July 4th 2024 Fireworks, Events Around Manasquan-Belmar

BELMAR, NJ — Independence Day is fast approaching, so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Manasquan, Belmar and the 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 put together a guide to what’s going on in Manasquan, Belmar and the surrounding areas.

July 4 festivities for 2024:

Manasquan fireworks on July 3: East Main Street, Manasquan. A concert by local band Wave Length begins at 7:30 and fireworks go off at dusk.

Asbury Park fireworks on July 3: Asbury Park will celebrate Independence Day with its annual Fourth of July Fireworks show on Wednesday, July 3. (Rain date: Friday, July 5) 1300 North Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park

The fireworks display will begin at 9 p.m. from the Second and Fourth Avenue beaches.

Riverview Medical Center Foundation hosts annual fireworks on the Navesink on July 3: The Hackensack Meridian Riverview Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees is coming together for another year to host the annual fireworks display that will light up the night sky above Red Bank on Wednesday, July 3.

As is tradition, the event will be held at the DiPiero home on the Navesink River and will kick off at 6:30 p.m. with the fireworks display beginning between 9:15 and 9:30 p.m. The fireworks will be visible from a variety of locations along the Navesink River and by boat near the Oceanic Bridge. The family-friendly event will include a variety of food options, including food trucks, and guests will enjoy front row seats to the fireworks show.

Tickets to the annual Family Fireworks on the Navesink are required and can be purchased at GiveHMH.org/RMCFireworks. To inquire about sponsorship opportunities, please email Hilary Cohen at hilary.cohen@hmhn.org.

The annual fundraiser to benefit Hackensack Meridian Riverview Medical Center will go towards designing and expanding Riverview’s Emergency Department, as well as its oncology care by adding a new inpatient unit with 20 private patient rooms.

Pier Village fireworks in Long Branch on July 4: Oceanfest 2024 in Pier Village in Long Branch. 1-10 p.m. come to the beach, live music, dining, family fun, walk around the shops, fireworks when it gets dark http://www.oceanfestnj.com/

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.