July 4th 2025 Fireworks, Events Around Secaucus

SECAUCUS, 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 Secaucus.

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 Secaucus and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2025:

1. Secaucus was planning to host their fireworks July 1 from the town pool, but the rain and thunderstorms pushed it back to Thursday night, July 10. The town pool opens at 6 p.m. and there will be food and live music from band The Nerds. Fireworks go off when it gets dark. Open to Secaucus residents only, must show ID.

2. Jersey City will host the 2025 Fourth of July Festival and Fireworks Spectacular, taking place on the Jersey City waterfront on Friday, July 4. The full day of family-friendly festivities will have more than 60 vendors, 3 DJ stages, two beer gardens hosted by 902 Brewing and a Kids’ Zone with bounce castles.

The celebration kicks off at 12:00 p.m. July 4 at Exchange Place. Midnight Market owner Analysis Vasquez says she is excited to partner with the city once again to offer attendees more than 40 food trucks and vendors offering cuisines from around the world, along with a beer garden, kids’ zone, and family activities throughout the day. The night will conclude with a spectacular fireworks show, beginning at 9:30 p.m., lighting up the Hudson River synchronized to a patriotic soundtrack.

Please visit Jersey City’s website at July4thNJ.com for more information on the event, transportation, directions, and what to bring. Anyone attending the event is strongly encouraged to arrive by foot, bike, or public transportation, as parking will be extremely limited. Roads surrounding Montgomery Street along the waterfront will be closed for the duration of the event. Bike JC will also host a free bicycle valet at Exchange Place.

3. Bergen County. Star-Spangled Spectacular held Friday, July 4 at Overpeck County Park in Ridgefield Park. The event is described as a patriotic afternoon of family fun, with two-dozen food trucks, a beer and wine garden and fireworks over Overpeck Creek.

The evening will feature the New Jersey Wind Symphony with a performance of Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture," complete with live artillery from Howitzer cannons.

Festivities are set to begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Ridgefield Park section of Overpeck County Park. The rain date is July 5.

The county announced last week the music and events lineup:

Schedule
2 p.m. – Event opens with DJ, food trucks, beer garden and youth entertainment (inflatables)

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. – Glenn Roberts Country Band
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. – Tempo Alegre Latin Band
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. – Super Trans Am Band
8:00 p.m. – New Jersey Wind Symphony
9:30 p.m. – Fireworks

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.