Annual Allen USA Celebration celebrates its 20th anniversary

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Julia Carder

Allen’s Celebration Park is set to host its annual July 4 celebration on June 27.

Catherine Hathaway, A&E Editor

The annual Market Street Allen USA Celebration will be back again for it’s 20th anniversary on June 27 starting at 4 p.m. The event is featuring brand new attractions this year and is headlined by former Doobie Brother, Michael McDonald.

The Market Street Allen USA Celebration will host a Jurassic Park Zone, sponsored by the Dallas Zoo, of a sampling of dinosaurs on display for their “Giants of the Jurassic” exhibit. There will also be a collection of other ‘zones’ such as Teen Zone, with charging stations, DJs and  selfie stations. The Allen American All Sports Zone will feature bounce houses and sports oriented drill games held by the athletes from the Allen American Hockey team.

Free shuttle buses will be available to shuttle guests to the event and will run from 3:30 p.m to 9:30 p.m. Shuttle service will stop for a brief intermission during the firework show and resume after to bring guests back to their vehicles. The celebration is set to be held at Celebration Park in Allen, but will be moved to the Allen Event Center if there is a threat of severe weather.

There will be two stages at the event. The mainstage will host headlining guests such as Moving Colors and Michael McDonald. The second ‘Community’ stage will attend to local artists and host the TALENT USA competition.

The intended highlight of the night will be the Firework Finale, scheduled to be held at 10:05 p.m. The Firework Finale will be put on by Pyrotecnico, an award winning, international special effects company.