This Weekend with The Daily City | Mark Baratelli July 4th
Friday, July 4, 2014
By: Mark Baratelli

Publisher of the Daily City, Mark Baratelli features an Independence Day edition: Downtown Orlando's "fireworks at the fountain" started at 4 and will be accompanied by the Orlando Philharmonic at Lake Eola Park. St Cloud's annual Margaritaville Party for Jimmy Buffet fans started at 3 and goes til 10 at Lakefront Park. Oviedo's carnival games and carnival food, craft vendors and fireworks started 5 at Oviedo Mall. Kissimmee's gaggle of activities including TheDailyCity.com Food Truck Bazaar's twenty-two bazar approved food trucks, a fireworks show, bounce houses, live music, beer garden started at 5 and runs til 9:30 at Lakefront Park. Sanford's live entertainment, food, splash pad and fireworks display all started at five at Fort Mellon Park. Avalon Park's apple pie bake-off, hot dot eating contest, bike parade and fireworks started at five and runs til nine at the Avalon Park Town Center. Winter Springs's parade, food, music and fireworks started at five and goes until nine thirty at Central Winds Park. Celebration's costume contest, fireworks, bounce houses, live music and jousting area started at 5:30 at Celebration Town Center. Austins Coffee's ninth annual "I-4 Festival" started at noon and runs all day and night with 26 bands, vegan and non vegan food options and beer specials at Austins Coffee in Winter Park.

Each Friday, Mark Baratelli publisher of The Daily City previews the upcoming weekend's events in Central Florida.

Photo: Avalon Park Fireworks , eventsatavalonpark.com