An annual Christian event held during Mount Shasta's Fourth of July celebration, organizers estimate the 2008 Day in the Son served 1,500 meals and drew 1,000 people to a day of music and games at city park.

Weed's annual Carnevale celebration features a parade, sports tournaments, the Top of the State race, music and dancing, a K9 show, carnival rides, and of course all of the food and refreshment booths and vendors.

Mount Shasta's traditional Fourth of July celebration, including a parade, a Walk/Run event that draws upwards of 5,000 people, a fireworks show over Lake Siskiyou, a quilt show at the Sisson Museum, downtown vendors and food booths, live entertainment, and -- this year for the first time -- a climbing rock, is scheduled for July 4, 5 and 6.

Former mayor of Weed Mel Borcalli will help kick off the Saturday festivities during Carnevale weekend as grand marshal of the 2008 parade.