If there’s one thing Pawhuska knows how to do, it’s the 4th of July! With just a few days until the annual holiday, Ree Drummond is already getting excited for this year’s big celebration. The flags will be waving, the food will be sizzling, the kids will be running around in red, white, and blue, and somewhere in the distance, Ladd and the cowboys will be preparing to light things on fire in a very festive way.
In other words, the annual Patriotic Party on the Prairie is almost here!
Ree shared all the details on Instagram, and it sounds like this year’s celebration in downtown Pawhuska, Oklahoma is going to be a big one. “Our annual Patriotic Party on the Prairie gets more awesome every year, and this Fourth of July in Pawhuska will be the best yet!!” she wrote.
The festivities kick off at 4 p.m. in downtown Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and according to Ree, it won’t stop until midnight. That’s a lot of small-town celebrating, so one should probably pace oneself. Or not! This is the 4th of July, after all.
According to Ree, visitors can expect “delicious street food, live music, games, snow cones, face painting, dancing, fun, and FIREWORKS like you’ve possibly never seen before!!” And as anyone who has followed the Drummonds’ Pawhuska celebration over the years knows, that’s no exaggeration. “Ladd and the cowboys set them off and they have issues,” she jokes.
If you’ve been to Pawhuska for the 4th before, you know she means that in the most affectionate and explosive way possible. Last year, Ree said the fireworks finale lasted about 40 minutes. Not normal! But apparently very sparkly. 😂 Food has always been a major part of the event, too. In past years, Ree has shared photos of burgers, hot dogs, tacos, steak bites, snow cones, and sundaes, which is basically a complete holiday meal if you ask the right person. This year, she added a very important update on that front: “Psst. Twice the food lines as last year, so you’ll get to eat fast and often!”
Blessings.
Ree also said “the whole family” will be there “with bells on,” and described the party as “a fun and small-town family event.” That’s really the heart of it: Pawhuska friends, out-of-town visitors, little kids in patriotic outfits, families walking around downtown, and a big Oklahoma sky waiting for fireworks.
“There’s a reason Pawhuska’s Fourth of July has become a permanent summer tradition for so many,” Ree wrote. “Such a sweet, special, good ol’ time.”
So there you have it: downtown Pawhuska, 4 p.m. to midnight, food, music, games, snow cones, face painting, fireworks, and cowboys with questionable pyrotechnic restraint.
See you in Pawhuska!
