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July 4th 2025 Fireworks, Events Around Shelton-Derby
Your guide to fireworks, parades and other July 4 celebrations in and around Shelton and Derby.
SHELTON-DERBY, 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 Shelton and Derby.
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 Shelton-Derby and the surrounding areas.
July 4 Festivities For 2025
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When: Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 9 p.m.
Elizabeth Street will be closed to traffic from Main Street to Fifth Street, according to the city's calendar.
A musical concert will take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in front of Derby City Hall, located at 1 Elizabeth Street in Derby.
Municipal parking garage will be open for parking only. No viewing will be allowed.
Rain date is Saturday, July 5, 2025 at 9 p.m.
What: Trumbull Day 2025 Fireworks
Where: Trumbull High School (72 Strobel Road, Trumbul)
When: Saturday, June 28, 2025, from 2 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Where: Seaside Park, Bridgeport
When: Friday, June 27, 2025 at 9:15 p.m.
What: Stratford’s Independence Day Fireworks Celebration
When: Wednesday, July 2, at 9 p.m.
What: Milford 2025 Kick Off to Summer Fireworks
Where: Lisman Landing Marina (37 Helwig Street, Milford)
When: Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 4 p.m.
When: Jul 4, 4:30 p.m. Fireworks at 9:20 p.m.
What: Redding Rock 'n Roots 2025 Music Festival and Fireworks Show
When: Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 4-10 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.
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