Posted by: Indoors and outdoors, there are plenty of free and inexpensive things to do in July in Broward. Grab a favorite beverage and pick your favorites.
Free & Inexpensive events in July in Broward
Drone Light Show
Drone lights show, food trucks and a bounce house with an Independence Day theme are featured at free in 2025 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 2 at Lauderhill Sports Park, 7500 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Lauderhill 33319. Entry is free.
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Fireworks, parades, live bands for Fourth of July in Broward
If you like fireworks, there are plenty of Fourth of July events in Broward. Some towns host parades. Some offer live bands and bounce houses. Lauderdhill and Deerfield Beach are featuring drone shows. Fireworks are July 3 in Weston. For plenty of events, especially in West Broward, parking is free. For fireworks at the beach, parking fees usually are in place.
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Parades include
- Sunrise
- Weston
- Plantation
- Margate
Dive-in film at pool in Pompano
8 p.m. Friday, July 18 dive-in film is Shark Tale
Watch from the water or from the deck. Please bring your own seat.
The venue is the public pool at 901 NW 10th St., Pompano Beach 33060
Tacos & Tequila
Tacos & Tequila Food trucks and vendors are serving up their variations of a fan favorite — tacos. Tacos and Tequila Feast in 2025 is 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at Esplanade Park, 400 S.W. Second Street, Fort Lauderdale 33312. Esplanade Park is on the lovely Riverwalk promenade along New River. Parking in Fort Lauderdale is usually about $3 or $4 an hour.
Things to do indoors when it's hot & rainy
Pick an activity at a library. Browse art exhibits. Things to do indoors when it's hot & rainy.
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Refreshing Dip
Public pools and water playgrounds in public parks are fairly inexpensive, and some offer discount opportunities. Plenty of splash pads in public parks are free.
Water playgrounds, pools and splash pads
Free events with live entertainment
- Fridays in July — except July 4 — bands perform free at Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale
- bands perform on beach at Hollywood Bandshell Wednesdays – Sundays
- July 18 Backyard Jam in Pompano
- July 19 Downtown Hollywood ArtWalk
Always Free
Plantation Historical Museum includes exhibits, occasional trivia games and other events, and often model train displays.
The venue usually is open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with some exceptions.
Plantation Historical Museum, 954-797-2722, is at 511 N. Fig Tree Lane, Plantation 33317. Parking is free.
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