Must-See New Jersey Fireworks Shows:
A Year-Round Guide

Explore the best 2025 Year Round NJ Fireworks Shows.

New Jersey is home to dazzling fireworks events that delight both residents and visitors all year round.

While the most iconic displays take place on July 4th and New Year's Eve, fireworks frequently illuminate the skies during various celebrations, adding a magical touch to the festivities.

These vibrant shows often serve as the grand finale for festivals, minor league baseball games, or community summer concerts.

Whether launched from a Jersey Shore beach, a local park, or an outdoor stadium, New Jersey's fireworks displays create unforgettable moments for everyone to enjoy.

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2025 North Jersey Fireworks Celebrations

2025 Multi-date North Jersey Fireworks Events

New Jersey Jackals Post Game Fireworks
Hinchliffe Stadium
1 Jasper St.
Paterson, NJ
2025 Fireworks Schedule:
June 14, July 3, 26, August 23, 2025

The Somerset Patriots Post Game Fireworks
TD Bank Ballpark
1 Patriots Park
Bridgewater, NJ
2025 Fireworks Schedule:
May 30, June 13, 14, 26, 28, July 4, 5, 11, 12, 31, August 2, 8, 9, 21, 23, September 6, 2024

Sussex County Minors Post Game Fireworks
Skylands Stadium
94 Championship Place
Augusta, NJ 07822
2025 Fireworks Schedule:
June 14, 28, July 4, 5, 19, August 2, 16, 30, 31, 2025

Essex County Summer Concerts with Fireworks
Friday, June 27@ Branch Brook Park, Newark. Tuesday, July 1 @ Weequahic Park, Newark. Wednesday, July 2, 2026 @Brookdale Park, Bloomfield/Montclair, NJ
Free admission
All performances beigin at 7:30pm

2025 North Jersey Fireworks Events

Juneteenth: A Freedom Celebration
Friday, June 20, 2025: 6:30 PM   7:30 PM
Flood’s Hill
South Orange, NJ
Features an evening of live music, powerful readings, delicious food trucks, and a spectacular fireworks display as they honor freedom, history, and community.

Chester Fireman's Carnival
June 24 to June 28, 2025
Chubb Park
Chester, NJ
This family friendly event features a variety of family-friendly rides, games, music, food, a beer tent, and Fireworks show.
Check website for date of Fireworks.

Fan Appreciation & Fireworks Night
July 5, 2025; 6pm - 11pm
Meadowlands Racetrack
1 Racetrack drive
Free admission - $1 for special food items
Enjoy the free fireworks display following the races. Head over to the Cafe, Rooftop Terrace or Backyard for $1 concession items: hot dogs, pretzels, popcorn, soda (limit 5 of each item per transaction) and $2 Bud/Bud Light drafts (for those 21+). Free Fireworks show following the races.

North Plainfield - Community Day Concert & Fireworks
Saturday, July 5, 2025 (Rain Date: Sunday, July 6)
West End School Field
North Plainfield, NJ
Festivities begin with music and Fireworks to follow at dusk!

Randolph Township Freedom Festival
July 10, 11, 12, 2025; 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m
County College of Morris
214 Center Grove Road
Randolph, NJ
Parking Fee $5
This three-day festival features live music, amusements, carnival games, food trucks, fireworks, and an expanded Beer Garden with beer, wine and hard seltzer.
The Saturday evening finale fireworks show with synchronized music by DJ, at 9:45 pm.

Passaic County Fair
August 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 2025: 6pm-11pm
Garret Mountain Reservation
385 Rifle Camp Road
Woodland Park, NJ
Cost: Entrance to the fair is free, parking at the Passaic County Fair is $5.00 per car.
The fair features four days of acvities for all to enjoy from games and rides to art activities and environmental excursions. The four-day celebration will also feature three fireworks displays on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The County Fair stage will offer a variety of local musicians, complimented with a beer garden and some of the best food from around Passaic County.

