Every year, my family looks forward to the Fourth of July more than almost any other day on the calendar. Idaho Falls is home to Idaho's largest Independence Day parade and the country’s fifth-largest fireworks display, and this year, as our nation marks its 250th anniversary, I can say with confidence: This will be our greatest celebration yet.Read More
This year, Greater Idaho Falls Transit (GIFT) will provide shuttle service for attendees who need assistance getting from the handicap parking area to the celebration grounds.Read More
On June 18, 2026, Melaleuca Executive Chairman Frank VanderSloot announced that this year’s celebration is expected to be the last. Development at Snake River Landing means the property that has hosted the show for the past decade will no longer be available.Read More
As the United States turns 250 years old, the 33rd Annual Melaleuca Freedom Celebration is preparing to deliver its most meaningful tribute yet with 31 minutes of patriotic music and narration choreographed note for note and shell for shell with 18,915 dazzling shells in the air.Read More
