By Paula Pyzik Scott

What brings folks to Bluffton (or keeps them here?) Check out the Icon's list of events for July 2026. 

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JULY
4 1776 (movie musical), free at Shannon Theatre, 10 a.m.
3-4 Military camp reenactors at Cherry & Main
4 Meet surveyors Captain Riley and Henry Wing, Cherry & Main, late morning-3:00 p.m.
4 Americana Singing with Wendy Chappell-Dick, 2-3:30 p.m.
4 America 250 4th of July Parade, 4:00 p.m. (assemble at 3:00 at Snider Rd. and Main)
4  America 250 Community Choir Patriotic Music, 6:00 p.m.
8 Simultaneous reading Declaration of Independence, Depot at 405 N. Spring, 7 p.m.
11 Ride to Remember, Sommer Center, Bluffton U, 8 a.m. mass start
11 Critters, Spitters, and Gallinippers, 2nd Saturday at Schumacher Homestead, 1-4:00 p.m.
16 Music at the Gazebo, 60's Survivors Band, 7-9 p.m.
19 Down on the Farm, free America 250 event at Little Riley Creek Farm, 1-5:00 p.m.
25 Bluffton Univ. Golf Scramble, Bluffton Golf Club, 10:00 a.m.
30 Music at the Gazebo, Black Swamp Players, 7-9 p.m.