Fireworks Near Me: Baltimore July 4th 2025 Events

BALTIMORE, MD — Independence Day 2025 kicks off a star-spangled three-day weekend packed with fireworks, festivals and other Fourth of July fun in and around Baltimore.

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 Baltimore and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2025

Fourth of July In Baltimore, 1 p.m. to 10 p.m.; fireworks start at 9 p.m.

Start the holiday with a picnic, following by live music, a concert by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and fireworks on the water. The event stage will be located at the Inner Harbor Amphitheater. Live music performances are planned by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Avenue 66.

Here's the July 4 lineup:
3 p.m.: Afternoon picnic at West Shore Park
6 p.m.: Celebration kickoff at the Amphitheater
7 p.m.: Live band performance from Avenue 66 along the Waterfront Promenade
8 p.m.: Star-spangled celebration concert by the BSO at Rash Field
9 p.m.: Firework show at the Waterfront Promenade
9:30 p.m.: Drone show at Middle Branch Park
Information from Visit Baltimore.

Cherry Hill Arts & Music Waterfront Festival (Live Music, Children's Activities and Fireworks) FREE

Where: Middle Branch Park, 3301 Waterview Ave., Baltimore
When: Friday, July 4 (1 p.m. to 10 p.m.)

The Cherry Hill Arts & Music Waterfront Festival takes place at the scenic Middle Branch Park, which offers views of the Baltimore City skyline and Fourth of July fireworks. Plus, Middle Branch will have the front-row seat to a drone show starting at 9:30 p.m. Performing this year is Navasha Daya. The festival also features arts & crafts, a children’s village, historical reenactments and more.

Information from Visit Baltimore.

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.