Mount Olive Food Truck & Fireworks Festival
Saturday, August 23, 2025: 4pm - 10pm 
Turkey Brook Park
30 Flanders Road
Budd Lake, NJ
Cost: $10 Ages 18+, $5  Ages 13-17, ages 12 and under free 
This event will featuring Food Trucks and Fireworks is a food lovers event featuring 20+ food trucks, music, beer , inflatables for the kids, ponies, Axe throwing and vendor booths. NJ Monster Truck will be onsite for rides!(additional fees for Monster truck, inflatable rides & pony ride). Fireworks @ 9pm.
Come early, bring an empty stomach and pack your blankets and lawn chairs.

Feast of the Madonna Dei Martiri - The Hoboken Italian Festival
September 4, 5, 6, 7, 2025
Sinatra Drive between 1st Street to 3rd Street
Hoboken, NJ
The Hoboken Italian Festival, the premier Italian-American festival in New Jersey is over 80 years old, and is derived from a festival in Italy that is over 600 years old. The Festival is a four day celebration of music food and fun from Thursday through Sunday. On Saturday they celebrate their "Feast" day, when the 800lb statue of Madonna Dei Martiri or Madonna of the Martyrs is carried through the streets of Hoboken.This includes a reenactment of the Blessing of the Fleet in the Hudson River, and culminating with a fireworks show over Sinatra Park.

New Providence Holiday Festival
Friday, November 28, 2025 @6 pm,
Downtown New Providence, NJ
This family-friendly event will feature Santa's arrival at Provident Bank on South Street and his parade through downtown with the NPHS Marching Band. There'll be merchant activities and giveaways, along with fireworks!

2026 North Jersey Fireworks Events

Wyckoff Street Festival
June 26, 2026
Main Street
Wyckoff, NJ
This event features live music, food, games, rides, and fireworks at dusk

2025 Central Jersey Fireworks Celebrations

2025 Multi Date Central Jersey Fireworks Celebrations

Brick's Summerfest Concert Series w/ Fireworks
Thursday evenings, July 3, 10, 17, 24, 2025; @ 7pm
Windward Beach Park
265 Princeton Ave.
Brick, NJ
The Thursday series will feature popular bands, a food court, a beer and wine garden, and fireworks after each show. Parking at Windward Beach Park fills up really fast during Summerfest, so you'll want to get there early in order to park and grab a good spot to sit.

Jersey Shore Blue Claws Post Game Fireworks
2 Stadium Way
Lakewood, NJ
2025 Fireworks Schedule:
June 13th, 20th, July 3rd (Independence Week Show), 18th, 19th, 25th, August 8th, 21st, 22nd, September 5th, 6th, 2025

Jenkinson's Boardwalk Thursday Night Fireworks
Every Thursday night from June 19th through August 28th, 2025
Jenkinson's Boardwalk
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
A summer tradition featuring a dazzling display of lights that can be enjoyed from both the boardwalk and the beach. It's the perfect way to end a day of family fun and make lasting memories!

Trenton Thunder Post Game Fireworks
One Thunder Road
Trenton, NJ
2025 Fireworks Schedule:
June 5, 7, 19, 26, 28, July 4, 19, 31. August 14, 23, 30, 2025

Seaside Heights Fireworks on the Beach
Seaside Heights, NJ
July 4th, and Wednesday nights, July 9, 16, 23, 30, August 6, 13, 20, 27, 2025
Fireworks are visible from anywhere on the boardwalk! Fireworks kick off at 9:30pm

2025 Central Jersey Fireworks Events

The Annual Bell Works Fireworks
Wednesday, June 25, 2025: 8:30 PM — 10:00 PM (rain date June 26th)
Bell Works Holmdel
101 Crawfords Corner Road
Holmdel , NJ
This event features entertainment, restaurants, live music at Bar Bella, and fireworks at dusk

Hillsborough Family Fun Day
Saturday, June 28, 2025; 5pm until dusk
Auten Road Intermediate School field
281 Auten Road
Hillsborough, NJ
This pre-Independence Day event features live music by "Gypsy, A True Stevie Nicks Experience," inflatable amusements for children, a food tent, carnival games, and fireworks at dusk.
Bring your folding chairs and blankets.

