KINGSTON —Kingston’s Fourth of July celebration may be 119 years old, but it still knows how to party — and everyone is invited.

“It’s a day for celebrating, and we do it right,” said Pete DeBoer, chairman of the Kingston Fourth of July Committee. “We start early and finish late.”

From breakfast to bedtime the Kingston community plans to be busy. Starting at 8 a.m., the Kingston Cove Yacht Club will serve up its famous pancake breakfast, but eat quickly if you want to catch the start of the 5K Fun Run because the event starts at 8:45 a.m. at the corner of Central Avenue and West Kingston Road, just west of the KCYC.

For a more leisurely start to the day, when breakfast is finished, attendees can wander to the Kingston Farmers Market starting at 9 a.m. in Mike Wallace Park by the marina. Local produce, fresh-cut flowers, honey, jam, baked goods and fine arts are for sale, and for those who missed the yacht club’s event, breakfast and lunch entrees will be available until 3 p.m.

The music also starts early. Kingston High School’s Jazz Band will tune up in the park for the market beginning at 10 a.m. and will be followed by performers Marcus Dean and Nathan Pagaard. At 3:30 p.m. the main stage performances are led off by Good Enough, followed by local bands House of Cards and ColdNote. As dusk falls on Appletree Cove, the Blues Counselors will hit the stage and play on through Kingston’s famed fireworks display. Plan to continue dancing until 11 p.m.

Everyone in Kingston gears up for the annual parade that begins as soon as the noon ferry unloads. This year’s grand marshall, former Kingston librarian Arlene Thompson, will be surrounded by contingents from Kingston High School, the VFW Color Guard, Miss Kingston, Catherine Pascouli, and her court, and an eclectic mixture of bands, floats, tractors, motorcycles, car clubs and paraders from the North End.

The parade takes about an hour, and it is just “long enough,” according to Jet Woelke who chairs the parade committee with Tammie Tippie. Unregistered entries can still sign up at 10 a.m. on parade day, although they will not be eligible for the judged contests. The latecomers must sign registrations and get insurance verified. The sheriff and the Washington Department of Transportation, though, limit the parade to 75 entries, so first come, first served is the order of the day, Tippie said.

Kids in Kingston start even earlier. Events for them begin on Friday, July 3, in Kingston’s well-known Tiny Town, held at Ed Moon Field in Kola Kole Park just off of State Route 104. The Slug Race is a tradition that signals the beginning of the party at 10 a.m. and then contests and performers continue until 5 p.m. on July 4, including such popular events as the three-legged race, Cheeto toss, pie-eating contest, cake walk and more. Locals compete in “Kingston’s Got Talent” from 2-4 p.m. on the Tiny Town stage, but a variety of artists perform there as well, including the Kingston Middle School Rock in Roll History Ensemble, Mino Christante, Nathan Pagaard and Paul Williams.

“It’s a great day to see everyone in the community,” said Chuck Solomon who oversees the sale of fundraising buttons commemorating the event. “For a small town, Kingston really knows how to have a big time.”