While traditionalists might mind the relative shortage of fireworks, the Fourth of July for 2025, in Jefferson County and beyond, offers no shortage of food or music.

This year’s July 4 coincides with the second-annual “Tarboo” Olympic Peninsula music festival, running from July 3-5 at the Quilcene Lantern at 7360 Center Road, as well as the first-ever Fourth of July “Weekend Event” at the Palindrome, running from July 4-6 at the Eaglemount Winery and Cidery, at 1893 S. Jacob Miller Road in Port Townsend.

It also briefly precedes the “First Saturday” Art Walk of the month, from 5-8 p.m. on July 5 in art galleries throughout downtown Port Townsend.

Centrum at Fort Worden serves as the site of multiple musical events on July 4, including their regular “Free Fridays” from noon to 1 p.m. at the Fort Worden Commons, at 200 Battery Way, followed by “Fiddles on the Fourth” from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the McCurdy Pavilion, at 25 Eisenhower Ave.

The Finnriver Cider Garden, Cidery Taproom and Orchard, at 124 Center Road in Chimacum, is offering wood-fired pizza from Dented Buoy from noon to 7:30 p.m., a seasonal menu from the Finnriver Kitchen from noon to 8 p.m., sandwiches and salad from Friendly Nettle from 4-7 p.m., vegan ice cream from the Fiddlehead Creamery from 4-8 p.m. and swing dance with the Jonathan Doyle Quartet from 7-9 p.m. on July 4.

The Port Townsend Summer Band will be performing its free Fourth of July concert and audience sing-along from 6-7 p.m. at Pope Marine Park, at 607 Water St. in Port Townsend, on July 4, but no fireworks are included.

Other local musical offerings on July 4 include Abracadabra Trip from 5-7 p.m. at Taps at the Guardhouse, at 300 Eisenhower Ave. at Fort Worden State Park; Jonas Myers from 5-7 p.m. at the Bishop Block Bottle Shop and Garden, at 714 Washington St. in Port Townsend; Michele D’Amour and the Love Dealers from 6-8 p.m. at the Keg and I, at 1291 Chimacum Road in Port Hadlock; and James Hunnicut from 8-11 p.m. at the Sirens Pub, at 823 Water St. in Port Townsend.

The Boat Haven Marina, at 919 Haines Place in Port Townsend, is hosting the historic U.S. Coast Guard vessel Comanche (originally USS ATA-202) for an all-day Fourth of July barbecue and open house from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on July 4, before it pulls out of port at 10 a.m. on July 5 for a cruise to Port Hadlock, on which riders are welcome.

The Hilltop Tavern, at 2510 W. Sims Way in Port Townsend, is offering “Burgers, Brats and Beers” from 5-9 p.m. on July 4, and on July 5, Badd Dog Blues will be performing at the “Red, White and Blues” event from 6-9 p.m. at American Legion Post 26, at 209 Monroe St. in Port Townsend.

Further afield in Jefferson County, Forks’ “Old-Fashioned Fourth of July” events span from the “Miss Patriotic Pageant” on July 2 and the frog-jump on July 3, both at Tillucum Park at 6 p.m., to the dawn-till-dusk schedules of events on July 4-5, followed on July 6 by the “Kiddies’ Play Day” from noon to 2 p.m. at Tillucum Park, and the sacks tournament at 4 p.m.

Forks’ Tillcum Park hosts fireworks at dusk on July 4, at 401 Tillcum Lane, but unfortunately, the Fourth of July celebration from 8:30-10 p.m. on July 4 at the Port Angeles Wharf, at 115 Railroad Ave. E., will not be able to feature fireworks this year.