12 Best Fourth of July Destinations for 2027: US Trips That Fit Jul 3-5

Planning a longer July trip? This page is built around the Saturday 3 to Monday 5 July weekend only: for month-length ideas, where to go in July 2027 covers the full month.

12 Best Fourth of July Destinations for 2027 at a glance

Editorial planning estimate, not surveyed prices. Ranges are deliberately wide, assume two people sharing, and cover lodging, food and local transport unless a row says otherwise.

1. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States

This is the one place on the list where the document being celebrated was actually adopted: the Assembly Room inside Independence Hall, with the Liberty Bell across the street, in an Old City grid you can cover entirely on foot. Two nights genuinely works here – SEPTA runs in from the airport, no car needed, and the historic core, the Reading Terminal area and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway museums all sit inside a walkable radius. The Parkway has served as the city's open-air spine for holiday-weekend programming in recent years, though what happens there in 2027 is confirmed locally and close to the date. Standing in that room on the Fourth itself – a Sunday, with the day off still to come – carries a weight it does not carry in February.

The honest warning: The heat is the honest problem: thick, humid air with real afternoon thunderstorm risk and limited shade in the historic core, so front-load the outdoor half of each day. Access to Independence Hall has run on timed entry in peak season and the system changes year to year, so check with the National Park Service rather than turning up hopefully. Expect a share of independent kitchens to close over the holiday weekend, and whether the city's display lands on Saturday 3, Sunday 4 or Monday 5 July is a local decision announced close to the date – do not book anything around a display night until the city confirms it. Best suited to families with school-age children, museum travellers, car-free trippers, and anyone who wants the substance of the holiday rather than the spectacle. Editorial planning estimate, not surveyed prices: roughly $550-1,300 for two, covering the two nights inside the weekend (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 July) with lodging, food and local transport. Flights extra.

2. Boston, Massachusetts, New England, United States

The city where the Revolution started, and one of the few Fourths you can do entirely on foot and rail. The Freedom Trail threads the actual sites – the Old State House, the Old North Church, the Granary Burying Ground – into a single morning, and the Charles River Esplanade has long been the focal point for the holiday's evening of music and fireworks, with subway stations within walking distance of both the Boston and Cambridge banks. That removes the rental car and the garage rate from the budget entirely. If the display sits on the Fourth itself, as it often has, the observed Monday becomes a slow harbour-and-museum day rather than an airport scramble – but the night, the layout and the closures are re-announced every year, so treat all of it as unconfirmed until organisers publish.

The honest warning: Holding riverbank space means fenced entry points, bag checks and a long wait before anything happens, and the subway afterwards is severely congested. Early July air here is warm and humid rather than pleasant, and thunderstorms can move or cancel the evening – find out whether a rain date exists and when it is, because a rain date that lands after your Monday departure is the same as a cancellation. Central lodging carries summer-peak pricing whether or not it is a holiday, so this is a value pick on free entertainment and transport, not on room rates. Anyone crowd-averse should treat the Freedom Trail as the reason to come and skip the riverbank entirely. Best suited to couples and small groups who want a transit-only holiday weekend, a free marquee event, and who accept a crowd as part of the experience rather than a flaw in it. Editorial planning estimate, not surveyed prices: roughly $750-1,700 for two, covering the two nights inside the weekend (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 July) with lodging, food and local transport. Flights extra.

3. Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States

The most logistics-friendly version of the holiday, because the expensive parts are free. The headline display over the National Mall has historically been free and unticketed, the Smithsonian museums along the Mall charge no admission, and Metro reaches most of the popular viewing areas, so a two-night stay can be spent almost entirely on lodging and food with no car and no parking in the budget. A Sunday Fourth helps here specifically: display night has a day off behind it, so a very late finish on the Mall costs nothing the next morning, which is not true in a normal year. Metro's holiday service hours are published close to the date and need confirming, as does every element of the 2027 programme itself.

