Pancake Breakfast

Pancake Breakfast

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4th of July Pancake Breakfast

July 4, 2025 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Veterans Memorial Building: 50 2nd Avenue Bridge, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401

We’re bringing the Pancake Breakfast downtown! Start your 4th of July off right with the Freedom Festival Pancake Breakfast at the Veterans Memorial Building to fuel yourself for a day full of celebrations! Enjoy a delicious breakfast prepared by Built By Pros and CR/IC Building Trades. The breakfast will kick off at 8 AM in the Coliseum and conclude at 11 AM. Meals will be $10.00 (save $5.00 if you have a Freedom Festival button!) with kids 5 and under eating free! Finalized breakfast menu coming soon!

Join us outside the breakfast for Yoga on the Island kicking off at 9 AM! After the breakfast, enjoy the Freedom Festival Car Show happening on the 2nd Avenue Bridge from 8 AM - 12 PM. Another NEW event for 2025! Come shop from local vendors downstairs in the Vets Building at our Patriotic Pop-Up from 10AM - 3PM! Celebration of Freedom festivities will begin at 1 PM on 1st Street SW with live performances kicking off at Kingston Yard!