Temecula 2025 Guide To 4th Of July: Fireworks, Nearby Events

TEMECULA, CA — Independence Day falls on a Friday in 2025, kicking off a three-day weekend packed with fireworks, festivals and other Fourth of July fun in Temecula and across Riverside County.

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 Temecula, Murrieta, Lake Elsinore, Wildomar, Banning, Beaumont, Palm Desert and the surrounding areas.

It's important to note that fireworks aren't legal to set off yourself in Riverside County, and there is a hefty fine associated with igniting your own.

Long before the fireworks light off, at 10 a.m., Temecula's "Star Spangled Parade" will proceed, featuring the Temecula Valley Mounted Posse, Veterans of Foreign Wars, members of the American Legion, the Riverside County Fire Department, the Boy Scouts of America and other organizations. The parade will run northbound along Old Town Front Street. There will be pyrotechnics in Ronald Reagan Sports Park after dark.

The city's main fireworks show will kick off at Pechanga Resort Casino on Friday at approximately 9 p.m. The show is free and guests can tune into Q103.3 FM for a fully immersive experience. Find more information about the event here.

Here are a handful of other nearby Independence events going on in Riverside County:

• Palm Desert Independence Day Fireworks Celebration

• City of Menifee Independence Celebration And Fireworks Show
• Lake Elsinore Gears Up For 4th of July 'Firework Spectacular'

• Coachella's Family-Friendly Independence Day Celebration And Fireworks Show
• July 4th Celebration 2025: Coachella Crossroads
• Independence Day Celebrations Fireworks Show & Journey Tribute Concert 2025: Corona
• 4th Of July Independence Day Celebration 2025: Corona
• July 4th Red, White And Lights Fireworks Celebration 2025: Beaumont

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.