The honest warning: Early July heat and humidity are punishing, and afternoon thunderstorms can delay or scrub an outdoor display – find out whether a rain date exists before you commit, because large displays frequently publish none. Security screening onto the Mall means long queues and bag restrictions, and several riverfront and outer West Potomac Park viewpoints are not walkable from a station, so check your chosen spot against the transit map rather than assuming. Hotels within walking distance of the Mall go first, federal sites and museums can shift hours for the observed Monday with each setting its own schedule, and a Sunday-night finish puts everyone on the same Monday flights and trains. Best suited to first-time Fourth planners, families who want the ceremonial version of the holiday, and anyone who would rather not drive or park. Editorial planning estimate, not surveyed prices: roughly $750-1,700 for two, covering the two nights inside the weekend (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 July) with lodging, food and local transport. Flights extra.

4. New York City, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States

No American city stages the holiday at a bigger scale. New York's headline fireworks display has been mounted over the East River in some years and the Hudson in others – the river, the barge positions and the public viewing zones are announced ahead of each summer and never simply carried over – and watching it costs nothing beyond the patience to hold a spot. Around the display sits a city that runs entirely on transit: harbour boats, waterfront esplanades, five boroughs of block-level cookouts, and a Sunday Fourth whose late finish is absorbed by the Monday off. For anyone within reach of the Northeast rail corridor, this is the lowest-logistics big-spectacle version of the weekend on this page: no car, no changeover day, no access road to jam.

The honest warning: The crowd mechanics are the price of the scale: public viewing zones open hours ahead, fill early, run security screening, and empty into a subway crush afterwards. The river changes year to year, so a room booked for a view is a gamble, not a plan – wait for the official 2027 announcement before paying a premium for any window or rooftop. Early July in the city is hot and heavy, holiday-weekend hotel pricing is real, and anything with a sightline gets reserved far ahead. Anyone crowd-averse should watch from a distant borough park at long range or pick another entry on this list. Best suited to transit-first travellers, big-spectacle chasers, and anyone along the Northeast corridor who wants the largest version of the holiday without touching a car. Editorial planning estimate, not surveyed prices: roughly $950-2,200 for two, covering the two nights inside the weekend (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 July) with lodging, food and local transport. Flights extra.

5. Bristol, Rhode Island, New England, United States

One town, one subject: Bristol's Independence Day celebration has roots in the 1780s and is often described as the oldest continuous Fourth of July observance in the country, with a parade tradition so central to the town's identity that the route's centre line is painted red, white and blue year-round. This is the parade-town version of the holiday – bunting, brass bands, a harbour, and a scale you can walk – an easy drive from Providence, Boston or the Connecticut shore, which makes it one of the few picks here that works as a day trip wrapped inside a weekend based somewhere else. One mechanic matters more than usual: when the Fourth has fallen on a Sunday, the town has historically held its parade on the Monday – confirm the 2027 date with the organisers before building the weekend around it.

The honest warning: The bed stock is tiny and the day is enormous: lodging in town for the holiday goes far ahead, so most visitors stay in Providence, Newport or along the bay and drive in – which collides with day-of road closures and parking restrictions, so arrive very early and expect to walk the last stretch. The parade date is the other trap: with the Fourth on a Sunday, do not assume any particular day until the organisers publish the 2027 schedule. And this is a small town absorbing a very large crowd – expect queues for everything and book any sit-down meal ahead. Best suited to parade-first families, small-town-Americana travellers, and anyone basing the weekend in Providence or Newport who wants the holiday's most concentrated single morning. Editorial planning estimate, not surveyed prices: roughly $550-1,300 for two, covering the two nights inside the weekend (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 July) with lodging, food, a car and fuel. Flights extra where you fly.

6. The Outer Banks, North Carolina, Atlantic coast, United States

The pick where the ocean is reliably warm enough that swimming stops being a decision, and where the holiday stays small: in past years village parades and modest evening displays have been spread along the barrier islands from Corolla down through Hatteras rather than concentrated into one mass event, though each village sets and publishes its own 2027 programme. The sound side gives you flat water when the surf is up, and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore access ramps spread people along a long coastline instead of one beach. This is a pure drive-to pick for the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast – and the hard lesson is the calendar: much of the peak-summer rental stock runs Saturday-to-Saturday on a week minimum, so the two-night version of this weekend lives in the motel and small-inn stock around Nags Head and Kill Devil Hills.

