Fargo July 4th Bar Crawl 2027

Fargo, North Dakota is the largest city in the state and the cultural and commercial capital of the Northern Plains. On Saturday, July 4, 2026, Downtown Fargo and the Broadway corridor become the center of the official Red, White and Brew bar crawl, with drink specials at 10 of the city’s best bars, live DJs, and a crowd celebrating Independence Day in a city that punches well above its weight in nightlife, arts, and civic pride.

Broadway is Fargo’s main downtown street and the center of a nightlife scene that has grown significantly over the past decade. The renovated historic buildings along Broadway house bars, music venues, and restaurants that draw crowds from across the Fargo-Moorhead metro every weekend. On July 4th, with the pub crawl running through this corridor, Fargo’s downtown delivers a night that surprises most people who assume the Northern Plains can not produce this quality of urban entertainment.

Fargo sits on the Red River that marks the border between North Dakota and Minnesota, directly across from Moorhead. The city’s geographic position at the intersection of two states and two very different agricultural regions gives it a regional significance that exceeds its population. Fargo is the place that North Dakota goes when it wants to go out, and July 4th is the biggest night of the summer.

In 2026, the Semiquincentennial marks 250 years of American independence. North Dakota was admitted to the union in 1889, the same day as South Dakota, and its settlement story is one of the most dramatic in American history: the homesteaders who came to the Northern Plains in the late 19th century, the brutal winters and failed harvests, and the communities that survived and built something lasting against enormous odds. Fargo’s survival and growth through that era and into the present is a genuinely American story.

PubCrawls.com handles all logistics. Bars are confirmed before July 4th, drink specials are set at every venue, and your digital venue map arrives before the event. Check in at the starting location on Broadway at 6:00 PM, pick up your Red, White and Brew wristband, and spend the holiday night on the Northern Plains’ best bar corridor.

The Fargo July 4th pub crawl draws locals from downtown Fargo alongside residents from Moorhead, West Fargo, and the extended North Dakota and Minnesota communities who come to Fargo for the holiday. The Fargo crowd is welcoming, unpretentious, and genuinely enthusiastic about well-organized events, which makes the July 4th crawl one of the most anticipated nights of the summer.

The event is 21 and over only. Birthday groups, friend crews from across the Northern Plains, bachelorette parties, and couples celebrating the Fourth all make the Fargo July 4th crawl part of their summer plans. Groups of 20 or more qualify for VIP packages and group pricing. Use the form at the bottom of this page.

Tickets are on sale now at PubCrawls.com. Fargo on July 4th fills up and spots on the official pub crawl are limited. Buy early and celebrate the Fourth in the city that keeps the Northern Plains going every summer.