Officials expect one of the biggest Fourth of July crowds in years and are urging visitors to plan ahead, stay cool and know the new downtown youth curfew.

To celebrate the big birthday, Celebrate is going all out with seven free concerts over both nights including Ludacris, Miranda Lambert and Kenny Loggins.

Blues music will once again take the stage along the Mississippi River when the 11th annual Blues At the Arch Festival returns from Aug. 14-16.

People at the Celebrate St. Louis event at the Gateway Arch were told to leave the grounds and seek shelter because of severe weather just before 4 p.m. Saturday.

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman! All of St. Louis turned out downtown at The Arch to celebrate Independence Day with the Man of Steel. From the Daily Planet to Krypto to the Fortress of ...