Seasonal & Holidays
July 4th 2025 Fireworks, Events Around Dana Point
Your guide to fireworks, parades and other July 4 celebrations in and around Dana Point.
DANA POINT, CA — Independence Day falls on a Friday in 2025, kicking off a star-spangled three-day weekend packed with fireworks, festivals and other Fourth of July fun in and around Dana Point.
To help you fit it all in on your 4th of July calendar, Patch has put together a guide to what’s going on in Dana Point and the surrounding areas.
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NEWPORT BEACH-COSTA MESA:
- Independence Day Fest & Fireworks 2025: OC Fair, Costa Mesa
- July 4th Fireworks & Independence Day On Back Bay 2024: Newport Dunes Resort, Newport Beach
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HUNTINGTON BEACH:
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MISSION VIEJO:
- 2025 July 4th Street Faire & Fireworks Spectacular: Mission Viejo
- July 4th Celebration & Fireworks 2025: Grand Park, Aliso Viejo
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DANA POINT-LAGUNA NIGUEL:
- 4th Of July Fireworks & Flyover 2025: Doheny State Beach, Dana Point
- July 4 Fireworks Spectacular + More In Laguna Niguel
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LAKE FOREST:
- El Toro Chargers 4th Of July 5K & 1K Kids Run 2025: Lake Forest
- Fourth Of July Parade 2025: Lake Forest
- Pacific Symphony July 4 Spectacular: Music of Chicago & Fireworks Show 2025: Irvine
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SAN CLEMENTE:
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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA:
- July 4th Celebration 2025: Ladera Ranch
- 4th Of July Parade 2025: Trabuco Canyon
- July 4th Star-Spangled Spectacular, Parade & Fireworks 2025: SAMLARC, Rancho Santa Margarita
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ORANGE COUNTY:
- Fourth Of July Celebration 2025: Centennial Park, Santa Ana
- 4th Of July Firework Spectacular 2025: Veterans Park, Yorba Linda
- 4th Of July Celebration 2025: Tustin
- 4th Of July Celebration 2025: La Habra
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Independence Day commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. In that document, the 13 original colonies declared their independence from Great Britain.
During the pivotal summer of 1776, the pre-Revolutionary celebrations honoring King George III’s birthday were replaced with mock funerals as a symbolic break from the crown.
It was an exciting time in Philadelphia — the Continental Congress voted to break from the crown and, two days later on July 4, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the original 13 colonies —New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia — to adopt the Declaration of Independence.
The first annual commemoration of the nation’s independence was in Philadelphia on July 4, 1777, while the Revolutionary War was ongoing. Fireworks have been part of Fourth of July festivities since the first celebration in Philadelphia.
Today, Americans celebrate with fireworks, parades, concerts, and family gatherings and barbecues. Celebrations, though, predate by centuries the designation of Independence Day as a federal holiday, which didn’t happen until 1941.
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