As America’s 250th birthday draws closer, many cities across the country are preparing to celebrate, and Tullahoma is planning its biggest fireworks show yet.

Tullahoma’s Independence Day celebration will take place on Friday, July 3, at Frazier McEwen Park and Grider Stadium, with free music, games, food trucks, vendors and the largest area fireworks show.

However, to coincide with the 250th celebration, this year’s fireworks show will be the biggest ever, as the fireworks display will be going longer than ever before. The Tullahoma Parks and Rec Department will be enlisting Pyro Shows Inc., who will be putting on a 20-minute pyrotechnic show instead of a 15-minute show. Pyro Shows is a national pyrotechnics company based out in LaFollette that has presented shows around the world, including in Nashville, the Washington Mall and New York City. The company has put on around 1,000 pyro shows each year with 400 of those shows falling on the weeks before, during and after July 4.

Leading up to the pyrotechnic power display two fan-favorite bands: Vinyl Radio, a 1970s and ‘80s music band, and Sixwire, the critically acclaimed house band for the Nashville Predators. Vinyl Radio, who has been performing at the celebration for the past five years, will take the stage from 5 – 7 p.m. and will be followed by Sixwire, who has been performing at the celebration for four years, from 7:30 – 10 p.m. to provide musical entertainment for those who attend, with the exception of a brief intermission for the city’s fireworks presentation. After the fireworks, Sixwire will return to the stage to close out the night.

Leading up to the celebration, Tullahoma will be holding several events as part of Tullahoma’s America 250 Celebration initiative. One of those events is the “An Evening with the Ghost Army” with two showings: a Sunday matinee on May 24, 2026, at 2:30 p.m. and a Memorial Day evening performance on May 25, 2026, at 7 p.m. at South Jackson Performing Arts Center. The presentation will explore the extraordinary story of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, a top-secret WWII deception unit formed in Tullahoma in January 1944. Leading the presentation will be author and documentary filmmaker Rick Beyer. The presentation will detail how the Ghost Army was conceived and assembled at Camp Forrest, the innovative deception tactics they employed, and the lasting impact of their operations. Beyer will also discuss the unit’s unique composition, which included many artists some of whom became famous, including fashion designer Bill Blass and minimalist painter and sculptor Ellsworth Kelly. One of the inflatable tanks will also be on display for the event.