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RALEIGH: City celebration, City of Raleigh, games, inflatable rides, entertainment including country singer Holland Marie, 3 p.m. until fireworks at 9:15 p.m., State Fairgrounds, 1025 Blue Ridge Road, 821-7400. Web site

RALEIGH: Haywood Hall Fourth of July Celebration, Historic Haywood Hall tours, free ice cream, children's games, fortune telling, and live music by "The Untravelled Road," 211 New Bern Place, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., 832-8357. Web site

RALEIGH: North Hills Old-Fashioned Celebration, contests, live music, performances, and children's parade, The Commons lawn, North Hills on Six Forks Road, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., 881-1146. Web site

RALEIGH: Independence Day Celebration at State Capitol, family-oriented celebration with patriotic concert and picnic, "Old-Fashioned 4th" area, historic demonstrations, State Capitol, 1 E. Edenton St., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., 733-4994. Web site

RALEIGH: Old-Fashioned July 4th Celebration, re-enactors will demonstrate aspects of Colonial life such as spinning and dyeing and soldiering, crafts and games for children, “Hands-on History” demonstrations of colonial tools, toys and clothing, music by the string quartet, “Flies in the Kitchen” and by “Triangle Mountain Dulcimers,” Joel Lane Museum House, 728 W. Hargett St., 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 833-3431. Web site

PINE LEVEL: Town celebration, family-oriented fun including softball games, bands, fire truck ride, Sam Godwin Recreation Park, 214 N. Peedin Ave., 6 p.m. till fireworks at dusk. Web site

SELMA: Selma's All American Festival, Parks and Recreation Department, arts and crafts, food, and entertainment by Boys Club and a Babe, Uptown Antique Business District, 100-200 block of Railroad Street, 5 p.m. till fireworks at 9:15 p.m. Web site

SMITHFIELD: Smithfield Fourth of July, food, entertainment and fun for kids, Downtown, 222 E. Market St., 5 p.m. Web site

WAKE FOREST: Town celebration with children's parade, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at intersection of North Main Street and West Juniper Avenue, and art-in-the-park and games-in-the-park beginning at 11 a.m. at Holding Park, 133 West Owen Ave., 812-9121, Web site

SATURDAY, JULY 5

HENDERSON: Independence Day Celebration featuring fireworks over the water and a lighted boat parade, entertainment by the “Attractions” beach band, food vendors, Satterwhite Point Park, Kerr Lake, 6254 Satterwhite Point Rd., Henderson, 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., (866) 438-4565. Web site

HOLLY SPRINGS: Old Fashioned Independence Celebration, Holly Springs Cultural Center, 300 W. Ballentine St., Noon to 4 p.m. 567-4000.

HOLLY SPRINGS: Womble Park, 1201 Grigsby Ave. 5-9pm, fireworks start at 9:15pm. For more information, contact Holly Springs Parks and Recreation at 567-4000. Web site

FESTIVALS

DURHAM: Festival for the Eno, West Point on the Eno Park, 5101 N. Roxboro Road, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 4 through July 6, $15 each day, $35 for three-day ticket, under 12 and over 65 free, 620-9099 ext. 207. Web site

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