July 4th 2025 Fireworks, Events Around Darien

DARIEN, CT — 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 Darien.

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 Darien and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2025

What: Darien Town Fireworks

Where: Darien High School, 80 High School Lane

When: Friday, July 11 at 6 p.m. Rain date is Saturday, July 12

Parking passes are required to park on-site; walk-ins are welcome. Parking passes are on sale now. The last day for pickup is July 9.

There will be food trucks, courtyard games, a community band and face painting.

What: Darien Declaration Day

Where: Darien High School courtyard

When: July 4, 9:30 a.m.

Darien’s Monuments & Ceremonies Commission organizes the Declaration Day Ceremony, and it's an opportunity for everyone to remember the founding values of the country.

Actors from DHS Theater 308 will be bring life to the words in the Declaration of Independence. Heather Raker, executive director of the Mather Homestead, will be the master of ceremonies, and Bob Patton will deliver a keynote address.

Readings from the Declaration of Independence will be included in the 25-minute ceremony along with the Darien DAR Essay winner.

Patriotic music will be performed by the heralded Darien Community Band. Seating will be provided.

Special recognition will be made for Darien students attending miliary academies, along with university ROTC programs.

What: Push N' Pull Parade

Where: Darien High School

When: July 4, 10:30 a.m., following the Declaration Day Event

The patriotic parade will feature children riding bikes, scooters, wagons and non-motorized vehicles.

Past parades have featured contests for best-decorated vehicle with wheels, best-decorated float and most patriotically-dressed family.

What: New Canaan Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration

When: Friday, July 4, at 5 p.m. (rain dates July 5 or July 12)

Where: Waveny Park, 677 South Ave.

What: City Of Stamford Fireworks

When: July 2, 6 p.m.

Where: Cummings Beach

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.