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Jessica Nelms

Weatherly White, left, her sister Elizabeth and their mom Suzanne, far right, are assisted in purchasing fireworks by Keri Reeves, second from right, Thursday, July 2, 2009 at the TNT Fireworks stand at the Ingles parking lot in Seneca.

If you aren’t looking forward to hosting your own Fourth of July backyard bash, have no fear. There are scads of events to visit in Pickens and Oconee counties this weekend. Here’s a list of some to aid you in experiencing a great holiday weekend.

Friday, July 3 from 5:30 to 10 p.m.

Clemson Fest at the Foothills YMCA

~ Free Inflatables

~$10 per car load

~Music

~Food

~Craft vendors

Hillbilly Fest in Mountain Rest

Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

~Free parking/admission

~Music

~Children’s games

~Greased pig chase

~Cloggers and fiddlers

Seneca’s Fourth of July

Begins at 5 p.m. at Gignilliat Complex

~12 food vendors

~Live music

~700 shell fireworks display

~Wall of water park and inflatables

Salem’s Downtown Fourth of July

Begins at 6 p.m.

~Live entertainment

~Free food/drink/entertainment

~Fireworks display

Liberty’s “A History of America Abridged”

Begins at 7 p.m. on Friday and 3 p.m. on Saturday

A vaudeville show with live actors promises to entertain outside in downtown Liberty

Clemson University Dixie Sky Divers

3 p.m. on Saturday, July 4.

Clemson University’s Dixie Skydivers group will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a reunion and a jump onto Bowman Field. More than 60 alumni of the club will return to Clemson July 3-5 with the jump Saturday afternoon.