This is your guide to the major events on the National Mall on July Fourth, but also to fireworks, parades and events across D.C. and the region that same day. If you’re a fan of fireworks, they begin blasting off from parks and historic sites this weekend and continue after the Fourth.

The United States celebrates its independence on a Friday this year, which helps out a lot if you normally must listen to neighborhood fireworks going off all night – and then go to work the next day.