Alabama
2/51Get ready for Thunder on the Mountain, Birmingham's biggest Fourth of July bash, lighting up Vulcan Park with fireworks synced to music from James Brown, Neil Diamond, the U.S. Air Force Band and others. Elsewhere in the state, don't miss Rock the South in Cullman (July 18-20), featuring Eric Church, Hardy, Jelly Roll and many more. Up in The Shoals, groove to the W.C. Handy Jazz Festival from July 19-28, offering live jazz across a diverse scope of venues in northwest Alabama and down south, the 26th annual Gulf Coast Ethnic & Heritage Jazz Festival will celebrate spoken word, soloists, jam sessions and orchestras and in Mobile July (25-28).