Fireworks Near Me: Long Beach July 4th 2025 Events

LONG BEACH, 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 Long Beach.

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 Long Beach and the surrounding areas.

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Independence Day Festivities For 2025:

• Norwalk Independence Day Celebration — Live music, games and fireworks can be expected at this celebration on Thursday, July 3, at Holifield Park in Norwalk.
• Los Alamitos Fireworks Spectacular — The event at the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base was set to be a fun, family-oriented event, but city officials announced Monday that "ongoing military operations" canceled the in-person showings. Instead, a fireworks show will be presented on Thursday, July 3, through the city's social media channels.
• Hawaiian Gardens Independence Day Celebration — The celebration at the Feddie Sports Complex in Hawaiian Gardens on Thursday, July 3, will have live music, food trucks and a fireworks show. Fireworks start at 9 p.m.
• Big Bang on the Bay — The yearly-anticipated fireworks extravaganza and block party returns to East Long Beach (Naples) on Thursday, July 3. Tickets to the event can be purchased here.
• Queen Mary Celebration and Fireworks — The night sky above the historic Queen Mary will light up on Friday, July 4, with a 15-minute fireworks show. The fireworks show begins at 9 p.m.
• BBQ at the Aquarium of the Pacific — The aquarium will be hosting a Fourth of July BBQ lunch on Friday, July 4, with tickets including a private dining table and all-day admission to the marine museum. Tickets can be found here.
• Fourth of July Dinner Cruise — This "premier" cruise on Friday, July 4, offers an elegant evening along the Long Beach Harbor, along with summer cocktails, a buffet, live music and a front-row seat for a fireworks show. Tickets can be found here.
• Let Freedom Ring Celebration & Fireworks — This event in Cerritos on July 4 at the Civic Center promises fun entertainment, food trucks, game booths, rides and a bell-ringing event. Don't forget the fireworks show that will culminate the event at night. For more information, click here.
• Fourth of July Bike Parade — The bike parade on Friday, July 4, will include patriotic speeches, poems, cash prizes and awards on a boat launch rap. It starts at 10 a.m. and takes place at 5000 E. Ocean Blvd. For more information, click here.

Patch has rounded up the biggest July 4 fireworks displays and other events happening in California in celebration of Independence Day. Click here to see our full California list.

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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.