July 4th 2025 Fireworks, Events Around Greenwich

GREENWICH, CT — 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 Greenwich

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 Greenwich and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2025

What: Greenwich 4th of July Fireworks 2025

Where: Greenwich Point and Binney Park

When: Saturday, July 5. The Binney Park show will start at approximately 9:10 p.m. and the Greenwich Point show will begin at approximately 9:35 p.m.

The Town of Greenwich will once again hold two Fourth of July fireworks displays this year.

Regular entry rules for Greenwich Point Park apply, according to the town's Parks and Recreation Department. Vehicular access to Greenwich Point will close at 8 p.m. or earlier if capacity is reached.

More information on rules and regulations can be found on the town website

There is a rain date of Sunday, July 6.

What: 4th of July at Greenwich Town Hall

Where: Back of Town Hall, 101 Field Point Road

When: Friday, July 4, 9 a.m.

The annual celebration at Greenwich Town Hall is put together by the Independence Day Association of Greenwich.

The original style American flag will be raised, Greenwich Scouts will display the flags of the 13 colonies, and patriots from Greenwich who served the cause of the American Revolution will be saluted.

Additionally, portions of the Declaration of Independence will be read and Good Citizenship awards will be presented. The event will feature live, patriotic music from the Sound Beach Community Band. Afterwards, guests can enjoy an American flag birthday cake inside Town Hall.

What: City Of Stamford July 4th, 2025 Fireworks

When: Wednesday, July 2. Entertainment will begin at 6 p.m., with fireworks starting shortly after 9 p.m.

Where: Cummings Beach

Entertainment will begin at 6 p.m. and residents will be able to bring blankets and chairs to the beach. There will be food trucks on site and the fireworks will begin shortly after 9 p.m.

The rain date is Thursday, July 3.

Information on parking and after-the-show protocols can be found here.

What: 6th Annual Reading of the Declaration of Independence

When: Friday, July 4, at 10 a.m.

Where: Stamford History Center, 1508 High Ridge Road

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.