This year’s Old Fashioned Fourth of July is shaping up to be spectacular. Perhaps the most exciting is the traditional fireworks finale, which will prove to be the biggest Oak Harbor has seen.

New this year is the Rubber Ducky Regatta. Teams have signed up to build their own boat and race it for cash prizes at the lagoon at City Beach at 3 p.m.

Carnival day passes are on sale now, for a $4 savings, at the Chamber of Commerce 32630 State Route 20. Ticket sales end at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 2. The carnival opens July 4 and runs through the weekend. Here is a complete schedule of events:

Wednesday,

July 3

7 p.m., “With Freedom’s Holy Light” musical at First United Methodist Church, 1050 SE Ireland St., Oak Harbor

July 4-7

Family carnival at City Beach

Thursday,

July 4

7-11 a.m., annual Fire Department

pancake breakfast, 3440 Taylor Road

(Adults $4.50; kids 7-12 $2.50; Kids 6 and under free)

7:30-10:30 a.m., Rotary Pancake Breakfast at YMCA, 540 SE Pioneer Way

10 a.m. to 10 p.m., arts and crafts and food booths

11 a.m., Ace Hardware’s Grand Parade kicks off with a flyover from planes from Whidbey Island Naval Air Station., Pioneer Way

2-8 p.m., Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce strawberry shortcake feast

3 p.m., Navy Federal Credit Union’s rubber ducky regatta

4-6 p.m., old fashioned family games

(egg toss, sack races and more.)

10 p.m. (dusk), Oak Harbor fireworks.

Sunday, July 8

Noon, lawnmower races and family activities (old rodeo grounds off Fakkema Road)

Throughout the day Sound Entertainment will host karaoke in the park.