4th of July Celebrations

Happy 4^th of July!! 

July 4:  Independence Day Activites!

• Salute at 6am
• 148th Fighter wing Fly Over Ashland around 9:42am.
• The Lions club will be on the courthouse lawn cooking brats during the parade.
• Chequamegon Food Co-op Grill – We will be grilling out for the Parade! Local Brats and Burgers and local fixings too! Store is open on the 4th until 6 pm, come on down.
• PARADE on Main Street at 11am. 
• Ashland Monday Club will be selling lemonade and cookies at Otis Park on Main Street before and during the 4th of July Parade.
• Upper 13 league Baseball Game- Washburn Sharptails vs Merchants at 2pm at Pufall Field.
• Cementery Walk at St Agnes Cemetery 2-4pm.  Rain alternate will be Our Lady of the Lake.
• Ashland City Band at the Mesang Band Shell 8pm.
• Fire Run on Main Street (9:30pm)
• Fireworks Display (10pm) from the Oredock.

The PARADE LINE UP 

ENTRY NUMBERS 1-25 LINE UP – 10:00 AM – PICK UP NUMBER & MAP BEASER & MAIN STREET

1. Chequamegon Vets – Bad River American Legion

2. Ashland Middle High School Band

3. Kevin Porter

4. Moquah Pro-Life

5. Northern Aged Iron

6. Trinity Lutheran Church

7. Patti Jellish – Ashland County Aging Volunteer

8. MCCOY

9. Ashland School of Dance

10. Culvers

11. ABC Raceway

12. D&M Auto

13. North Wisconsin Rod & Gun Club

KIDS BIKES 9th AVE w and Main Street –

Kids decorated 2- pedal bikes -* no scooters, strollers, wagons, motorized bikes. just plain old 2-wheeled, pedal bikes. Must be decorated, and Adults are encouraged to ride with their young.

14. Darlene Neff – Independence Ignited

15. Bad River Fire

16. Gichigami Search & Rescue

17. Bad River Casino

18. Marthaler Honda Toyota/ Little Friends of Jesus

19. Lulich Implement

20. Todd’s Redi-Mix

21. Ashland High School Band

22. Blakeman Plumbing & Heating

23. City of Ashland

24. Bay City Cycles

25. Northern State Bank

Celebrations in surrounding Ashland County Communities

• 07/04/2025
  A Full Day of Events:  The Madeline Island 4th of July celebration starts at 10:30am with a parade that includes entries from firetrucks and ambulances to family reunion marching units.  Following the parade, there is a program on the village green in front of the Madeline Island Museum which includes the band, a choir, group singing of patriotic songs and speeches appropriate to the occasion. This is a not-to-be-missed program and also includes the awarding of all the parade trophies.  Our spectacular fireworks begin at dark, which this far north is almost 10pm. The light show is synched to music, boats are out floating at anchor in the harbor, and the magic takes over. The fireworks truly are a community effort with fundraising to cover their cost taking place all year long. If you want to be a part of this event, make plans now.  For more information about Madeline Island, please see our website at madelineisland.com, or call the office at or 715 -747-2801.
• 07/04/2025
  Glidden Independence Day, parade, games, food, fireworks at dusk, historic Marion Park. For more information visit www.gliddenwi.org. Sponsored by VFW Auxiliary.

4th of July Fireworks
Mark Drolson/Celebrations Inc is raising funds for the 4th of the July Fireworks in Ashland.  The City of Ashland DOES NOT pay for the fireworks show. All fireworks are paid for by local business and by individual like you. So, if you would like to make a donation, Mark has an account set up at Northern State Bank, in Ashland, under the name of Celebrations Inc. or you can drop your donation off at the Ashland Chamber office and we will make sure the donation gets to Mark Drolson. No amount is too little. If everyone that enjoys the fireworks would donate $10. That would be wonderful. If you can donate more even better! Fireworks aren’t cheap. It takes over $15,000.00 for a decent display. Mark is hoping for a great display. Thank you for helping.