Get ready to look up

With fireworks, parades and music, the Midlands is ready to celebrate the Fourth of July.

The annual World-Herald fireworks show will be Friday at Rosenblatt Stadium after the Omaha Royals game against the New Orleans Zephyrs, which begins at 6:35 p.m.

The 22-minute display is orchestrated by Fireworks by Grucci and is choreographed to music. This year, the music will be songs that were popular in the mid-1980s to celebrate the show’s 25th anniversary, said World-Herald spokesman Joel Long.

The Confidentials, a local band, will perform after the baseball game and will also play ’80s tunes.

Music for the fireworks display will be simulcast on Star 104.5 FM. The fireworks are scheduled to start about 45 minutes after the game.

Shuttle buses are available from the Oak View and Westroads shopping malls from 3:45 p.m. to 7 p.m. Return trips will leave from Rosenblatt starting 15 minutes after the fireworks end.

Bus fare is $3 and benefits the Papillion Little League.

Ralston

Ralston will celebrate Independence Day with two days of festivities.

Activities on Friday at Ralston Park, 80th Street and Park Drive, include a picnic, a pie-baking contest and live music. Several dances, including a family street dance at 77th and Main Streets, will be held in the evening.

Independence Day starts with a fun run at 7:50 a.m. Other festivities include two parades, live music and Fire Department water fights.

The Fourth of July fireworks display will take place near the Lakeview Golf Course at 72nd and Q Streets at dusk.

Information: 402-339-7737, ralstonareachamber.org.

Seward

A full day of celebration is planned for Saturday in Seward. Festivities include a craft market, air show, food vendors, a parade, trolley rides and a concert.

A fireworks display will take place at Plum Creek Park at 10 p.m.

Information: 402-643-4189, julyfourthseward.com.

UNO

University of Nebraska at Omaha carillonneur James Johnson will perform patriotic medleys on the university’s campus at 9 a.m. Saturday. People can bring their own chairs and sit in the grassy area between the Criss Library and the Strauss Performing Arts Center.

J.E. George

The annual J.E. George parade will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday. The parade spans J.E. George Boulevard from Nichols Street to Memorial Park.

More celebrations and fireworks displays

@List hed 10:FRIDAY

Beatrice: Fireworks, Beatrice Speedway, 10 p.m.

Columbus: Fireworks, AG Park, 10 p.m.

Fremont: Fireworks, Woodcliff, 10:45 p.m.

Grand Island: Fireworks, Riverside Golf Club, 10 p.m.

Lincoln: Fireworks, Pine Lake Dam on West Shore Drive, 10 p.m.

Oakland: Fireworks, west edge of Oakland Park, 10 p.m.

Omaha: Fireworks, Happy Hollow Country Club (golf course south of country club), 10 p.m.

Shubert: Pioneer long rifle rendezvous, Indian Cave State Park. Through July 5.

South Bend: Fireworks, next to the Housing Association, 10 p.m.

Waterloo: Fireworks, beach on south side of the lake, 9:40 p.m.

@List hed 10:SATURDAY

Ashland: Fireworks, Ashland Ball Field, 10 p.m.

Auburn: Fireworks, 14th Street and Irvin Drive, 10 p.m.

Aurora: Fireworks, Hamilton County Fairgrounds, 10 p.m.

Bennington: Fireworks, Newport Landing Lake, 10 p.m.

Blair: Fireworks set to music, 715 Grant St.

Boys Town: Fireworks, football field, 9:30 p.m. Use Dodge or Pacific Street entrances.

Crawford: Art show and barbecue, Fort Robinson State Park, noon, $6.

Fort Calhoun: Living history demonstrations, Fort Atkinson State Historical Park, 11 a.m. Through Sunday.

Fremont: Fireworks, Christiansen Field, 10 p.m.; fireworks, Woodcliff Lakes, 10 p.m.

Grand Island: A parade, concert by the Silver Cornet Band and pie-eating contest at the Stuhr Museum, 3133 W. U.S. Highway 34. Information: stuhrmuseum.org, 308-385-5316.

Gretna: Fireworks, Tiburon Golf Course, 10 p.m.

Kearney: Fort Kearny stampede days, Fort Kearny State Historical Park, 9 a.m. Through July 5.

Lincoln: Fireworks, Saltdogs parking lot, 9:30 p.m.; fireworks, Capitol Beach Lake, 9:50 p.m.; fireworks, Lincoln Country Club, 10 p.m.

Lyons: Fireworks, Brink Park (south of softball field), 10 p.m.

Murray: Parade, mud volleyball, garden tractor pull, horseshoes and other activities. Fireworks at Memorial Young Field at 10 p.m.

Nebraska City: Fireworks, Steinhart Park, 10 p.m.

Niobrara: Buffalo cookout and entertainment, Niobrara State Park, 5:30 p.m. Entertainment is free; cookout cost is $6 for children under age 13, $9 for teens and adults.

Norfolk: Inflatable midway, live music, food and fireworks choreographed to music at Skyview Lake Park. Information: bigbangboom.org.

Omaha: Fireworks, Champions Run Golf Course, 10 p.m.; Seville Homeowners Association Independence Day Parade, followed by refreshments and activities. Parade route begins at the corner of 148th Avenue and 149th Avenue, 9 a.m.

Springfield: Fireworks, along the Platte River next to housing development, 10 p.m.

Tekamah: Fireworks, main ballfield, 10 p.m.

York: Fireworks, York County Fairgrounds, 10 p.m.

@List hed 10:SUNDAY

Lincoln: Fireworks, Saltdogs parking lot, 9:30 p.m.

Omaha: Midtown Neighborhood Alliance fireworks show, Field Club of Omaha, 36th Street and Woolworth Avenue, 10 p.m.

All fireworks times and locations provided by the Nebraska State Fire Marshal’s Office.