This weekend, you should really be grilling, waving your flag, and exercising caution with fireworks! If that's not enough, we've rounded up a few awesome events happening around town. Feel free to add your own events in the comments and, if there's something happening in the near future that you think our readers would like to know about, email us at events [at] buycincy [dot] com. Enjoy your weekend!
The Outdoor Museum
Theodore M. Berry International Friendship Park
ongoing through 26 Jul
FREE
TOM is an outdoor exhibition of billboard-sized works of graphic art created by teenagers employed in the ArtWorks Summer Program. The resulting billboards respond to the theme of "green" in its many facets. Friendship Park is a great destination for a picnic! -VL
Northside Rock 'N Roll Carnival and 4th of July Parade
Jacob Hoffner Park & Hamilton Avenue, Northside
Fri 3 Jul-Sat 4 Jul, times vary
FREE
This popular and "one of a kind Cincinnati event" kicks off on Friday at 6:00 PM with a carnival with food and a ton of musical acts. The parade begins at 11:00 AM on Saturday with the Carnival continuing on Sunday from 1:00 PM to 1:00 AM. Check website for the complete and extensive line-up of musical acts. -QCS
Equinox Cincinnati
Fountain Square & Grand Ballroom of Millenium Hotel, downtown
Sat 4 Jul 11am-Sun 5 Jul 4am
FREE for Fountain Square Festival-$50 for Equinox Ball
Cincinnati is ready to show the world that the climate towards the LGBT community is changing in our city! Check out the blowout party on Fountain Square on Saturday, with live music, food and libations, shopping and more! The weekend climaxes Saturday night at the Equinox Ball in the Grand Ballroom of the Millenium Hotel. -VL
Cincinnati Pops: Red, White and Boom!
Riverbend
Sat 4 Jul, 8pm
$12.50-$20
A spectacular music celebration that salutes this great land and will include favorite American songs and patriotic anthems including "the Armed Forces Salute and, in honor of the Lincoln Bicentennial, a special performance of Copland's Lincoln Portrait narrated by newsanchor Clyde Gray." The event ends with Rozzi's Famous Fireworks. Check website for more information including information on the kid's area that opens at 6:30pm. And, children 12 and under are free on the lawn! -QCS
Close Inspections Gallery Talk
Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr.
Sun 5 Jul, 1pm
FREE
Continuing with our tradition of inviting University of Cincinnati Art History students, the Art Museum invites you to discover the Art Museum's permanent collections through the eyes of a student as Lena Weisgerber discusses Moses Ezekiel's Eve Hearing the Voice. -VL
i can't wait for the Rock n' Roll Carnival this weekend. it might be one of the most under-appreciated festivals in the city.