FIREWORKS AND FESTIVITIES

Find your guide to metro events scheduled for today and Thursday, plus see which events have been canceled or postponed,

Fireworks will light up the sky all over metro Atlanta on July 4th – weather permitting.

With rain the forecast, be sure to check the websites or sponsors before taking off to watch. A handful of events had already been cancelled or postponed as of Tuesday.

Many metro Atlanta events involve more than fireworks, with live music, games and other activities to help you party the day and evening away. Here’s your guide to some of the best shows in town today and Thursday. Most are free.

TODAY

and Mother’s Finest Concert, Norcross. 4 p.m Free. Lillian Webb Park, 5 College St. 678-421-2000, www.norcrossga.net. 4 p.m. Free. Scott Hudgens Park - River Green Business Park, River Green Parkway. 770-476-3434, www.duluth-ga.com. The parade begins at 10 a.m. at Roswell Street Baptist Church and ends at North Marietta Parkway. Marching bands, civic organizations, beauty queens, Scouts and local businesses. Festival starts after the parade with food concessions, music, arts and crafts and carnival. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Fireworks at dusk. http://www.mariettaga.gov/city/ residents/parks/specialevents/julyfourth. Enjoy the Lasershow Spectacular followed by a fireworks Thursday through Saturday on the lawn. Begins at dusk.$10 daily parking pass or $35 for annual parking permit, Highway 78 East, Stone Mountain. http://www.stone mountainpark.com/. Decorate your wagon, ride your bike, skate, or walk in this parade. Everyone can join the neighborhood and organization floats before settling in the square for the fireworks, which begin about 9 p.m. Parade line-up is at the First Baptist Church of Decatur at 5:30 p.m. Parade begins at 6 p.m. and ends at the Community Bandstand on the square, where a concert by the Callanwolde Concert Band begins at 7 p.m. 6 p.m. Free. 404-371-8386 or email Katie.Abel@decaturga.com. http: //www.visitdecaturgeorgia.com.