24th of July Activities along the Byway 2024

Updated Monday, July 15, 10:26 a.m.

The Byway recently published the details for the Fourth of July activities for all of Piute, Wayne and Garfield counties on our website. This article will be similar and act like a follow-up to that one, but for the 24th of July, or Pioneer Day.

Updates to these activities can be found here throughout the month before the 24th. You may need to reload the page for updates to appear.

Piute County

Piute County splits up its three big holidays (4th and 24th of July and Butch Cassidy Days) between Circleville, Marysvale and Junction. Circleville gave a great Fourth of July celebration. The biggest 24th of July celebration is in Marysvale.

Marysvale 24th of July Activities

Date	Time	Activity	Cost	Place
July 23	5:00 p.m.	Youth dinner	by donation	Marysvale Park
	8:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.	Rodeo dance night	$10 per person	215 North 100 West, Marysvale
July 24	10:00 a.m.	parade	Free	Bullion Avenue down Main Street
	11:00 a.m. or after the parade	Games, water slides and foot races	Wristbands $10 per child. Concessions $1 snowcones, popcorn, and drinks	Marysvale Park
	1:00 p.m.	“Biggest Little Rodeo”*	Concessions	Cottonwood Downs Rodeo Arena
	After the rodeo	Fish rodeo	$10 per child	Marysvale Dance Hall

Read about the Marysvale 24th of July celebration here.

Wayne County

The biggest 24th of July celebration in Wayne County is in Bicknell. There is also an event in the morning in Fremont. Since the holiday is on a Wednesday, both events will happen July 20, the Saturday before.

Bicknell 24th of July Activities

Date	Time	Activity	Cost	Place
July 20	7:00 a.m.	5K race/run*	$15	Starts at Bicknell Cemetery
	6:00 p.m.	Kid bike parade	Free	Bicknell Park
	6:30 p.m.	Kid games	Free	Bicknell Park
	6:30 p.m.	DUP bake sale and cornhole and horseshoe tournaments*	$40 per team	Bicknell Park
	7:00 p.m.	Dinner	$2 hot dog $3 hamburger	Bicknell Park
	7:30 p.m.	Live music	Free	Bicknell Park

Read about the Bicknell 24th of July celebration here.

Fremont 24th of July Activities

Date	Time	Activity	Cost	Place
July 20	8:30-9:30 a.m.	DUP breakfast and flag ceremony	$7 per plate or $30 per family	Fremont Park
	9:00-9:45 a.m.	Train rides	Free	Fremont Park
	10:00 a.m.	“Fremont School Bell” DUP marker dedication	Free	Fremont Park

Read about the Fremont School Bell marker dedication here.

Garfield County

Garfield County has three big 24th of July celebrations: one in Escalante, one in Panguitch and one in Tropic. Escalante’s celebration attracts thousands of visitors every year. Most towns in Garfield County will hold their 24th celebrations the weekend of July 27. Ruby’s Inn at Bryce will hold their regular Jackpot Rodeo, the last one of the season, and fireworks.

Escalante 24th of July Activities

Date	Time	Activity	Cost	Place
July 26	11:00 a.m.	Bike decorating	Free	Park pavilion
	7:00 p.m.	Kids rodeo. 5 p.m. signups.	Spectators $5 per person or $20 per vehicle. $10 per event for participants.	Rodeo grounds
	8:00-12:00 p.m.	Dance	$5 single $8 couple*	Parking lot between the pavilion and multipurpose community center.
July 27	6:00 a.m.	“Cannons” with band wagon	Free. Whether you want it or not.	All over town
	7:00-9:00 a.m.	Breakfast by 2nd ward youth	Unknown	Escalante Park
	9:30 a.m.	Children’s bike parade	Unknown	Meet a 9:00 at State Bank.
	10:00 a.m.	Parade	Unknown	Line up at the Prospector
	Following parade	Griffin shoot-out	Unknown	Unknown
	11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.	Carnival: kids races, music, games, bounce house**	Unknown	Escalante Park
	7:00 p.m.	Rodeo. Sign-ups will be at the carnival	Spectators $5 per person or $20 per vehicle. $20 per event for participants.	Rodeo Grounds
	10:00 p.m.	Fireworks	Free	East of the high school

Read about the Escalante 24th of July celebration here.

Panguitch 24th of July Activities

Date	Time	Activity	Cost	Place
July 25-27	9 a.m. & 6 p.m. Saturday 6 p.m. only	High School Rodeo*	$10 Adult $5 Children $25 Family	Triple C Arena
July 27	7:30-9:30 a.m.	Lions Club breakfast	$	Zions Bank parking lot
	10:00 a.m.	Parade	Free	Main and Center Street
	11:00 a.m.	DUP Program	Free	LDS Stake Center
	12:30 p.m.	Firemans Lunch	$	Garfield County Fair Building
	2:00 p.m.	Kids games	$	Baseball fields
	6:00 p.m.	High School Rodeo finals*	See above.	See above.

Tropic 24th of July Activities

Date	Time	Activity	Cost	Place
July 27	10:00 a.m.	Parade	Free	Meet at Bryce Valley High School parking lot 9:30. Stops at Tropic Park.
	11:00 a.m.	Program	Free	Tropic Park
	Around noon. After the program.	Games	Wristbands $5	Tropic Park
	12:00 p.m.	Lunch	$5 hamburger $5 hot dog $2 corn on the cob Both come with a drink.	Park Pavilion

Bryce 24th of July Activities

Date	Time	Activity	Cost	Place
July 24	7:00 p.m.	Jackpot Rodeo	$12 kids 5-11 $17 adults	Bryce Canyon Country Rodeo grounds
	Dusk	Fireworks	Free	Ruby’s Inn/Bryce Canyon Country Rodeo parking lot

Garfield County along with others in Southwestern Utah are under a stage one fire restriction, which means doing fireworks in unincorporated areas or on state lands is prohibited. Bryce Canyon City will still have fireworks by the fire departments within city limits.

Many towns have also placed fireworks restrictions. Check with local fire departments and authorities for localized information.

– by Abbie Call

Feature image caption: A firehose soaks 1000s of people on Escalante Main Street during the town’s popular Pioneer Day celebration. Courtesy of AJ Martel, The Byway.

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