Fireworks Near Me: Red Bank-Shrewsbury, July 4th 2024 Events

RED BANK, NJ — Independence Day is fast approaching so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Red Bank and Shrewsbury. 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 Red Bank, Shrewsbury and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2024

What: Keansburg Amusement Park Fireworks
Where: 275 Beachway Ave, Keansburg
When: July 3, 8 p.m.

Join Keansburg Amusement Park & Runaway Rapids in celebrating Independence Day with their biggest fireworks show yet! Entry is free.

What: Asbury Park Independence Day Fireworks
Where: 2nd and 4th Avenue Beaches
When: July 3, 9 p.m.

Join Asbury Park for their Independence Day Fireworks show! The beach will be cleared by 6 p.m. in order to prepare for the fireworks display. In case of rain, the show will take place on July 5th.

What: Riverview Medical Center’s Annual Fireworks
Where: Various locations along the Navesink River and by boat near the Oceanic Bridge.
When: July 3, 9:15 p.m.

Join the Hackensack Meridian Riverview Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees in hosting their annual fireworks display. Prior to the fireworks display, the Hackensack Meridian Riverview Medical Center fundraising event will be held at the DiPiero home on the Navesink River and begin at 6:30 p.m.

What: Jersey Shore Blue Claws Fireworks
Where: 2 Stadium Way, Lakewood
When: July 4, 7:05 p.m.

Join the Blue Claws for their Fourth of July game and fireworks show celebrating the birth of the nation! Buy tickets on the Blue Claws website.

What: Pier Village’s 2024 Fireworks
Where: Pier Village, 50 Chelsea Ave, Long Branch
When: July 4, 9 p.m.

Join Long Branch in their annual Oceanfest celebration! Oceanfest is the biggest Independence Day celebration in NJ. Attendees can enjoy the festival from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m., and head over to see the fireworks at 9 p.m.

What: Jenkinson’s Independence Day Fireworks
Where: Jenkinson’s Boardwalk, 300 Ocean Ave N, Point Pleasant Beach
When: July 4, 9:30-9:45 p.m.

Celebrate Independence Day with Jenkinson’s during their July 4th fireworks show!

A Brief Background on Independence Day
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.