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Metro

Utahns celebrate freedom at Stadium of Fire

Brianne Barrus
By Brianne Barrus
July 08, 2025 11:54 AM
Stadium of Fire has been a part of the Freedom Festival for more than four decades, and people still come from far and wide to hear the music, see the fireworks and enjoy the Fourth of July together.
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Metro

What to do on the 4th of July in Utah County

Brooke Christensen
By Brooke Christensen
July 02, 2025 09:00 AM
Utah County is jam-packed with 4th of July celebrations for the whole family to enjoy.
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Metro

Annual Freedom Festival features flag retirement ceremony

Daegan Beus
By Daegan Beus
June 25, 2025 11:22 AM
June 14 marked the annual flag retirement ceremony in Provo, where the community gathered to retire old, out-of-service United States flags and kick off the Freedom Festival.
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Local

Provo community camps out for July Fourth Grand Parade

By Payton Pingree
July 03, 2024 12:00 AM
Community members from Provo and beyond have started camping out along University Avenue in anticipation of the July Fourth Grand Parade put on by America's Freedom Festival.
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Campus Events

Provo celebrates freedom at annual Patriotic Service

By Payton Pingree
July 01, 2024 12:00 AM
America's Freedom Festival at Provo hosted its annual Patriotic Service on Sunday, June 30 in the Marriott Center on the BYU campus. Elder Matthew S. Holland, General Authority Seventy, addressed the crowd as the keynote speaker of the event.
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Campus Events

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf shares Fourth of July message at the Marriott Center

By Payton Pingree
July 04, 2022 12:00 AM
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gave a devotional on Sunday night at the Marriott Center and was the keynote speaker in the Patriotic Service as part of Provo's Freedom Festival.
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Photo Galleries

Photo Story: Provo's hot air balloon festival

By Addie Blacker
July 07, 2021 12:00 AM
America's Freedom Festival at Provo celebrated the 4th of July with an annual hot air balloon fest each morning on July 2, 3 and 5. Utah residents bring chairs and blankets and wait for balloons to be blown up. Once they're blown up, everyone walks around to see the balloons and take pictures. The balloons normally launch into the sky, but didn't on July 5 when these photos were taken because of bad weather.
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Featured

What you need to know about Fourth of July fireworks in Utah

By Emily Andersen
July 01, 2020 12:00 AM
Provo firefighters want to make sure everything is safe this Fourth of July, and that means advertising firework safety.
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Local

Utah summer festivals take varied responses to COVID-19

By Emma Benson
April 06, 2020 12:00 AM
There are a number of Utah community celebrations and festivals that occur between the months of May and September. However, some of these have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and have made or are trying to make difficult decisions regarding their celebrations.
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Art

What's New at America's Freedom Festival in Provo

By Kimberly Petersen
June 28, 2019 12:00 AM
A volunteer shows young kids different items used in the colonial era during the Colonial Heritage Festival. (Tammy Palmquist)
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Local

Utah Valley Interfaith Association hosting National Day of Prayer

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
April 29, 2019 12:00 AM
A poster from the National Day of Prayer organization promotes the May 2 event. (National Day of Prayer)
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Campus Events

OneRepublic headlines Stadium of Fire

By Morgan March
July 05, 2018 12:00 AM
Spectators enjoyed performances by local and national groups, patriotic tributes and the headlining performance of OneRepublic at the 38th annual Stadium of Fire event on July 4.
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Local

LGBT groups will participate in Provo Freedom Festival

By Stephanie Macias
July 03, 2018 12:00 AM
The Freedom Festival parade will be on July 4, 2018. Four LGBT support groups will participate after they were initially denied a spot in the parade. (Ernie L. Thornton)
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Local

Little Big Town, Hunter Hayes, Brian Regan headline 37th annual Stadium of Fire

By Sam Bigelow
July 03, 2017 12:00 AM
The 37th annual Stadium of Fire on Saturday showcased local talent, patriotic demonstrations and headlining performances from country artists Hunter Hayes and Little Big Town and comedian Brian Regan.
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Theater

Premiere of 'America Nine-Eleven' musical pays tribute to first responders

By Jessica Olsen
September 13, 2016 12:00 AM
Actor Dallyn Bayles sings a duet with actress Rebecca Lopez at the premiere of 'America Nine-Eleven' musical. The two played a couple who were expecting a child. In the musical, Lopez's character soon after dies on Flight 93, the hijacked plane that crashed in a Pennsylvania field on 9/11. (Ryan Turner)
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Music

Covey Center musical honors 15th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

By Jessica Olsen
September 08, 2016 12:00 AM
The American Freedom Festival's 'America Nine-Eleven Musical' this Friday will honor the first responders who died in the 9/11 attacks 15 years ago. (Carl Bacon)
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Sports

Annual Freedom Run returns to Provo

June 29, 2016 12:00 AM
Freedom Run participants wait at the starting line of a past race. The Freedom Run is part of the annual Freedom Festival in Provo. (Jayare Roberts/Facebook)
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Local

Stadium of Fire to celebrate American values

By Liesl Nielsen
June 28, 2016 12:00 AM
Audience members watch the evening firework show during the 2014 Stadium of Fire program at Lavell Edwards Stadium. (Elliott Miller)
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