Fourth of July celebrating is in full swing in Franklin

Franklin takes the Fourth of July celebrating seriously. So seriously that it takes more than a week to fit it all in. 

The Fourth of July festivities started Wednesday with the kick off of the annual Taste of Talent vocal competition. (See our earlier story for pictures). 

Things continued Thursday with the first of two concerts by the Silver Cornet Band. 

Then Friday's big feature was the ever popular Penny Carnival. (Scroll to the bottom for more pictures.)

Saturday, the Liberty Fest Parade concluded just as the skies opened up and soaked the streets for several minutes and delayed the start of the ice cream social and concert in Bandstand Park. 

And there is still more to come. 

On Monday, the Venango Humane Society will hold it's annual Pet Show in the Bandstand Park. Registration starts at 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday will be the second round of singing and voting for Taste of Talent. All 10 contestant will perform a song starting at 7 p.m. at Bandstand Park.

The Silver Cornet Band will give its Mostly Marches concert at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Bandstand Park. 

The festivities wrap up on Friday with a Route 8 Band concert, food vendors and fireworks in Riverfront Park starting at 6 p.m.