Starlight Bowl to honor WWII vet before flyover and fireworks on Fourth of July

The Starlight Bowl will host its annual Fourth of July festivities featuring two bands and a fireworks display.

The band Stone Soul plays classic soul and Motown. This summer, the band is once again the featured band for the Parks Make Life Better concert tour to support California’s Parks and Recreation Society, performing free concerts at local parks to raise awareness about the value of public parks.

“We’ve had them before. They’re awesome, so we brought them back,” said Vickie Cusumano, with the city’s parks and recreation department.

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The other band will be the Kings of 88, which performs hits by the legends of piano-rock including Elton John, Billy Joel, Billy Preston, Little Richard, Stevie Wonder and Bruce Hornsby.

The event usually sells out at the 4,200-seat venue, Cusumano said.

Also, Ivan Cregger, a World War II veteran and Burbank resident for 59 years, will be honored before the concert.

In 1942, at the age of 21, Cregger enlisted in the U.S. Army and was deployed to Africa. Other deployments included Egypt, Libya, England and Italy.

His recognition will be followed by a flyover featuring a vintage plane from the Palm Springs Air Museum.

The Starlight Bowl is located at 1249 Lockheed View Drive, Burbank.

Parking will start at 4:30 p.m., with gate opening at 5:30 p.m.. The concert will begin at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, visit starlightbowl.com.

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Mark Kellam, mark.kellam@latimes.com

Twitter: @LAMarkKellam