Friday

I'll have to break from alphabetical order, because the Bristol Parade has to top the list.
For the 223rd year, the streets have been painted, the lawn chairs are out, and the flags are waving in anticipation of the country's oldest continuous Independence Day celebration.

The parade begins on Hope and High Streets at 10:30 a.m.
There's also the Linden Place 4th of July Picnic at the Linden Place Mansion's front lawn at 8 a.m. $50 for adults, $35 for children. For info, call 253-0390.

Attleboro, Mass:
Fireworks at Hayward Field on North Ave., 9 p.m.

Block Island:
Parade, Legion Park, 11 a.m.
Concert and Fire Department steak fry at Nicholas Ball Park at 12:30 p.m., $20

Chepachet:
Ancients and Horribles Parade, Route 100 and Route 98, 4 p.m. for info, call 568-6206.
Road race, Chepachet Union Church, register at 8 a.m.

Coventry:
Fireworks, Johnson's Pond, dusk

Cumberland:
Parade at 11 a.m. along the Nate Whipple Highway.
Road race at 9 a.m. beginning at the North Cumberland Fire Station.
Concert on the Green at 1 p.m. in front of Arnold Mills United Methodist Church.

Fall River, Mass.:
Concert in the Park series, Heritage State Park, 4 p.m.
Fireworks, Heritage State Park, 9:30 p.m.

Newport:
Fireworks over Newport Harbor at dusk. Rain date July 5.
Fourth of July Ceremonies with Rhode Island Society, Sons of the Revolution, and others. For info, call 846-7238.

North Kingstown:
Lafayette Band Concert, North Kingstown Town Beach band shell, 7 p.m.
Fireworks, North Kingstown Town Beach, dusk.

Pawtucket:
Fireworks, McCoy Stadium, following PawSox game.

Providence:
Concert, Waterplace Park, 7:30 p.m.

Somerset, Mass:
Greg Billington Memorial Race, Somerset High School, 7 p.m., $15 For info, call 508-646-2808

South Kingstown:
Barbecue, Old Mountain Field, 5 p.m. For info and tickets, call 789-9301
Fireworks, Old Mountain Field, 9 p.m., $1
Snug Harbor Parade, 6 p.m. Sherman Road. For info call 789-0409.