What You Need to Know About the 4th in Decatur and Avondale Estates

HOT DOG EATING CONTEST AND MORE AT LEON’S FULL SERVICE

, 131 E. Ponce de Leon Ave, Decatur, Monday, July 4, 5 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Contest starts at 6 p.m. $50 gift card for Leon's and a Coney Island Brewery t-shirt are the grand prize for eating the most hotdogs. E-mail Tim to sign up at: timmyj@leonsfullservice.com.

Avondale Estates Parade Details:

9:15 am: Parade line-up at Avondale High School parking lot

10:00 am: Parade begins up Clarendon Avenue and ends at the clock tower

Fireworks at Lake Avondale

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6:30 to 8:30 pm: Avondale First Baptist Church sells hamburgers, hot dogs and cokes at Lake Avondale.

7:30 pm: Atlanta Blue Notes perform at the lake.
 
Dusk: Fireworks begin at the lake.

Decatur Parade Details

The parade line-up begins at 5:30 p.m. at the located at 308 Clairemont Ave. Walkers should line up in the parking lot or lawn on the north side of the church. Vehicles should pull into the parking deck on the south side of the church for line up in the vehicle section.

At 6 p.m., the parade will start, winding its way to the square for the presentation of colors and the Star Spangled Banner. The parade route is approximately one mile long. Turning right out of the church parking lot, left onto Commerce Drive, right onto Church Street, right onto E. Ponce de Leon Avenue, left onto Commerce Drive, left onto W. Trinity Place, ending at N. McDonough Street.

After the parade, the Callanwolde Concert Band will start its show at 7 p.m. in the Community Bandstand.

Fireworks will begin at dark – around 9 p.m.—and they will be shot from the top of the DeKalb County courthouse parking deck.