July 4th 2025 Fireworks, Events Around Metro Detroit

METRO DETROIT — 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 metro Detroit.

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 the metro Detroit area.

July 4 Festivities For 2025

Macomb County

• June 27 - Mt Clemens Fireworks 2025, 4125 Riverview Cir, Mt Clemens
• June 27 - Shelby Township Fireworks 2025, 4300 Main Park Rd, Shelby Twp.
• June 27 - St Clair Shores Fireworks 2025, 32400 Masonic, St Clair Shores
• July 9 - Clinton Township Fireworks 2025, 40700 Romeo Plank Rd, Clinton Twp.

Oakland County

• June 21 - Walled Lake Fireworks 2025, Walled Lake
• June 25 - Rochester Hills Fireworks 2025, 345 John R Rd, Rochester Hills
• June 26 - Wixom Fireworks 2025, 48900 Pontiac Trail, Wixom
• June 27 - Royal Oak Fireworks 2025, 2036 Rochester Rd, Royal Oak
• June 28 - Highland Fireworks 2025, 305 N John Street, Highland
• July 3 - Holly Fireworks 2025, 315 S Broad St, Holly
• July 4 - Clawson Fireworks 2025, W Elmwood north to Park, N. Washington west to N Bywood, Clawson
• July 4 - Huntington Wood Fireworks 2025, 10100 W 10 Mile Road, Huntington Woods
• July 5 - Lake Orion Fireworks 2025, 66 S Park Blvd, Orion Twp

Wayne County

• June 23 - Detroit Fireworks 2025, Downtown Detroit
• June 29 - Livonia Fireworks 2025, 33841 Lyndon, Livonia
• June 29 - New Boston Fireworks 2025, 23200 S Huron Rd, New Boston
• July 2, 3, 4, and 5 - Dearborn Fireworks 2025, 20900 Oakwood Blvd, Dearborn
• July 3 - Brownstown Fireworks 2025, 32481 W Jefferson, Brownstown

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.