Seasonal & Holidays
July 4th 2025 Fireworks, Events Around PA
Your guide to fireworks, parades and other July 4 celebrations across Pennsylvania.
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 all across Pennsylvania.
To help you fit it all in on your 4th of July calendar, Patch has put together a guide to what’s going on around the Keystone State.
Pittsburgh area
Dormont Day/Fireworks
Find out what's happening in Across Pennsylvaniafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Across Pennsylvaniafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Pittsburgh
Upper St. Clair
Bucks County
Doylestown - 4th Of July at Fonthill Castle
New Hope - Riverside Symphony Concert Under The Stars And Fireworks
Fireworks @ Sesame Place in Langhorne
Lower Makefield - The Summer Unwined: With Fireworks 2025
Tri-Municipal 4th Of July Parade To Step Off In New Britain
Summer Series Fireworks In New Hope
Living History Day At Washington Crossing
Rebels and Redcoats Car Show At Washington Crossing
https://patch.com/pennsylvania...
Quakertown Community Day And Fireworks
https://patch.com/pennsylvania...
Sesame Place Fireworks
Lower Southampton Parade
Southampton Days
4th of July Celebration 2025 at Styer's
Sellersville Fire Department Carnival Fireworks Night 2025
Chester County
West Whiteland Exton Park Community Day/Fireworks
Tredyffrin Township 4th of July Celebration
Easttown Township 4th of July Celebration of Independence Day
Delaware County
Media 4th of July Celebration
Garrett Hill - Rosemont July 4th Parade
Glenolden 4th of July Fireworks
Ridley Park's Independence Day Celebration
Marple Newtown 4th of July Parade
https://patch.com/pennsylvania...
Montgomery County
Ambler Kiwanis 4th of July Carnival
https://patch.com/pennsylvania...
Conshohocken Fireworks
Glenside Parade
Waltz Golf Farm 4th of July Fireworks
4th of July Kids Parade in Hatboro
https://patch.com/pennsylvania/horsham/calendar/event/20250704/758a8f37-05dd-43a1-bc6a-f782affceea5/4th-of-july-kids-parade
Lower Providence All American Fireworks Celebration
Narberth July 4th Family Fun and Fireworks
Norristown Parade and Fireworks Celebration
Go Fourth! In Pottstown
Skippack 4th of July Fireworks and Celebration
Upper Merion 4th Of July Celebration and Fireworks
Philadelphia
Wawa Welcome America Concert & Fireworks
U..S. Army Band’s “Pershing’s Own” and Fireworks
Rivers Casino Party on the Pier
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.
Related: Fireworks Laws In PA: What's Legal On July 4th In 2025
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.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
