All Town of Bel Air offices will be closed Friday, July 4 for the Independence Day holiday. All residential recycling will be picked up on Thursday, July 3 since there will be no recycling collection Friday. Yard waste also will not be picked up on Friday.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact the Department of Public Works prior to the holiday closure at 410-638-4536.
Celebrate the Fourth in Bel Air!
While Town government offices will be closed, Bel Air will be hosting a full slate of July 4 activities on Friday, starting with a 6:45 a.m. flag-raising ceremony and singing of the National Anthem on the grounds of Town Hall at 39 N. Hickory Avenue.
A full morning of activities will follow, including the annual Pancake Breakfast at Bel Air High School, hosted by the BAHS Athletic Boosters, that starts at 7 a.m., along with horseshoe pitching in Rockfield Park at 8 a.m., and family fun in Shamrock Park that starts with the water balloon toss at 9:30 a.m., Uncle Sam Says at 10:30 a.m., watermelon eating contest at 11 a.m. and a concert by the Bel Air Community Band at noon.
During the same period, the Hays House Museum at 324 Kenmore Avenue near Bel Air High School will be open for tours from 9 a.m. to noon, and the Bel Air Police Department will host its annual Bicycle Rodeo for children, starting at 11 a.m. at Bel Air Elementary School.
Staging for the downtown parade starts at 4 p.m. at the intersection of East MacPhail Road and South Main Street near Homestead-Wakefield Elementary School. The parade kicks off at 6 p.m., with Kristy Breslin of WMAR-TV and Rich Bennett serving as emcees. The start of the parade will be preceded by a 5:50 p.m. reading of the Declaration of Independence and singing of the National Anthem.
The parade route runs from Idlewild Street and South Main Street, along Main Street through downtown and ends at North Main and Gordon Street. Anybody who cannot attend the parade in person can watch a livestream, provided by HarfordTV, Harford County's cable television channel. The livestream will be available via the HarfordTV Facebook page, starting at 5:50 p.m. Replays can be seen on television on Armstrong Channel 7/HD 101, Comcast Channel 21/HD 1084 and Verizon Channel 31 on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. during July 2025.
The day's activities will conclude with a fireworks show scheduled to start around 9:30 p.m. The fireworks will be shot from Rockfield Park.
The Bel Air Independence Day Committee, a nonprofit organization, coordinates Bel Air's July 4 events. Please visit their website, belairjuly4.org, for additional information.
Contact Media and Public Relations Specialist David Anderson at 410-838-7181 or danderson@belairmd.org.