The honest warning: NC-12 is effectively the only road, so one crash, one closure or one overwash backs up the entire island chain for hours, and everything funnels over the Wright Memorial Bridge. Saturday is also the dominant rental changeover day – which is your arrival day – so arrive early or accept the queue rather than being surprised by it. Early July sits inside the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs 1 June to 30 November; that is not a forecast, it is the reason to hold changeable lodging and carry insurance. There is very little shade, rip currents are a genuine hazard rather than a sign on a post, and if the weather turns there is no city to retreat into. Best suited to drive-in families, groups splitting a house for a full week, swimmers, and porch-and-book travellers who want the holiday to happen around them. Poor value for anyone flying in for two nights. Editorial planning estimate, not surveyed prices: roughly $950-2,200 for two, covering the two nights inside the weekend (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 July) with lodging, food, a car and fuel. Flights extra, and substantially more if a seven-night minimum forces your hand.

7. Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park, Maine, Maine coast, United States

The cool-weather version of the holiday, and a true drive-to trip for the Northeast. Bar Harbor has traditionally paired a morning parade through town with a harbour-side evening on the Fourth – traditionally, not guaranteed, so confirm the 2027 programme with the town before booking a date around it. What is dependable is the setting: the granite coast trails, the Ocean Path and Great Head among them, are walkable at midday in early July rather than merely survivable, and this far north the evening light holds late enough that a display starts properly late. For anyone driving up from Boston or beyond, the free Monday is what makes the return leg civilised instead of a midnight run. It is the Fourth that does not involve a heat advisory.

The honest warning: Cool here also means grey and fogged in, sometimes for days at a stretch, and the water is cold enough that swimming is a dare rather than a plan. Acadia has used timed-entry vehicle reservations for the Cadillac Summit Road specifically – that road, not the Park Loop Road – and the rules reset annually, so check the National Park Service before assuming you can drive up at the hour you want. Bar Harbor lodging for the holiday week is a book-very-early proposition, and the town is small enough that a full wet day leaves you genuinely short of indoor options – bring a plan for one. Best suited to hikers, families with older children, heat-averse travellers who would rather add a layer than lose an afternoon indoors, and drive-in trips from anywhere in the Northeast. Editorial planning estimate, not surveyed prices: roughly $750-1,700 for two, covering the two nights inside the weekend (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 July) with lodging, food, a car and fuel. Flights extra where you fly.

8. Glacier National Park, Montana, Northern Rockies, United States

Early July is the narrow window when Glacier's high country has only just opened and still behaves like spring: the alpine section of Going-to-the-Sun Road is normally cleared for through traffic somewhere around late June or early July depending on snowpack, so the Fourth can coincide with the first days of full access – wildflowers coming in around Logan Pass, waterfalls running at snowmelt volume, and light long enough to start a walk after dinner. As a three-day trip this is a western pick: a day's drive for much of the Mountain West and the Pacific Northwest, or a fly-and-drive through Glacier Park International Airport near Kalispell, whose air service expands seasonally in summer – check current routes. The free Monday exists to absorb the drive home. The Saturday-to-Monday shape is also why the checking matters more here than anywhere else on this page: two fixed nights leave no slack to wait out an unopened road or a missed vehicle reservation, so the holiday calendar and the park's own opening have to line up before you book.

The honest warning: The road opening is weather-dependent and has slipped well into July in heavy-snow years, so never build the weekend on the assumption that the alpine section is open – check the park's own road status before paying for anything non-refundable. The park has also operated vehicle-reservation and shuttle systems that change from season to season, in-park lodging and campsites book out close to a year ahead, high trails can still hold snow and be genuinely dangerous when they do, and mosquitoes at snowmelt are a serious rather than a comic problem. From east of the Rockies the flight connections eat the weekend – this pick is for westerners, or for anyone willing to attach leave. Best suited to drivers and hikers within reach of the northern Rockies who can rewrite the plan at breakfast, and photographers who want alpine scenery without August dust. Editorial planning estimate, not surveyed prices: roughly $750-1,700 for two, covering the two nights inside the weekend (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 July) with lodging, food, a car and fuel. Flights extra where you fly.

9. Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada, Sierra Nevada, United States

An alpine lake big enough to put fireworks over water with mountains behind them, and the south shore has staged exactly that on holiday weekends in past years – a typical pattern, with the 2027 programme confirmed locally and close to the date. Around the display sits the easiest version of a mountain Fourth: sand beaches, granite trails and calm morning water, all within a drive of Sacramento, the Bay Area and Reno, which is what makes this the definitive drive-to pick for the western half of the country. July here is high summer at altitude – hot afternoons, cool evenings, light that holds late – and the two nights inside the weekend are enough for one beach day and one trail day, which is the correct ambition for a three-day trip.

The honest warning: The approach roads are the honest problem: two-lane highways carry the entire holiday load, and a Saturday-morning arrival or a single crash can turn the last stretch into hours of queue – leave very early, or arrive Friday evening and accept what that costs. The lake itself is snowmelt-fed and cold all summer, a shock after a hot beach. Holiday lodging commonly carries minimum-stay conditions, fire season can put smoke in the air with little warning in any modern western summer, and shoreline viewing arrangements, closures and shuttles for 2027 are decided locally and published close to the date. Best suited to western drivers, beach-plus-trail families, and anyone who wants a mountain Fourth without giving up a swimsuit. Editorial planning estimate, not surveyed prices: roughly $750-1,700 for two, covering the two nights inside the weekend (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 July) with lodging, food, a car and fuel. Flights extra where you fly.

10. San Diego, California, Southern California, United States

The harbour-display version of the holiday with a beach weekend attached. San Diego's headline show has in past years been fired from barges positioned around the bay, giving sightlines from parks, piers and waterfront promenades on several sides of the water rather than one crush point – a typical pattern, with the 2027 arrangement confirmed locally. The setting does the rest: mild coastal air while the inland West bakes, genuinely swimmable beaches, and a walkable waterfront that does not need a car once you have parked or landed. Nonstop flights from much of the country and a straightforward drive from anywhere in Southern California or Arizona make this one of the most reachable picks on the page, and the Monday off absorbs the flight or the freeway home.

The honest warning: The marine layer is the catch nobody budgets for: early-summer mornings along this coast are often grey, the overcast can linger, and a low ceiling at display time flattens the show – it typically burns off inland, but the beach itself makes no promises. The Pacific here runs cooler than Atlantic swimmers expect. Waterfront lodging carries summer-peak pricing, the arteries around the bay jam before and after the display, and the 2027 barge positions, viewing areas and timings are unpublished until organisers announce them – treat past layouts as history, not booking information. Best suited to families who want fireworks and a beach in the same weekend, heat-averse travellers, and anyone flying from a hub with nonstop service. Editorial planning estimate, not surveyed prices: roughly $750-1,700 for two, covering the two nights inside the weekend (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 July) with lodging, food and local transport. Flights extra where you fly.

11. Seward, Alaska, Southcentral Alaska, United States

Seward marks the Fourth with a long-running mountain race straight up and back down the peak above town – traditionally run on the holiday itself, with the whole community turned out for it – and race and event logistics are reset every year, so confirm the 2027 arrangements with the organisers rather than assuming them. At this latitude the light lasts deep into the evening in early July, so the day runs long past the point where a Lower 48 Fourth would be finished, and the harbour puts you inside the main Kenai Fjords boating season. From West Coast hubs this is a genuine three-day trip: a nonstop to Anchorage, the drive down the Seward Highway, and the free Monday to come home on.

The honest warning: This is a small town absorbing a large crowd: lodging and campsites for the holiday go far in advance – for the most limited stock, close to a year – and pricing reflects the squeeze. The weather baseline is maritime: overcast, drizzle and cool are the normal case rather than bad luck, and the sea can be rough enough to write off a boat day you have already paid for, so read the cancellation terms before you book one. The three-day version only works from West Coast hubs with nonstop service to Anchorage; from anywhere east of the Rockies, attach leave or choose another pick. Best suited to outdoor travellers, wildlife-first visitors, people genuinely happy in a raincoat for three days, and West Coast originators who can make a nonstop to Anchorage work. Editorial planning estimate, not surveyed prices: roughly $950-2,200 for two, covering the two nights inside the weekend (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 July) with lodging, food, a car and fuel. Flights extra.

