If you have lived in Redlands for more than a summer or two, you already know that the Fourth of July is less a single event than a four-day braid of concerts, parades, food booths, and fireworks that runs from the Bowl to Sylvan Park to Moore Middle School and back. What is easy to miss, even for longtime residents, is how tightly this weekend's schedule locks together, and how much of the rest of the summer keeps that same rhythm going every week.
This post is a map of the next four days, laid out in the order a Redlands household would actually live them, with the small logistical details that decide whether you end up with a good parking spot or a long walk back. It also points to the places that keep the same feel on any ordinary weekend once the holiday crowds go home.
Friday Night Under The Stars At The Bowl
The weekend does not really start Saturday morning. It starts Friday, July 3, at 8 p.m. with the Redlands Bowl's annual patriotic concert.
