within easy walking distance of Main Street and Wooton Park. Handicap parking will be in the Lake County Records Building west-side parking lot. Vehicles will be able to access this lot from New Hampshire Avenue. Visitors are reminded that parts of Main Street and some cross streets will be closed for the parade between 3:00 and 6:00. Ruby Street will be closed between Main Street and Texas Avenue from 4:45 p.m. until the fireworks conclude to allow pedestrian traffic to flow freely.

The fireworks display is being staged on the lake, therefore the boat ramp will be closed on Tuesday, July 3 and Wednesday, July 4 while fireworks are being transported anddue to the activities taking place lakefront.  Alternate boat ramps are locatedat Summerall Park and Tavares Recreation Park (Buzzard Beach).

 For additional information, contact Community Services, 352.742.6370

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On the northwestern shore of Lake Dora lies our town of Tavares. No longer known as the serious county seat and government hub, Tavares is fast becoming the place to be for the area's finest water sports, events and entertainment.

Tavares transformation started around 2006 when the city held a series of town hall meetings where the citizens made the decision to transform the downtown waterfront area into a mecca of beautiful parks and to develop an entertainment area that would attract visitors and enhance the daily lives of it's residents.

The hard work is paying off.

Today Tavares is known as "America's Seaplane City" with the tagline "Land and See".  The new Tavares seaplane base is an official FAA certified airport and marina with 88 boat slips, three floating seaplane slips, an east-west seaplane water lane on Lake Dora , floating fuel dock, a large shallow angle concrete ramp and grassy beach area for docking.

Not forgetting children, pets and family,Tavares has developed a number of parks and activities just for them.

The Children's Splash park is a popular place to go to in Wooton Park during hot Florida days. There along the Lake Dora waterfront and beneath the giant oaks, you will find a shallow wading pool with a bright yellow seaplane and buckets spilling water on the playing children below.

 If getting wet isn't your thing, Wooton Park is a great place to relax and read while the children play on the large playground complex. Public  restrooms and numerous pavillions and areas to reserve for your next family event or party are available in Wooton Park and in many other Tavares park locations.

Just a few blocks away you can find Aesops park where it is pet friendly and home to the city's officially designated dog park. There are fenced dog areas to socialized your pups according to size. This is also where you can lease a city garden plot and grow a harvest and memories for yourself and your family.

Outside the downtown area, you can travel just a few miles to find other city parks that will  suit everyone's tastes from the quiet, ecofriendly 112 acre Nature park for fishing and hiking to the fun and exciting Skate Park that will surely please skateboarders and inline rollerbladers alike.

Tavares is also known for being the home to the only running wood burning steam operated locomotive train in America today, the Orange Blossom Cannonball. 

Here at www.VisitTavares.com you will find more info on all these attractions and so much more. We will be keeping you up to date on what is going on in and around the Tavares, Fl area on this site and in this blog so mark us and come back often!