MINNEAPOLIS — After a five-year hiatus, the music, crowd and excitement are back at Mill Ruins Park in 2024 for the grand return of Red, White and Boom.
As if on cue, the skies cleared on Thursday evening for the start of the festivities, after a wet and gloomy rainy day.
“This is our first Red, White and Boom,” said Roth Khea, a crew member of Waffle Bar Food Truck, one of the food trucks at the event.
Khea has been closely monitoring conditions throughout the day.
“I think it’s going to be a great event because the rain is going away,” said Khea.
The same goes for the organizers of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
Light rain is fine, organizers said. It’s the possibility of heavy rain and lightning that would have jeopardized the event.
On Thursday evening, the organizers posted the good news on Facebook: “Everything is on.”
“Very exciting to be back,” said Big Mike Mothershed, lead singer of Big Mike Retro Soul and the Westside Horns.
For Mothershed, these 4th of July festivities have extra meaning, as she served in the military for twelve years.
“It means something to celebrate the country where you make your living,” Mothershed said.
