Multiple cities have now rescheduled or canceled Fourth of July fireworks due to the forecast for Thursday, which includes rain and thunderstorms.

The Prior Lake Association announced in a press release on Wednesday that their fireworks will be moved to that same night, July 3, at 10 p.m., due to “inclement weather.”

Eden Prairie announced on Wednesday that all Independence Day festivities, including fireworks, were canceled due to the forecast. However, Wednesday night events, including the city’s first drone light show, would go on as planned.

Chanhassen said on Wednesday their Fourth of July fireworks will be postponed to July 12 due to the forecast on July 4. The city initially added that parade would go on as planned on Thursday, but later cancelled it. The parade will not be rescheduled.

Woodbury announced Wednesday afternoon that their Fourth of July Hometown Celebration on July 4 had been canceled due to the forecast. The city said it will determine a rescheduled date soon.

Elk River said it is postponing its Fourth of July fireworks and moving them to Elk RiverFest on July 27. The city said making this choice more than 24 hours in advance will help keep the cost associated with rescheduling down.

St. Louis Park is moving its celebration to July 11 with fireworks scheduled for 10 p.m. The celebration will begin at 7p.m. and will include the activities that were planned for the 4th.

Apple Valley moved its fireworks show to July 5. The pre-fireworks party will begin at 5 p.m. and fireworks will be at 9:30 p.m.

Eagan is keeping festivities, but rescheduling fireworks to Aug. 9 during its Food Truck Festival.

Lakeville cancelled its pre-fireworks party and rescheduled its fireworks for July 5 at 10 p.m.

Maplewood cancelled its July Fourth festivities. There will be fireworks at its Touch-a-Truck event in September.

White Bear Lake postponed its festivities until July 5. Music will begin at 8 p.m. and fireworks will begin at 10 p.m.

Richfield canceled all Fourth of July festivities, including its fireworks show.

The fireworks on Lake Minnetonka were moved to Wednesday, July 3 at 9:50 p.m. The South Lake Minnetonka Police and Excelsior Fire District say they worked with the National Weather Service Twin Cities to come to the decision.

“As we started looking at the weather, we realized the fourth is probably out and it’s going to rain into the fifth, and maybe into the weekend,” said Tiffany King, the President and CEO of the Excelsior/Lake Minnetonka Chamber of Commerce.

Organizers were scrambling to move the Excelsior Commons event, including the fireworks, back to Wednesday.

“Oh my goodness, it was stressful,” said the manager of Licks Unlimited, Sydney Cashman Overfors.

Nearby businesses, including the Licks Unlimited ice cream shop, are doing well now, but prepping for hundreds of customers a day early meant calling in six extra employees.

“We certainly had a lot of scrambling to do, a lot of rescheduling, a lot of replacing, the Fourth of July typically is our biggest day of the year,” said Overfors.

Just across the street at Lago Tacos, servers were dealing with a packed crowd.

“We like the rush, to be honest with you, it’s that fight or flight mode where you’re like, let’s get it all done,” said restaurant server Aubree Morehouse.

But the biggest challenge was for event organizers. Vendors and food trucks were already in place for inspection. Firework crews were ready but communication was key in making this work.

“We met with South Minnetonka PD, talked to the Pirtex company, met with the police within one hour of the decision being made, we had notification to all five municipalities that help put on the fireworks,” King added.

For police, it’s all hands on deck, with scheduling being the biggest challenge.

“Excelsior police have about 17 officers working this with an additional four to five from Orono,” said Excelsior Police Chief Brian Tholen.

For the Stubbner family, it was a matter of moving schedules around and getting everybody out here.

“I really like it, seems like it’s such a great community out here,” said Bridget Stubbner who is visiting from California. “I love how everyone’s coming together, the weather is nice.”

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