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Beautiful colorful fireworks  for celebration on dark background , New year holiday concept

Here’s where you can find summer festivals on base in 2026. (Natalya Chumak (Adobe Stock))

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Want to stay closer to home this 4th of July? Bases across Europe will be holding special festivals from late June through August.

Independence Day Böblingen

  • June 27

  • Panzerkaserne Böblingen, USAG Stuttgart

Liberty Fest

  • June 27

  • Freedom Field & Liberty Plaza, RAF Lakenheath

German-American Friendship Festival Wiesbaden

  • July 1-5

  • Hainerberg, USAG Wiesbaden

Independence Day - Celebrating 250 Years!

  • July 1-2

  • Ederle Track & Field, USAG Italy

Chef handing a tortilla to a foodie at a street food market

Check out one of these on-base festivals this summer. (Aleksandr Vorobev (Adobe Stock))

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Independence Fest

  • July 2

  • La Plaza, Rota Naval Base

Independence Day Celebration

  • July 3

  • Aviano Air Base

Freedom Fest

  • July 3-4

  • Ramstein Auto Annex, Ramstein Air Base

Hohenfels German-American Volksfest

  • July 3-5

  • Hohenfels Festplatz on the Hohenfels Military Training Area, USAG Hohenfels

Jazz musicians playing outdoor concert  in front of crowd sitting and standing on grass

Check out live music and more at events all summer long. (Urupong (Adobe Stock))

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75/250 German-American Friendship Festival

  • July 3-5

  • Baumholder Airfield, USAG Baumholder

4th of July/250th Anniversary Celebration

  • July 4

  • SHAPE Fest Tent, Mons, Belgium

250th Independence Day Celebration

  • July 4

  • Tower Barracks, USAG Bavaria

Ferris wheel and a fairground at night

What will your part of the festival be? (Erkan Eren (Adobe Stock))

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USAG Ansbach 250th Independence Day Celebration

  • July 4

  • Katterbach Kaserne Boardwalk, USAG Ansbach

Festa Americana

  • July 4

  • Carney Park, NSA Naples

Super Saber Appreciation Day

  • July 4

  • Club Eifel, Spangdahlem Air Base

Freedom Fest

  • July 4

  • Poznań Airport

German-American Friendship Day Garmisch

  • July 17

  • Sheridan Barracks, USAG Garmisch

65th German-American Folk Festival in Grafenwöhr

  • July 31 – Aug. 2

  • Camp Algiers, USAG Bavaria

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Tamala Malerk is a writer and editor with Stars and Stripes Europe. She has been with SSE since April 2022 writing articles all about travel, lifestyle, community news, military life and more. In May 2022, she earned her Ph.D. in History and promises it is much more relevant to this job than one might think.

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