Aeriel Niccum | Staff Reporter
Posted July 1, 2014; 8:25 a.m.

According to the City of Saint Charles website, the city of Saint Charles will host its annual Independence Day celebration, Riverfest, July 3-5.

This year the annual celebration is a three day festival that will feature shopping and food vendors, carnival rides, a children’s area, live music and a parade.

Among the bands performing are the Air Force Band of Mid America, the Saint Charles Municipal Band, Pennsylvania Slim, and the Ash Brothers Tribute to Alabama, to name a very few.

Special names in the Children’s Area include Radio Disney and the St. Louis Cardinals’ mascot Fredbird.

Fireworks will burst into the skies at 9:20 p.m. July 4 and 5.

A complete schedule of events, road closures, festival rules and regulations and important notes from the city can be found in the city’s press release.