Fireworks Near Me: Madison Independence Day 2025 Events

MADISON, 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 Madison.

Madison hosted its fireworks on Wednesday, but there is information below on other events this weekend. 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 the areas surrounding Madison.

July 4 Festivities For 2025

Madison Independence Day Parade
The Town of Madison's Annual Independence Day Parade will be held on July 4, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. The parade will proceed west on Boston Post Road (Route 1) from Samson Rock Drive to the West Wharf Road and will end in the Surf Club. The parade will require road closures. Residents and motorists should expect traffic delays along the parade route between 9:45 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Affected areas will include Boston Post Road (Route 1) and all intersecting roads between Wall Street/Samson Rock Drive and West Wharf Road, including:

• Boston Post Road (Route 1)
• Wall Street
• Samson Rock Drive
• Durham Road (Route 79)
• Meig’s Avenue
• Academy Street
• Copse Road
• Island Avenue
• Britton Lane
• West Wharf Road
• Lantern Hill Road

Motorists are encouraged to seek alternate routes during the parade. Residents/Visitors requiring access to Middle Beach Road, or Madison Beach Hotel should use East Wharf Road to access those areas during the parade. There will be no public access to the Surf Club or to the Madison Country Club (via West Wharf Road) during the parade.
Concert on the Green

Saturday, July 5, 2025

• 6:00 p.m. Opening act
• 7:00 p.m. Wallingford Symphony Orchestra

Visit Madison Cultural Arts for details.
The rain date is July 6, 2025

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July 5

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July 12

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July 12

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July 19

• Celebrate East Lyme 4th of July 2025 Fireworks Details

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.