Where to watch fireworks
This year, celebrate our country’s independence right: music, food, and of course, fireworks. Home fireworks are prohibited in the City of Richmond, Henrico County, and Chesterfield County, so here’s a list of places you can see fireworks on and around the 4th!
FREEDOMFEST
Live music, food, and craft vendors with fireworks at nightfall. Featuring Martin and Godwin from the hit show Duck Dynasty!
- June 29th • 4:00 PM
- 2480 Academy Road – Powhatan, VA
- Admission $10 per person
FIREWORKS ON THE JAMES
Celebrate the third year of fireworks on the James sponsored by Dominion and MeadWestvaco. Food vendors and entertainment provided by the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community, the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Richmond Ballet’s “Minds in Motion.” No alcohol allowed, and pets discouraged.
- July 3rd • 7:00 PM festivities begin, 9:15 PM fireworks start
- Brown’s Island (viewable from many locations downtown)
- FREE
GENWORTH INDEPENDENCE DAY CONCERT
Music provided by the Heritage of America Band with the 7th annual fireworks display to follow. Face painting, balloons, food vendors and more with plenty of parking.
- July 3rd bull; 6:30 PM
- Genworth Financial’s World Headquarters, 6620 W. Broad Street
- FREE
Hardywood Brewdependence 2.0
Celebrate America with the brewery’s first Session beer, SB 604, a 3.8% ABV American Special Bitter. There’ll also be music and eats from a dozen RVA Street Foodies food trucks and carts, culminating in 4th of July fireworks over the Diamond.
- July 4th bull; 3:00 PM
- Hardywood Park Craft Brewery , 2408 Ownby Lane
- FREE entry
FIREWORKS AT DOGWOOD DELL
The afternoon begins with a free concert by Simply Kevin B, a Carillon Bell Concert, and the Richmond Concert Band for a mix of patriotism, pop and jazz before fireworks at night.
- July 4th • 5:45 PM
- Dogwood Dell, 700 Blanton Avenue
- FREE
GOOCHLAND COUNTY FIREWORKS
- July 4th • 9:00 – 10:00 PM
- Goochland Sports Complex, 1800 Sandy Hook Road – Goochland, VA
- FREE
NIGHTS OF FIRE AT KING’S DOMINION
Fireworks every night through the summer for 10 PM closes; shows start at 9:45
- April 27th – September 1st
- King’s Dominion, 16000 Theme Park Way – Doswell, VA
- Cost of admission: $31.99 – 51.99
KING’S DOMINION MILITARY DAYS
- July 4th and 5th
- King’s Dominion, 16000 Theme Park Way – Doswell, VA
- FREE Admission to active, inactive, or retired military personnel with ID with an extended 15 minute fireworks show on July 4th. Up to 6 family and friends into the park for $38.99 with the military ID. Tickets can be purchased at military installations or at the park
FIREWORKS AND THE FLYING SQUIRRELS
Watch the Squirrels take on the Akron Aeros and end the night with a 24 Firework Extravaganza during the Squirrels Independence Day Celebration on July 4th and 5th and All-Star Celebration on July 6th
- July 4th, 5th and 6th • games to start between 6:05 PM and 7:05 PM
- The Diamond, 3001 N. Boulevard
- $7 – $11
RACING TO THE STARS ‘N STRIPES
Horse racing, fireworks, free ice cream, live music with the York River Concert Band, and magician Jonathan Austin
- July 4th • 5:00– 8:45 PM. Fireworks at 9:30 PM
- Colonial Downs, 10515 Colonial Downs Parkway – New Kent, VA
- Tickets from $5 – $30
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY JULY 4TH CELEBRATION
- July 4th • 5:00 – 10:00 PM
- Chesterfield County Fairgrounds, 10300 Courthouse Road, Chesterfield, VA
- FREE
COLONIAL HEIGHTS FIREWORKS
- July 4th • 9:15 PM
- Charles Dimmock Parkway – Colonial Heights, VA
- FREE
- Viewing available off I-95 Exit 53 or 54 in the Southgate Square/Wal-Mart area
BUSCH GARDENS ILLUMINIGHTS
Live performances, music and special effects every night
- July 1st – August 11th • Fireworks at 9:30: PM
- Busch Gardens – Williamsburg, VA
- $70.00 adult, $60.00 child
Photo by: SJ photography
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“As we all seek different ways to help our planet, changes will and have been getting made. Sometimes tradition is harder to change than our daily habits, but the sooner we make a tradition of being green the better for generations after us. Hope this brings to light that there are solutions that can be made without necessarily sacrificing the celebration.”
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Why can’t we just have a fourth of July celebration without this nonsense. First off if we are going to believe the planet is doomed I don’t think an annual firework display is going to do it. Second when you go to a celebration look at all the junk the people bring with them buy and throw away. Eliminate this mess first, people are lazy they bring and buy too much “disposable stuff”. I’m tired of hearing all of this recycle green garbage. The way to be “green” is to REUSE not throw away for someone else to “Recycle”. Half the people who proclaim to be green buy the newest fanciest doodad throwing away the previous “Green” thing for the newest. How about you stick with what you have, be happy and re-use some stuff. Let’s keep the fireworks the way they are until we can get a few other things straight. Oh and thanks for the list RVANews it’s helpful.
Such a bummer that the fireworks over the James started more than 10 minutes ahead of schedule, causing many people to miss out on them altogether while looking for parking. The sun wasn’t even completely set when the first group went off. Poorly executed!
Stop with the green crap, why should we limit celebrating our liberty that everyone has forgotten the meaning when China and India are doing more damage to the plant then the USA has in the past 50 yrs and who is doing what to stop it, the American tax payer!! This is the problem and the reason the country is failing, look at the big picture!!!
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