July 4th 2025 Fireworks, Events Around Braintree

BRAINTREE, MA — 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 Braintree.

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 Braintree and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2025

Braintree Day is the town's version of July 4 and perhaps its most highly anticipated event.

In 2025, Braintree Day is set for June 28 and features a parade, food trucks and more. The parade begins at 11:45 a.m. and departs from the Braintree RMV before heading north and ending at the Hollis School.

At 4 p.m., the celebration and fireworks display begin at Braintree High School. Nearly 20 food trucks have committed as vendors and live music will play from 4 to 8:30 p.m. Also at the event will be a petting zoo, inflatable obstacle courses and more.

The fireworks display begins at 9:30 p.m.

In Foxboro, Patriot Place will host its annual fireworks show on July 2.

The festivities will include live entertainment, family-friendly activities, themed photo opportunities and special appearances by Pat Patriot, the New England Patriots Cheerleaders and the New England Revolution Street Team.

The Dean College Stage will also feature live entertainment from local band American Honey from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. before the evening ends with the fireworks display around 9:15 p.m.

Boston's annual Harborfest Celebration is also back for 2025, including the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on July 4.

Keith Lockhart will lead a program featuring the Boston Pops orchestra with multi-platinum singer LeAnn Rimes, Broadway, film and television star Leslie Odom Jr., and the hip-hop trio Bel Biv Devoe. Special guests also include the U.S Army Field Band Soldiers’ Chorus and the Boston Children’s Chorus.

The concert starts at 8 p.m. with the fireworks display starting at 10:30 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.