Utah County will hold a handful of fireworks shows, festivals and celebrations this week for Independence Day on Thursday, including the popular Stadium of Fire and Colonial Heritage Festival.

Here are some of the events happening throughout Utah County this week to celebrate the holiday.

Provo

• Stadium of Fire: This year’s Stadium of Fire celebration will be headlined by the Jonas Brothers, a fan-favorite pop band, at LaVell Edwards Stadium on the Brigham Young University campus, starting at 8 p.m. Thursday. As of Monday, a few tickets were still available at byutickets.com. The event also will feature a flyover by F-35 jets from Hill Air Force Base and the famous fireworks show.
• Freedom Days: Freedom Days, put on by America’s Freedom Festival, will be held from Wednesday to Friday on Provo’s Center Street. The festival will feature various vendors, a carnival on all days, and music and dance performances. Vendors and the carnival open at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
• Ballon Fest: On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the ballon fest will begin at 6 a.m at Fox Field, where attendees can watch the balloons be inflated before they take flight. There also will be a “Ballon Glow” on Friday starting at 8:30 p.m., also at Fox Field.
• Grand Parade: The Grand Parade in Provo will start at 9 a.m. Thursday, beginning at 1000 N. University Ave. and continuing to 200 South, then to 200 East and north to Center Street before finally heading to 900 East.

Orem

• Colonial Heritage Festival: The annual Colonial Heritage Festival will run from Thursday to Saturday from about 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The main festival will be held at SCERA Park with various activities such as colonial-era games, military demonstrations, and colonial village displays and educational programs.

Lehi

• Thanksgiving Point Freedom Celebration: Thanksgiving Point will be hosting a free fireworks show at Electric Park, with gates opening at 4 p.m. and the show starting at 10 p.m. The celebration will include various vendors, and attendees can bring blankets and chairs to watch the show. The fireworks will be synchronized with various popular tunes.

Pleasant Grove

• Fireworks show: Pleasant Grove City will be putting on a fireworks show Thursday night at Discovery Park. The show will begin at dusk and additional parking is available at the nearby church.
• Flag unfurling ceremony: Follow the Flag, a nonprofit based in Pleasant Grove, will be hosting an early morning flag unfurling ceremony. The event will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the Grove Creek Trailhead and will include a choral performance and a flyover. The group will unfurl a 12,000-square-foot American flag that will be hung in the mouth of Grove Creek Canyon. Attendees are asked to bring their own chairs.