July 4th 2024 Fireworks, Events Around Metro Detroit

METRO DETROIT — Independence Day is fast approaching so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around metro Detroit. 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 metro Detroit and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2024

Macomb County

• June 28 - Mt Clemens Fireworks 2024, Clinton Riverfront Park (4125 Riverview Cir)
• June 28 - Shelby Twp Fireworks 2024, Stony Creek Metropark – (4300 Main Park Rd)
• June 28 - St Clair Shores Fireworks 2024, Memorial Park (Masonic and Jefferson)
• July 10 - Clinton Twp Fireworks, (Clinton Twp Civic Center (40700 Romeo Plank Rd)
• July 25 - Sterling Heights Fireworks 2024, Dodge Park (40620 Utica Rd)

Oakland County

• June 22 - Walled Lake Fireworks, Downtown Walled Lake
• June 26 - Rochester Hills Fireworks 2024, Borden Park (345 John R Rd)
• June 27 - Royal Oak Fireworks 2024, Red Run Golf Course (2036 Rochester Rd)
• June 27 - Wixom Fireworks 2024, Sibley Park (48900 Pontiac Trail)
• June 29 - Clarkston Fireworks 2024, Clintonwood Park (6000 Clarkston Road)
• June 29 - Highland Fireworks, (305 N John Street)
• July 4 - Holly Fireworks 2024, Lakeside Memorial Park (315 S Broad St)
• July 4- Clawson Fireworks 2024, City Park (W Elmwood north to Park, N. Washington west to N Bywood)
• July 4 - Huntington Woods Fireworks 2024 (Rackham Golf Course (10100 W 10 Mile Road, Huntington Woods)
• July 6 - Lake Orion Fireworks 2024, Green’s Park (66 S Park Blvd)

Wayne County

• June 24 - Detroit Downtown Fireworks 2024, Downtown Detroit
• June 30 - Livonia Fireworks, Livonia Spree, Ford Field (33841 Lyndon)
• July 1 - New Boston Fireworks 2024, Willow Metropark (23200 S Huron Rd)
• July 2, 3, 4, and 5 - Dearborn Fireworks 2024, Greenfield Village in Dearborn (20900 Oakwood Blvd)
• July 3 - Brownstown Fireworks 2024, Lake Erie Metropark Fireworks (32481 W Jefferson)
• July 12 - Woodhaven Fireworks 2024, Civic Center Park (23101 Hall Rd, Woodhaven)
• Aug. 3 - Westland Fireworks 2024, Central City Park (36601 Ford Rd)

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.