Celebrate the Fourth of July with your family and friends in Mira Mesa!
Events include: A Pancake Breakfast, The Fun Day at the Park at the Gil Johnson Community Park and Recreation Center, followed by a Community Parade, and ending with a Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular.
The Pancake Breakfast runs from 7:00 a.m. through 11:00 a.m. at the Mira Mesa Epicentre, 8450 Mira Mesa Blvd. It is sponsored by the Black Mountain Masonic Lodge #845. The cost is $5.00 per person.
The Fun Day at the Park begins at 10:00 a.m. and continues throughout the day, with games for the kids, food, rides, and community booths featuring many of our local businesses. The location is the Gil Johnson Community Park and Recreation Center, across from Mira Mesa High School.
The 34th Annual Fourth of July Parade, featuring: floats, marching bands, and entertainment, starts at approximately 11:30 a.m. and runs along Mira Mesa Blvd. from Greenford Drive to Camino Ruiz. This year’s theme is “Celebrating Our Community”.
The Fourth of July Fireworks, sponsored by the Mira Mesa Community Fourth of July Committee and its sister nonprofit group, Scripps Mesa Fireworks, Inc. will begin at approximately 9:00 p.m. from the Mira Mesa High School Fields. The fireworks display can be enjoyed from locations, such as the Community Park and seen from as far away as Miramar Lake in Scripps Ranch.
The fireworks display is funded completely through donations, and both donations and volunteers are always greatly appreciated. To give your support, send donations to: Mira Mesa Community Fourth of July Committee, PO Box 261264, San Diego, CA. 92196.
If you or your group can volunteer time, convertibles, or manpower, please contact Karen Burger at (858) 271-0419 or Judy Sluyter at (858) 549-4557.
Be sure to look for us in the Fourth of July Parade. We will keep you cool during the parade with free water bottles, and handing out t-shirts and Frisbees.
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June 24th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Thanks for the information. Me and my girlfriend just moved here last month and were wondering if Mira Mesa had fireworks. Is the parade and the fun day worth going to? Do a lot of people attend?
Great website by the way.
June 25th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Hi Greg,
Welcome to the neighborhood! Mira Mesa is a GREAT place to live
As far as the Parade and Fun Day… YES, they are definitely worth going to. I believe we get about 10,000 people lining the streets to watch the parade and it is a very festive event. I am not sure how many people show up to the park, but there are a ton. I suggest bringing a small grill, a cooler, and couple of lounge chairs and make a whole day of it. We also have a great Fireworks display!
Thanks for the compliment on the website. It is only going to get better!
Take care
June 25th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Look for our truck “float” in the parade. We will be handing out t-shirts, frisbees, and (hopefully) ice cold water during the parade. Doug & I will be looking for you, please introduce yourself. It should be hot, but a fun day for all. Welcome to Mira Mesa, and thanks for the input. Sincerely, Mark
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:12 am
thanks for posting this.. there were rumors going around that there would be no fireworks at mira mesa.. it made my son pretty sad but once i read this to him he got excited.. he cant wait for the parade.. thanks
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Another major contributor to the Mira Mesa fireworks, and one that should be recognized, is the “Monster Manor” haunted house which contributes $5,000 each year to the Mira Mesa 4th of July Committee towards the fireworks.
For some reason the “Monster Manor” seems to get left out of any mention of contributors to the fireworks.
July 2nd, 2008 at 3:19 pm
This is the first time in over 20 years that I will miss the event, I am sure that it will be a good one!
July 2nd, 2008 at 3:21 pm
The fun day at the park is really great. My kids love it and have for years and they help participate in running some of the game booths and are involved with some of the entertainment as well. The entertainment is great very community oriented and young and old alike will love it.
July 2nd, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Ah, the 4th of July.
It’s my favorite holiday because I get to spend time with my family but it’s not as stressful as Christmas or Thanksgiving.
Too bad most of my family is out of town. :/
I think this may be the first Fourth of July I spend with my friends…
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:18 pm
This may be impossible to do…but, anyway to keep all the participants of the parade together. Year after year the parade seems to separate more and more near the end of the route. I am sure all the boy scouts, girl scouts, miss phil-am, and the liberal group that participate are very tired when the end is in sight. There are times when the participants are minutes apart.
July 4th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
The boys in Cub Scout Pack 1203 and the Brownies in Girl Scout Troop 8215 had a great time in the parade. Now we’re eating our barbequed hot dogs and anxiously waiting for the fireworks. We can hardly wait for next year!
July 5th, 2008 at 7:21 am
How about those fireworks, Mira Mesa? They just seem to get better every year. They are always adding something neat and new. I Loved the ground level segment they did this year. Thanks for an awesome show for who ever put this together.
I’m starting to get through my shots for this years fireworks and parade and will be posting them on my smugmug site. Give me a couple days for the parade shots (better than 400 to go through), I have put some of last nights fireworks.
http://www.pollarddigital.smugmug.com/gallery/5330399_7JPBA#325700812_aVEKE
July 5th, 2008 at 7:43 am
Andy… Wow, you take some nice photos!
Yes, the fireworks were the best I have seen in quite a few years. I heard nothing but positive things about them this year.
I added a video of the Finale that I took with my new little Flip Video camera for those of you that were not able to attend.
http://www.miramesa.com/category/videos/
July 5th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Yeah, I’ve been going to watch the fireworks at MMHS forever and last night was the best one ever, by far! thanks for a great show!