July 4th 2025 Fireworks, Events Around Howell

HOWELL, NJ — 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 Howell Township.

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 Howell and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2025

What: Independence Day Celebration and Fireworks
Where: Soldier Memorial Park, Lakewood Farmingdale Road, Howell
When: July 2, at dark
The celebration that kicks off the Fourth of July weekend in Howell includes games, rides, live music by Super TransAm, food vendors, cornhole and a DJ, along with fireworks at dusk.

What: Brick SummerFest Concert and Fireworks
Where: Windward Beach Park, Princeton Avenue
When: 6:30 p.m. July 3

Brick's popular summer concert series includes fireworks after the concert. Super Trans Am is scheduled to perform. Parking at the park is limited; free shuttle buses are available. Read more: Brick's SummerFest Concert Series: See Who's Performing For 2025

What: Red, White & BlueClaws Fireworks
Where: ShoreTown Ballpark, Lakewood
When: July 3, after the baseball game
A patriotic fireworks show follows the Jersey Shore BlueClaws game against the Wilmington Blue Rocks.

What: Star-Spangled Nights at Six Flags Great Adventure
Where: Six Flags Great Adventure, 1 Six Flags Blvd., Jackson
When: July 4 and July 5 at dusk
Six Flags Great Adventure will celebrate Star-Spangled Nights for the Fourth of July and July 5th, with fireworks and more. Park admission required.

What: Freehold Borough Independence Day Concert & Fireworks
Where: Freehold Raceway
When: July 3 at 5:30 p.m.
Check out music, fireworks and more at Freehold Borough’s Independence Day celebration. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with fireworks set to begin around 9:20 p.m.

What: Public Reading: The Declaration of Independence
Where: Historic Freehold Firehouse
When: July 4, 9 a.m.
Join Freehold Borough for the annual public reading of the Declaration of Independence. For those who wish to read, you should arrive before 8:45 a.m.

What: Freehold Township Day Celebration & Fireworks
Where: Michael J. Tighe Park
When: July 12, 4 p.m.
Enjoy food vendors, rides, fireworks and more at Freehold Township Day.

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.