This Weekend at Grand Lake - July 3, 2025

Gooood Morning!

I won’t take up your valuable lake time with my jibber-jabber this morning, we’ll just get right to things.

Real quick, though, the lake level is finally dropping pretty quickly — it is down a ½ foot overnight — so hopefully those boat ramps and dock walkways and such that you haven’t been able to access for a while will be available later today or tomorrow.

But read on for the latest on the return of a legendary Grand Lake business, your on-the-water fireworks celebrations, and, of course, your full listing of live music and happenings all over the lake this weekend.

Happy Independence Day, friends. Thanks for reading and being a part of this journey.

Oh, and don’t forget about the special Duck Creek boating rules in place for this weekend. You can see those HERE.

Now, let’s have some fun… but be careful out there. There is still a lot of debris.

And make the absolute most of your Grand Lake Livin’!

This Weekend at Grand Lake

Lake Level - As of 9 am, the lake level is 751.2’ with gates open on both the dam and east spillways, and they are dropping the elevation about as fast as they safely can. Lake temps are in the mid-70s. Still some debris out there, so be careful - especially at night. Oh, and if you want to keep track of the lake level yourself, HERE you go.

Fireworks! - And, here we go. I don’t keep track of the fireworks shows happening in the towns around the lake - just the shows on the water. Here’s what I’ve got for you:

• Grove’s July 3rd Celebration at Wolf Creek Park is tonight (Thursday!) with the fun starting at 6 with live music, free watermelon, and then wraps up with the fireworks at dark.

• Duck Creek Fireworks are Friday. Click HERE for the schedule of events, from the fly-in at Ketchum Airport to the airshow to the fireworks.

• Lots of shows (both organized and unorganized) on Saturday:

  • Grand Lake Fireworks in Disney have raised more money than they ever have before - by a LOT. It should be a great show between the spillways!

  • Monkey Island Fireworks & Family Fun Fest has a full evening planned with live entertainment, carnival games, tasty treats, and the fireworks over Shangri-La at dark.

  • Gran Tara, Horse Creek, and Blue Bluff Harbor all have their shows on Saturday as well.

Dam Tours - GRDA is no longer able to offer the free walk-up tours of historic Pensacola Dam, however, some pre-arranged tours are still offered for groups of 10 or more, Monday – Friday between 8AM and 4PM. Please contact [email protected], (918) 981-8473 for more information.

5th of July Bash - The George L. Husong VFP Post 8380 at 33420 S 620 Rd in Grove is hosting a 5th of July Bash Saturday at 2 pm. There will be food trucks, fun for all, and live music from Beaty Creek Band and Kelly Luttrell.

Markets Roll On - More and more summertime treats are showing up at the Saturday farmer’s markets. 9 am is the start time for both the Grove Farmer’s Market on the Community Center Lawn and the Saturday Morning Market in Langley next to Reasor’s.

Library - It’s July and that means new things at the Grove Public Library. Check out the July Calendar of Events HERE.

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This Weekend’s Entertainment

FYI, if I don’t know about it, I can’t include it here, lol. So, if you know about it… LET ME KNOW! Just send an email with entertainment updates to [email protected]. Anyhoo… here is what I do know for this weekend’s entertainment at the lake:

Thursday, July 3

• Lil Red & COBE with Sidepiece at Blind Swine Duck Creek - 6 pm

• Karaoke at Doc’s - 6 pm

• Ryan Graham at Mooney’s - 6 pm

• Mike Barham & The Honkey Tonk Prophets at Sharky’s - 8 pm

• Tyler Ryan at The Copper Penny - 8 pm

Friday, July 4

• Whiskey Poet Society at Ugly’s Grill & Bar - 3 pm

• Ryan Graham at Doc’s - 7 pm

• The Travis Kidd Band at Mooney’s - 8 pm

• Glam-R-Us at Drunken Rooster - 8 pm

• Broken Aces at Eddy’s - 8 pm

• Magic J Featuring DJ Joe at Cherokee Casino Grove - 8 pm

• CM Johnson Band at R Bar Dance Hall and Saloon - 9 pm

• Eddie Valen at Grand Lake Casino - 9 pm

Saturday, July 5

• Ryan Graham at Blind Swine Duck Creek - 6 pm

• The Barrett Lewis Band at Mooney’s - 8 pm

• The Stars at Drunken Rooster - 8 pm

• One Night Stand at Sharky’s - 8 pm

• Travis Kidd at Eddy’s - 8 pm

• Big Cheese Band at Juan Montez - 8 pm

• The Beaty Creek Band at Cherokee Casino Grove - 8 pm

• Karaoke & Open Mic at R Bar Dance Hall and Saloon in Grove

• William Tedford at The Monkey Bar - 9 pm

• Choices at Grand Lake Casino - 9 pm

Sunday, July 6

• Jon Moody at Sharky’s - 3 pm

• Jacob Dement at Mooney’s - 4 pm

• Barrett Lewis at Mooney’s - 8 pm (?)

Also, next week you can expect music on Tuesday at Blind Swine Duck Creek with their Taco Tuesday and on Wednesday there is live music at The Shebang and at Mooney’s for Industry Night. Music begins at 6 pm at all places.

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