Fireworks Near Me: Frankfort July 4th 2024 Events

FRANKFORT, IL — Independence Day is fast approaching so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Frankfort. Area events include fireworks, festivals and other Fourth of July fun.

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 Frankfort and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2024

What: Frankfort's 4th of July fireworks
Where: Main Park, 200 S. Locust St., Frankfort
When: Park will open at 7 p.m. on July 4
DJ entertainment will begin at 7:30 pm. Fireworks will begin at 9:15 p.m. The display is sponsored by the Village of Frankfort, Frankfort Firefighters Foundation, Frankfort Firefighters Local 4338.

What: New Lenox July 4 Fireworks
Where: Village Commons, 1 Veterans Parkway, New Lenox
When: Entertainment starting at 6 p.m. on July 4
Don't miss a performance by Midlife Crisis as they take the stage from 6 to 8:00 p.m. Following Midlife Crisis will be the Joliet American Legion Band to lead into the fireworks display with patriotic tunes. The fireworks display will take place at dusk (approximately 9:15 p.m.). Admission to this event is free. Guests of all ages are permitted.

What: Mokena's July 3 fireworks, Independence Day kick-off
Where: Main Park, 10925 W. La Porte Road, Mokena
When: 5 p.m., on July 3
The Village of Mokena and the Mokena Community Park District invite the community to the expanded July 3 festival. The entertainment will kick off at 5 p.m. with the Encore Concert Band. Whiskey Road, will bring their “crossroads” style of rock to the stage at 7:30 p.m. They will play until the fireworks kick off at approximately 9:30 p.m. The event and parking is free.

Today, Americans celebrate the birth of a new nation 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.

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.