July 4th 2025 Fireworks, Events Around Ridgefield

RIDGEFIELD, 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 Ridgefield.

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 Ridgefield and the surrounding areas.

Independence Day Festivities For 2025

What: Ridgefield Volunteer Fire Department Carnival
Where: East Ridge Middle School, 10 E Ridge Rd, Ridgefield
When: Wed, Jun 25 - Sat, Jun 28, 2025 from 6-10 p.m. each day. Fireworks on Fri, Jun 27, at dusk

What: July 4th Celebration and Townwide America250 Kickoff
Where: Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center
When: Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.

What: Ridgefield Family Firework Celebration
Where: Ridgefield High School
When: Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 6 p.m.

What: Danbury Town Park Fireworks Over Candlewood Lake
Where: Over Candlewood Lake
When: Sat, Jun 28, 2025 at circa 9:15 p.m.

What: Wilton Fireworks Show and Live DJ
Where: Wilton High School
When: Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.

What: Redding Rock 'n Roots 2025 Music Festival and Fireworks Show
Where: Lonetown Farm, Redding
When: Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 4-10 p.m.

What: Weston's Family 4th Celebration
Where: Weston Middle School, 135 School Rd
When: Jul 4, 4:30 p.m. Fireworks at 9:20 p.m.

What: New Canaan Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration
Where: Waveny Park, 677 South Ave
When: Fri, Jul 4, at 5 p.m. (rain dates Jul 5 or Jul 12)

What: Norwalk Independence Day Concert & Fireworks
Where: Calf Pasture Beach
When: Thu, Jul 3, at 7 p.m. (rain date Jul 5)

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.

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 that first celebration.

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.