Plainfield Fireworks, Event Guide For 2025

PLAINFIELD, IL — 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 Plainfield.

Patch has rounded up the biggest July 4 fireworks displays and other events happening in Illinois in celebration of Independence Day. Click here to see our full Illinois list.

This is what is planned in Plainfield:

Plainfield Food Truck Festival and Fourth of July Fireworks

• Where: Gregory B. Bott Community Park, 24550 W. Renwick Road
• When: The Food Truck Festival will run from 4-9 p.m. July 3 and fireworks will commence at Plainfield Central High School beginning around 9 p.m.

Will County Displays

If you're looking for other Will County fireworks displays:

Bolingbrook

• 4th Of July Celebration, Fireworks 2025: Bolingbrook, Bolingbrook Golf Club, 2001 Rodeo Drive

Channahon

• Sundance at Independence Day Celebration in Channahon, Ronald D. Lehman Community Park, 23304 W. McClintock Road

Frankfort

• 4th Of July Fireworks 2025: Frankfort, Main Park, 200 Locust St.

Joliet

• July 4 Fireworks in Joliet, Busey Bank Field at Joliet Memorial Stadium, 3000 West Jefferson Street

Lockport

• July 3rd Fireworks Show 2025: Lockport, Dellwood Park, Woods Drive

Mokena

• Mokena Independence Day Celebration 2025, Mokena Main Park, 10925 W. La Porte Road

New Lenox

• New Lenox Independence Day Celebration 2025, 101 Veterans Pkwy.

Romeoville

• Three 3rd Of July Fireworks Shows 2025: Romeoville, Volunteer Park, 1100 Murphy Drive

Shorewood

• Shorewood Crossroads Festival for 2025, Cene's Four Seasons Park, 25520 W. Seil Road

History of Independence Day

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.