Fourth of July events

Durango

• The Durango Rotary Club will sponsor an All-American Pancake Breakfast from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Rotary Park behind the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4031 on Main Avenue and 15th Street. Adult tickets are $9, children 4 to 12 are $5, and those younger than 4 are free.
• The Freedom 5K run will begin at 9 a.m. in Rotary Park. The event is free and open to all ages.
• The Durango Elks Lodge's Independence Day Barbecue will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lot of the lodge.

  For more information, call 247-0066.

• The American Declaration of Independence and other important founding documents will be read from 11 a.m. to noon in Buckley Park.
• The Kids to Kids Flea Market will be held from noon to 3 p.m. in Buckley Park. There will be toys, sports, clothes, music and games.

  For space reservations, call 385-1515.

• A family picnic and barbecue cook-off will be held from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Buckley Park. There will be music, food, games and beer garden.

  For more information, visit www.cookmanfood.com.

• The Stars and Stripes Parade will be held from 6 to 6:30 p.m. on Main Avenue.
• A street dance will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Main Avenue. The High Rollers will perform.
• The fireworks display will begin at 9:15 p.m.

Bayfield

• A parade on Mill Street will start at 10 a.m., with live music, food, arts and crafts and kids' activities in Joe Stephenson Park until 5 p.m.
• A fireworks show will start at dusk at Bayfield High School.

  Silverton

• A 5K and 10K Blue Ribbon Fun Run will start at 7:30 a.m. in Memorial Park.
• A parade and water fight will start at 10:30 a.m. on Greene and Blair streets.
• The Silverton Gun Fighters Show is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at 12th and Blair streets.
• The fireworks show will begin at 9:30 p.m.

  For more information, visit www.silvertonevents.com.

Other locales

• A fireworks show will take place at sundown at the north end of Vallecito Reservoir on County Road 501.
• In Arboles, a parade will begin at 10 a.m., after which there will be a barbecue at the TARA Community Center. There will be food and a band. For more information, call 883-3070.