Freehold Township Day
Saturday, July 12, 2025; 3pm-11pm
Michael J. Tighe Park
65 Georgia Road
Freehold Twp, NJ
This annual family event is a celebration of "Our Veterans" featuring a car show, Kids rides, food, live music, Fireworks, and more.

Keyport Firemen's Fair
Monday July 28th until Saturday, August 2nd, 2025
Fifemen's Park
Keyport, NJ
Fireworks, Saturday, August 2nd @10:30pm

Highlands 30th Annual Clam Fest
August 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 2025 (rain or shine)
Huddy Park
Bay & Waterwitch Avenues
Highlands, NJ
Free admission and parking This event features food trucks, a Beer, Wine, and Sangria Garden, live entertainment daily along with other festival favorites,
On Saturday, August 2nd, @ 10pm there will be a Fireworks Display on Snug Harbor Beach.

Middlesex County Fair
August 4th-10th, 2025
Middlesex County Fairgrounds
655 Cranbury Rd,
East Brunswick, NJ
This annual family event features The High Flying Cortes Trapeze Spectacular, a Sensory Tent, a Stunt Dog show, The Agricadabra Magic Show, The Mobile Dairy Classroom, Dangerous Feats of Comedy, Entertainment, Rides, Food vendors and Fireworks on Monday and Sunday evenings.

The Italian American Association of Ocean Township Annual Italian Festival
August 6th - 10th, 2025
Joe Palaia Park
corner of Deal and Whalepond Road
Oakhurst, NJ
Free admission
This four day Italian Festival annually attracts over 80,000 people with a taste for our traditional foods and wholesome family fun. Celebrating Italian heritage and culture!
There's something for everyone! From sampling the great taste of Italy's delicious food, rides, games, music, Galbani Live Cooking Seminar, fireworks on Friday night.

Long Branch Jazz Festival
Saturday, August 23rd, 2025; 1pm - 9:30pm
Great Lawn & Promenade
10 Ocean Blv'd
Long Branch, NJ
Free Event
This family music festival features a mix of strong national and local musicians performing live Jazz and blues on stage. There will be food trucks, crafters, kids activities, and fireworks at dusk.

Long Branch Summer Free Concert Series
The concert series Thursday By The Sea
August 28th, 2025; 7 - 8:30pm,
Pier Village
Long Branch, NJ
The summer concerts series ends with firework on its final season performance

2025 South Jersey Fireworks Celebrations

2025 Multi Date South Jersey Fireworks Celebrations

Tropicana's Free Fireworks Series
June 28, July 4, 19, August 2, 16, 30, 2025, @ 10pm
Tropicana Casino & Resort
2831 Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ
Free Event
These breathtaking shows are visible from the beach and the iconic Atlantic City boardwalk in front of Tropicana Atlantic City offering a spectacular view for visitors and locals alike. Whether you're enjoying the beach or strolling along the boardwalk, this dazzling display is the perfect way to cap off your evening.

Wildwoods Boardwalk Friday Night Fireworks
Fridays, from June 27th to August 29th, 2025. (Rain Date is Sunday at 10 pm.)
The Wildwoods Boardwalk
Pine Ave. Beach
Wildwood, NJ
Fireworks are launched from Pine Avenue & the Beach.
Every Friday Night at 10 pm, enjoy this spectacular nighttime display of fireworks exploding to a musical score that is played all along the Boardwalk and is simulcast on 98.7 The Coast.

