Fireworks Near Me: Commack July 4th 2025 Events

COMMACK, NY — 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 Commack.

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 Commack and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2025

What: Long Island Ducks Postgame Fireworks Spectacular
Where: Fairfield Properties Ballpark, 3 Court House Drive, Central Islip
When: 6:35 p.m. Thursday, July 3
Info: Enjoy a spectacular fireworks show after cheering on Long Island's minor league baseball team, the Long Island Ducks. Fireworks shows are free with the purchase of tickets to any of the games. To learn about every post-game fireworks spectacular and promotional event games through September, click here. Also, July 12, 19, Aug. 2, 16, and Sept. 13.

What: Fireworks Spectacular 2025 at Jones Beach
Where: Jones Beach State Park, at 1 Ocean Pkwy, Wantagh
When: 9:30 p.m. Friday, July 4
Info: Fireworks extravaganza above the shores of Jones Beach State Park simulcast to a musical array of patriotic songs. Arrive early, as lots fill up fast. It takes place at Jones Beach's Central Mall. Parking fee is $10.

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.