The Dolan Band, is the headliner for the city’s free Independence Day concert and fireworks show on Sunday, July 4. They will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Suzy and the Sissies will open up the event at 5:30 p.m. The celebration takes place at Chisenhall Fields Sports Complex, 500 W. Hidden Creek Pkwy. The gates will open at 4 p.m., with music starting at 5:30 p.m. and the fireworks at approximately 9:20 p.m. 
The celebration starts the day before, July 3, at 9 a.m. the Burleson Lions Club’s 17th Annual Independence Day Parade. The parade route starts at Burleson Collegiate High School and winds from Irene Street to Gregory Street, Johnson Avenue, Ellison Street, Wilson Street, W Miller Street, and then back to SW Gregory Street. Grandstands are located at Warren Park and near Mayor Vera Calvin Plaza in Old Town.
Residential streets around the parade staging area (Lena, Irene, Dian, Gregory) will be closed starting at 6:30 a.m. on July 3. Johnson Avenue, between Gardens Boulevard and Renfro Street - including all side streets along the entire parade route - will be closed between 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Antique vehicles, classic vehicles, emergency vehicles, military vehicles and motorcycles as well as businesses, churches, horses, pets, school groups, sports groups and more will be showcased during the parade. For more information about the parade.
The fun continues on the 4th of July with free music and fun, followed by the fireworks show choreographed to patriotic music. A concession stand will be open, but patrons may also bring a picnic and beverages. No alcohol, glass bottles, pets, tents or canopies/pop-ups are permitted in the park. Fireworks, including sparklers, are also not permitted. No outside vendors are allowed within the park.
Concert Information
Chisenhall Fields will host to the City’s Independence Day Celebration concert and fireworks show. The city stage will be set up in the field just to the right of the arched entrance to the sports complex. Patrons are encouraged to sit on the field surrounding the stage, in the bleachers or on most of the fields throughout the park. The concession stand will be open but patrons may also bring a picnic and beverages. No alcohol, glass bottles, pets, tents or canopies/pop-ups are permitted in the park. Fireworks, including sparklers, are also not permitted. No outside vendors are allowed within the park.
Parking and Traffic Information
In order to protect the safety of the pedestrians and those driving into the sports complex, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., southbound traffic on Gardens Boulevard will be required to turn right (west) onto Hidden Creek Pkwy. Advanced warning signs will be posted at Gardens and Irene and at Schumacher and Irene. No later than 9 p.m. Hidden Creek Parkway will be closed to through traffic at Irene Street. You can enter Chisenhall Fields Complex at the entrance near the Hidden Creek/Irene Street intersection and at the main arched entrance on Hidden Creek. Once the lot fills up, both gates will be closed to additional vehicles; however spectators may be dropped off at the arched entrance. No off-road parking is allowed at Bailey Lake.
The sports complex will have additional spots marked for handicapped parking. Once the parking lot is full no other vehicles will be allowed in the park. When the event is over and vehicles start leaving the complex, for safety reasons, no vehicles will be allowed to enter the complex for approximately 30-40 minutes so that pedestrians and vehicles can clear the park. Those picking up people from the celebration will be allowed in to the complex once the majority of vehicles are clear.
Once the fireworks show ends and traffic begins to leave the park, drivers may turn right only (toward I-35W), out of the Chisenhall Fields main arched entrance. Drivers may turn left only, out of the entrance closest to Irene St (toward the Irene St and Hwy 174/Wilshire Boulevard intersection). If you are on Irene St heading southwest toward Hidden Creek Pkwy, Irene St will be closed to through traffic at the intersection with Garrett St, detouring traffic right to Meador Ln, then left to Lisa St, then left to Hidden Creek Pkwy, and finally right to Wilshire Blvd.
There are more than 600 parking spaces at Chisenhall Fields, more than 200 spaces available for overflow at Hidden Creek Sports Complex, and a limited number of parking spaces at Bailey Lake Park, again no off-road parking is allowed at Bailey Lake. Sidewalks connect the venue.