The Pre-Independence Day entertainment in Metro Detroit is teeming with community festivals, live concerts, and a luminous array of fireworks displays to light up the nights.

The Detroit Free Press has highlighted a mix of family-friendly festivals and events, car enthusiasts have the Fort Street Cruise to look forward to, as well, the Livonia Spree which includes a car show coinciding with the civically spirited week-long birthday party celebrating Livonia's founding echoing the sentiments of The Detroit News which has the festival ending its run on Sunday night with a grand fireworks finale.

The beloved 99.5 WYCD Hoedown rolls into the Pine Knob Music Theatre this Friday and Saturday – grab your cowboy hat, the sold-out Saturday bash will feature the crooning of country music luminary Luke Bryan along with a cadre of other big names in the genre. Not forgetting the culturally curious, the collaboration between Library Street Collective and Bedrock Detroit brings SKALAR, a dialogue of light and sound, to 1001 Woodward as part of a kinetic art installation, as WWJ Newsradio points out, it's an enlightening free experience unlike any other, showing until late July while the CoComelon Party Time at Fort Pontchartrain promises a vivid and interactive delight for the youngest among us.

The Cars Under the Stars Fireworks Spectacular brightens up the M1 Concourse on Sunday evening with family activities and a resplendent fireworks display that promises to be nothing short of spectacular, particularly for the denizens of Pontiac who benefit from discounted admission rates.