07/02/2025
The City of Covington will host its annual Independence in the Park celebration on Thursday, July 3, 2025. This year’s program will feature a concert by , known for its faithful musical tributes to Chicago & Earth, Wind & Fire. The concert will begin at 8:00 p.m. followed by Covington’s traditional fireworks show at 9:45 p.m. Please see below for more specifics regarding the event:
🚧SQUARE CLOSURE: Clark St. will be closed to inbound traffic the morning of Thursday, July 3, 2025 for construction of the stage. The Square will close to traffic at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 3, 2025 & all cars must be removed from the Square closure by 5:00 p.m. The closure includes one block off of Square proper + Pace Street to Williams Street. BUSINESSES WILL BE OPEN and multiple restaurants on the Square will be open during part of or all of the celebration. There are no additional food vendors this year.
🚗PARKING: For a map of road closures and public parking suggestions, please visit https://bit.ly/2025_IndpInThePark_Parking. No parking is allowed in the fireworks fall out zone and the Cricket Frog Trail between Emory St. and Pace St. will be closed as it is in the fireworks fall out zone.
🚔TRAFFIC: At the end of the evening's celebration, expect traffic delays when leaving the area. Traffic flow exiting the city will be handled by traffic signals with the exception of a few manned intersections that will be limited to travel in certain directions. Traffic will not be allowed to turn southbound (back towards the Square) at the below intersections. Please note the flow at the below intersections when choosing where to park:
◾️Emory St. at Hwy. 278: Traffic allowed to travel northbound on Emory St. or westbound on Hwy. 278.
◾️Pace St. at Hwy. 278: Traffic cannot turn southbound on Pace St.
◾️Elm St. at Hwy. 278: Traffic allowed to travel northbound on Elm St. or eastbound on Hwy. 278.
◾️Mill St. at Hwy. 278: Traffic allowed to travel northbound on Mill St. or eastbound on Hwy. 278.
◾️Turner Lake Rd at Hwy. 278 AND Hwy. 142 at Hwy. 278: Traffic will operate as normal with the traffic signal.
*If lights are switched to flashing, please follow all officers' directions or if not manned, treat as four-way stop.
🔺REMINDERS🔺
▪️Please do not set chairs on the sidewalks as those must stay open for walking.
▪️No pop up tents allowed.
▪️Juvenile Curfew is 9:30 PM in the city limits of Covington Monday through Thursday so anyone (16) years or younger must be accompanied by an adult to watch the 9:45 p.m. fireworks. To read the complete ordinance, please visit https://bit.ly/CovingtonMuniCode_Curfew.
The above information can also be found on our website at https://cityofcovington.org/index.php?section=recent-news&prrid=467.
We hope you'll join us for a great concert followed by fireworks to light up the night! 🎆
*All events are weather permitting. Decisions to cancel are based on information from weather service predictions 24-hours to current weather conditions depending on the time of cancellation. Events or portions of events may not be rescheduled due to logistics, staffing, contractual obligations, and/or availability. Community partner events may be cancelled/rescheduled/moved by the community partner due to the aforementioned.*