12. San Juan, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, United States (Caribbean)

The warm-ocean pick that still counts as a domestic trip: for US citizens there is no passport requirement and no currency conversion, and direct flights typically run from many eastern hubs, so a Saturday-out, Monday-back pattern is realistic from much of the East Coast. Old San Juan is walkable end to end – the forts, the city walls, the plazas – so a car stays optional and out of the budget, and the water is genuinely swimmable in a way no northern entry on this page can offer. The Fourth is a public holiday here too, which means the atmosphere is local rather than imported: the beaches near the city fill with local families, and the holiday belongs to the place rather than to its visitors.

The honest warning: It is low season for a reason: the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs 1 June to 30 November, is already under way in early July, so changeable rates and travel insurance genuinely matter rather than being optional, and heat with frequent afternoon downpours is the norm rather than bad luck. Because the Fourth is a local public holiday, some businesses and government-run sites close on the Sunday, on the observed Monday, or on both – confirm hours directly with each place rather than assuming a single pattern. The island's 2027 holiday programming is announced locally, close to the date. Best suited to couples and families who want warm water on a short leash, and travellers who do not hold current passports. Editorial planning estimate, not surveyed prices: roughly $750-1,700 for two, covering the two nights inside the weekend (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 July) with lodging, food and local transport. Flights extra.

The fourth of july destinations 2027 calendar

Planning and booking notes

• Start with the drive-or-fly split, not the pictures. From wherever you live, sort the twelve by what is honestly reachable by Saturday lunchtime: Bristol, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington and the Outer Banks cover most of the East by road or rail; Lake Tahoe, San Diego and Glacier cover the West; Acadia is the Northeast's long drive; San Juan and Seward are flights. A pick that costs you all of Saturday in transit has already spent a third of the weekend.
• This page covers only the Saturday 3 to Monday 5 July weekend. If you have a week or more to travel in July – in the United States or anywhere else – see our guide to the best places to visit in July 2027 at /best-places-to-visit-in-july-2027/, which is built for month-length trips rather than a three-day window.
• The third night costs something, so decide which before you price anything. Friday 2 July 2027 is an ordinary working day: a Friday-to-Monday trip means either a vacation day or an after-work departure, and a Friday-evening arrival and a Saturday-morning arrival are different products in a holiday market with different availability. Work out which one you are buying first.
• Use Juneteenth as the rehearsal. Juneteenth 2027 falls on Saturday 19 June and, as a federal holiday landing on a Saturday, is typically observed on Friday 18 June – employers and states vary, so check yours. If yours observes it, that long weekend sits exactly two weeks before the Fourth: same season, same direction of travel, a fraction of the crowd. Drive the same route, test the pack list, note where the traffic pinched, and correct for the Fourth.
• Book by scarcity, not by a fare rule. The categories that genuinely run out over a holiday weekend are small-town coastal lodging, in-park national park lodging and campsites, and stock on single-road islands – those go many months ahead, and for the most limited in-park stock close to a year. Flights are the opposite case: holiday-weekend fare movement is not predictable, this page gives no cheapest-day-to-book rule, and the reliable lever is a changeable fare plus flexibility on which day you fly.
• Expect 2027 event detail to be published only close to the date. Display nights, parade routes and dates, rain dates, race logistics, security and bag rules, road closures and holiday transit timetables are set locally, usually only weeks ahead. Communities sometimes move the display to 3 or 5 July rather than the Fourth itself, and a Sunday Fourth with a Monday observance makes that decision less predictable than usual. Re-check with the city, town, park or organiser close to travel, and never reuse last year's night.
• Every outdoor evening needs a fallback. Thunderstorms routinely delay or cancel displays across the US East and Midwest in early July. Some communities publish a rain date and some publish none at all, so find out whether one exists and when it is before you commit – a rain date that falls after your Monday departure is the same as a cancellation.
• Verify access systems before you pay anything non-refundable. Glacier's alpine road opens on snowpack rather than on a date and has slipped into mid-July in heavy years, and the park has run vehicle-reservation systems that change annually. Acadia has used timed-entry vehicle reservations for the Cadillac Summit Road. If a trip only makes sense because a road or a reservation is open, confirm the 2027 position with the National Park Service first.
• Hurricane season is already open over this weekend. The Atlantic season runs 1 June to 30 November, so the Outer Banks and San Juan both sit inside it in early July. That is not a forecast and it is not a reason to avoid either place; it is the reason to hold changeable lodging and buy insurance rather than plan on luck.
• Closures follow the observed Monday, not the Sunday, and not consistently. Expect federal offices, banks and post offices closed on Monday 5 July with no mail delivery, and public transit on holiday or Sunday timetables. Beyond that it genuinely varies: museums, government-run historic sites, restaurants and small businesses each set their own hours, and some close the Sunday, some the observed Monday, some both. Check each place you plan to visit individually.
• Price the other end of the summer before you commit. Labor Day 2027 is Monday 6 September – the same three-day shape at the far end of the season, with a different crowd profile and different pricing. If the Fourth prices out for your chosen pick, compare the two weekends rather than compromising on the destination.

