Overview The Hill Country Galleria Independence Day Festival is Bee Cave's free Fourth of July evening on the Central Plaza lawn of the Hill Country Galleria, six hours of local bands, fair rides and vendors that end with fireworks after dark. Admission and parking are free, and people bring blankets and lawn chairs to the lawn. Special Events Live, the Austin producer behind the Old Pecan Street Festival, produces it. The Galleria is a 1.3-million-square-foot open-air center where Bee Cave Road meets Highways 620 and 71, west of downtown Austin, with Dillard's, Barnes and Noble, Cinemark and Whole Foods among its anchors, 50 acres of green space and more than 150 community events a year. On site The 2026 festival ran from 4 to 10 p.m. The stage on the Central Plaza lawn played an hour at a time: School of Rock, CAZAYOUX, Jeska Forsyth, Jo James and Vallejo. Around it sat fair rides, water games, free face painting and more than 40 vendors, and the fireworks closed the night. Brand presence Sponsorship is sold at three levels: a presenting title sponsor, a main stage sponsor and friend-of-the-festival sponsors. Special Events Live's own write-up of the festival describes booth spaces on the plaza reserved for sponsors and vendors.