2025 South Jersey Fireworks Events

North Beach Fireworks
Friday, June 27, 2025
North End of Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ
North Beach will host its annual fireworks display at 9:00 p.m. In collaboration with Fireworks by Grucci, America's First Family of Fireworks, the event is free and open to the public. Several prime viewing spots will be available along the north end of the boardwalk, including Steel Pier, Resorts Casino Hotel, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, Showboat, and Ocean Casino Resort. Before the fireworks show, attendees can enjoy live music, drink specials, and other activities throughout the North Beach boardwalk area.

Cumberland County Fair
Tuesday, July 8th thru Saturday, July 12th, 2025
3001 Carmel Road
Millville, NJ
The annual Cumberland County Fair event features amusement rides, delicious t food, farm and garden exhibits, home and art exhibits, 4-H activities, entertainment, demolition derby, mud bog, Battle of the Bands, a livestock auction, Fireworks in Wednesday evening, and much more.

Pemberton Township's Annual Water Carnival
Saturday, July 12th, 2025: 5pm - 9:30pm (rain date July 13th)
Mirror Lake Beach
141 Clubhouse Road
Browns Mills, NJ
Cost: Free
This annual family event features live music, food, and entertainment. The evening will conclude with a fireworks show.

Atlantic City Soar & Shore Festival
July 14 through July 20, 2025
On the Beach and Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ
Free admission
This event features a full week of excitement,and entertainment with engaging events throughout the city.
The highlights of the week are the top-tier air show performances by state-of-the-art aircraft in a festive atmosphere over the beach on Tuesday and Wednesday. A MiG-17 fighter jet, a B-25 Mitchell bomber, F-16 Fighting Falcons, and various aerobatic performances and fly-bys and demonstrations, with a contribution from members of the New Jersey National Air Guard. The 177th Fighter Wing, based in NJ, will be sending four F-16 Fighting Falcons to overfly the festival.
On Wednesday evening, beachfront Fireworks display by Grucci will be fired over the water.

The Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Wednesday, July 16th to Sunday, July 20, 2025
Mt. Carmel Society Hall
1 Mt. Carmel Lane
Hammonton, NJ
One of the longest running Italian Festivals in the United States and a Hammonton, NJ tradition since 1875.
This annual family event features Italian food, a wine and Beer Garden, live entertainment with more than 20 performers, 25+ amusement rides, 20+ food outlets, and multiple evenings of fireworks at dusk .

Burlington County Farm Fair
Tuesday, July 22nd until Saturday, July 26th, 2025
Burlington County Fair Grounds
1990 Jacksonville Jobstown Rd
Columbus, NJ
This annual event features carnival rides, 4-H events, animals, food, vendors, live entertainment, pig races, tractor pulls and much more. Other highlights include the Red Eye Rodeo, the Farm Fair and Future Farm Fair Queen contests, Down the Hatchet Ax Throwing, the Children's Decorated Wagon contest and the Antique Farm Equipment Parade. Fireworks will conclude the opening nights events on Tuesday, July 22nd

Night in Venice
July 26, 2025: 6:30 pm - 9:30pm
Ocean City, NJ
The celebration begins with a boat parade beginning @ 6:30 pm near the Ocean City-Longport toll bridge and travels along the bayside to Tennessee Avenue, looping in and out of lagoons along the way. To view the Night in Venice boat parade, grandstands will be set up at street ends along the bay from Battersea Road to 16th Street and also at Tennessee Avenue.
Night in Venice will conclude with a fireworks display launched after the parade from a barge in the bay north of the Ninth Street Bridge, roughly off Third Street. The fireworks display should be best viewed from street ends or the bayfront between the Ocean City-Longport toll bridge and 16th Street

Wildwood Crest Seafarers Celebration
Saturday, September 20, 2025; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m
Sunset Lake along New Jersey Avenue from Rambler Road to Miami Avenue
Wildwood Crest, NJ
This annual family event features entertainment, including live music, children's activities, crafters, and food vendors. As dusk settles in, the excitement shifts to Centennial Park where lively tunes set the stage for an evening of dancing and merriment. The grand finale concludes with a spectacular beachfront fireworks display.

New Jersey Year Round Fireworks Shows
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