12 Best Fourth of July Destinations for 2027 FAQ

What this page does not claim to know

• Every dollar figure on this page is an Editorial planning estimate, not surveyed prices. The bands are deliberately wide, sit in three shared tiers so picks can be ranked against each other, cover two people for the two nights inside the holiday weekend (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 July 2027), and include lodging, food and local ground transport – and, where the individual pick says so, a car and fuel. Every band excludes flights, and none includes permits, guiding or timed-entry fees. Nothing here has been priced against a live booking system.
• No hotel, restaurant, tour operator, airline, fare or bookable product is named or recommended anywhere on this page. Every proper noun used is a city, town, region, public road, transit system, national park or seashore, publicly accessible institution, airport or landmark.
• Nobody from Packzup visited these places for this article. This is desk-built planning guidance: no first-hand experience is claimed or implied, and no ranking, survey, study or report underpins the order of the picks. They are argued from calendar logic and seasonality, and "best" here means the editors' judgement of occasion fit, not a measured result.
• 2027 event programming is confirmed by local organisers close to the date. Display nights, parade routes and dates, rain dates, race logistics, security and bag rules, road closures and holiday transit timetables are all set at that level, and a Sunday Fourth with a Monday observance makes those decisions less predictable than usual. Verify every specific directly with the city, town, park or organiser before booking anything non-refundable.
• Traditions on this page are described from past practice, never as 2027 confirmations. That includes Bristol's parade and its historical handling of a Sunday Fourth, New York's river display and its year-to-year change of river, San Diego's bay-wide display, the south-shore display at Lake Tahoe, Bar Harbor's parade and harbour evening, the spread of village displays along the Outer Banks, the Mall display in Washington, the Esplanade evening in Boston, Parkway programming in Philadelphia, and the mountain race at Seward. Every one of them needs the official 2027 programme confirmed.
• Access systems change annually and open on conditions rather than on the calendar. That includes the alpine section of Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier, vehicle-reservation and shuttle schemes in US national parks, and timed entry for the Cadillac Summit Road in Acadia. Assume nothing for 2027 and check the managing authority.
• Weather is described here as typical seasonal pattern, not forecast, and no temperatures are given anywhere on the page. A forecast for a specific week in July 2027 does not exist, and a typical July can still deliver an atypical week. The Atlantic hurricane season dates given (1 June to 30 November) are the season's own boundaries, not a prediction.
• Holiday observance varies. Monday 5 July 2027 is the federal observance; state, local, territorial and private-employer observance can differ, and whether Juneteenth's Saturday 19 June date is observed on Friday 18 June depends on the employer and jurisdiction. Confirm with your own employer and with your destination rather than assuming the federal pattern.
• No fare rule, cheapest-day-to-book claim, occupancy figure, hotel-demand statistic or price forecast appears on this page, because none can be substantiated. Where availability is described, it is described by category of accommodation rather than by a number of months, and minimum-stay and changeover rules vary property by property.
• Weekday labels for Thursday 1 July, Friday 2 July, Tuesday 6 July and Friday 18 June 2027 are derivations from the verified dates (Sunday 4 July 2027, Saturday 19 June 2027 and Monday 6 September 2027), not separately asserted events.

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