July 4th 2025 Fireworks, Events Around North Haven

NORTH HAVEN, 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 North Haven.

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 North Haven and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2025

What: Hamden’s Independence Day Celebration & Fireworks Display

Where: Hamden Town Center Park

When: June 27 at Town Center Park, Festivities start at 6 p.m., fireworks around 9:20 p.m.

What: East Haven Fireworks & Beach Party

Where: Cosey Beach

When: June 28, 12 noon to 10 p.m.

What: Meriden Independence Day Fireworks Celebration

Where: Hubbard Park, Meriden

When: July 2 at 5:30 p.m.

What: Savin Rock Fireworks Spectacular

Where: Bradley Point Park, West Haven

When: July 3 at 7 p.m.

What: 4th Of July 2025 Fireworks And Concerts At Lake Compounce

When: July 4 to July 6, beginning 2 p.m.

Where: Lake Compounce

What: New Haven 4th Of July Fireworks

When: July 4, 9 p.m.

Where: Fireworks will launch from atop of East Rock Park. The best viewing location is from the Wilbur Cross High School parking lot.

What: 4th Of July 2025 Fireworks And Concert In Orange

When: July 5, gates open 3 p.m.

Where: Orange Fairgrounds

What: Wallingford Fireworks

Where: The show will take place on the knoll from Sheehan High School.

When: July 12, 9:15 p.m.

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.