Fireworks Near Me: Secaucus July 4th 2024 Events

SECAUCUS, NJ — Here's where you can celebrate Independence Day in and around Secaucus. Area events include fireworks, festivals and other Fourth of July fun.

Secaucus already had their fireworks Monday night, but Patch put together a guide of what’s happening in the Secaucus area and surrounding towns for Independence Day 2024.

July 4 festivities for 2024:

Wyclef Jean and Fat Joe at Exchange Place in Jersey City July 4, followed by fireworks:

Montgomery Street, Exchange Place waterfront area, Jersey City

When: Events start at noon, fireworks at 9:25 p.m.

Grammy Award-winning musician Wyclef Jean and Fat Joe will headline a day of music, food and Grucci fireworks in Jersey City on July 4. Funk Flex will begin DJ'ing at 6 p.m. and Fat Joe will perform at 7. Wyclef will take the stage at 8, with fireworks later.

Macy's fireworks on the Hudson July 4: Macy's has returned its fireworks show to the Hudson River for July 4, so people watching from towns like Weehawken, Hoboken and Jersey City may be able to see the show. For more information, go here.

State Fair Meadowlands fireworks on July 3 and 4

Fireworks the nights of July 3 and 4. The Meadowlands State Fair, an annual event in East Rutherford, returns with pig races, corn dogs, games, live music, and two nights of fireworks, available with admission. Find out more here.

Bergen County’s Star-Spangled Spectacular in the Ridgefield Park section of Overpeck County Park on July 4

Starting at 3 p.m., July 4. Fireworks at 9:30 p.m. The "Star-Spangled Spectacular" will feature the New Jersey Wind Symphony as well as other musical acts, children’s activities, food trucks, a beer and wine garden, a historic military flyover, and fireworks over Overpeck Creek. Find out more here.

Middlesex County Independence Day Re-Enactment at East Jersey Old Town Village on July 4:

Get ready to witness 'A Revolutionary Celebration', and watch history come alive right before your eyes as George Washington and the Continental Army reenact the celebration of the second anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1778, with cannon fire and a musket salute. Bring a blanket or a chair and enjoy a concert of patriotic-themed music performed by the Libby Prison Minstrels and Mark Heter Band. Visitors can also mix and mingle with historical interpreters, explore historic buildings, enjoy patriotic music by the Mark Heter Band, see a 19th Century printing press in action, enjoy children’s crafts, stone carving and much more. This free event is open to the public.

WHEN: Thursday, July 4, 11 am–5:15 pm

WHERE: East Jersey Old Town Village 1050 River Road| Piscataway, NJ 08854

A brief history of America's Independence Day:

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.