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Cape Harbour to host Great American Picnic July 4

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Cape Harbour will be celebrating Independence Day with a Great American Picnic to be held Saturday, July 4, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission and parking are free to the event.

Activities will be held throughout the day including a tribute to the troops, a Patriotic Pet Contest, an arts and crafts area for kids, free hair braiding and face painting by High Maintenance Salon, martial arts demonstrations by Jeff Santella’s Street Defense and an apple pie baking contest sponsored by Pignoli. Judges for this year’s Patriotic Pet Contest will be WINK-TV news anchor Lois Thome and Cape Dog Bakery owner Anita Simmons.

The Adopt-A-Troop Foundation, a non-profit group who raises money to support troops stationed overseas, will also be present at the event. Children’s ID videos and fingerprint identification for parents will be sponsored by Cape Coral Masonic Lodge No. 367.

Pignoli’s will be selling hot dogs and hamburgers throughout the event. Rumrunners, The Joint and Run Agrounds will also be serving guests as usual. The merchants at Cape Harbour will be open during the event.

Live entertainment will be provided by DJ Juke Box Hero during the festival and The Joint at Cape Harbour will host live music Friday, July 3rd from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Cape Harbour is located at 5703 Cape Harbour Drive in Cape Coral. For more information about this event, visit www.capeharbour.com or call (239) 945-6116.