Fireworks Near Me: Manchester July 4th 2025 Events

MANCHESTER, NH — 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 Manchester.

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 Manchester and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2025

• 'America's Favorite Pastimes': The Amherst July 4th Parade
• Concord's 2025 July 4th Celebration & Fireworks
• 35th Annual American Independence Festival In Exeter
• 4th Of July Special Fireworks Shoot At Hampton Beach
• Manchester's July 3 Fireworks 2025
• 2025 Merrimack Patriotic Concert In The Park
• Merrimack Rotary Hosts Annual Pancake Breakfast on the 4th of July 2025!
• 2025 Merrimack Fourth Of July Fireworks Display
• Nashua's 2025 Fourth Of July Celebration
• City Of Portsmouth Plans Independence Day Fireworks For July 3
• Salem's Independence Celebration: Fireworks At Tuscan Village

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 took place in Philadelphia on July 4, 1777, while the Revolutionary War was still ongoing. Fireworks have been part of Fourth of July festivities since the first celebration in Philadelphia.

Today, Americans celebrate with fireworks, parades, concerts, family gatherings, and barbecues. Celebrations, however, predate the designation of Independence Day as a federal holiday by centuries, which didn’t occur until 1941.

Editor's note: This post was scripted by another Patch staffer, not New Hampshire's editor, for publication on New Hampshire sites.