Welcome to your annual fireworks guide to Fourth of July fireworks in Massachusetts. This guide include time, dates, locations with addresses, and rain dates, for cities and towns in all of Massachusetts, from Provincetown to North Adams. All events are free unless otherwise noted. Schedule verified with the Department of Fire Services, Department of Public Safety & Security, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
2012 4th of July Fireworks in Massachusetts
Acton – July 4, at 9:30 p.m., NARA Park, 25 Ledge Rock Way. Rain date 7/5/2012. Andover – July 3 at 9 p.m., at Andover High School, 80 Shawsheen Road. Rain date 7/5/2012. Amesbury – July 4, at 9 p.m., Woodsom Farm. Rain date 7/5/2012.
Amherst – July 4. Activities begin at 5 p.m., fireworks at 9:30 p.m., at McGuirk Staduim, UMass. Assonet – July 3, dusk at Hathaway Park, Water St. Attleboro – July 4, at 9 p.m., Hayward Field, 73 North Ave. Rain date 7/5/2012. Auburn – June 30, at 9:50 p.m. Lemansky Park, 403 Oxford St . Rain date 7/1/2012. Ayer – July 7 at 9 p.m., Pirone Memorial Field, 90 School St. Barnstable – July 4, at 9 p.m., shot off a barge at Lewis Bay.
Bellingham – July 4, at 9 p.m.,100 Blackstone Street. Beverly – July 4, 9 p.m., West Beach. Boston – July 4, at 10 p.m., Boston Pops Spectacular fireworks on the Esplanade, 10 p.m. Brockton – June 30 through July 7, dusk, nightly. $$ Brockton Fairgrounds.
Braintree – June 30. Lighting of the the lake 9:35 p.m., fireworks, 10 p.m. at Braintree High School, 128 Town St. “Come early, stay late, bring blankets or chairs.” Canton – July 4, at 9:30 p.m., Galvin Middle School, 55 Pecunit St. Carlisle July 1 at 9:30 p.m., Baseball Field. Rain date 7/8/2012. Clinton – July 14 at dusk, Clinton High School, 200 W. Boylston St. Rain date 7/15/12. Chicopee – June 30, 9:30 p.m., part of the Chicopee-Fest-of-All, Szot Park, Rain date 7/1/2012. Cummington – July 6 at 9 p.m., Cummington Fairgrounds. Rain date 7/7/2012. Danvers – July 3 at 9:30 p.m. Holten-Richmond Middle School, 55 Contant St.
Dighton – July 2 at 10 p.m., behind Town Hall, 1551 Somerset Ave. Dartmouth – July 3 at 9:15 p.m., UMass Dartmouth. Rain date 7/6/2012.
East Brookfield – July 7 at dusk, Connie Mack Field. East Longmeadow – July 3 at 9 pm., High School fields, 180 Maple St. Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard – July 4, at 9 p.m./dusk, viewing from Memorial Wharf and other harbor front locations. Fairhaven – July 4 at dusk. New Bedford/Fairhaven Harbor. Fall River – July 4 at 9:30 p.m. Bicentennial Park. Falmouth – July 4, at 9:15 p.m., barge off Falmouth Beach. Falmouth Heights Beach, Grand Ave. Rain date 7/5/2012.
Fitchburg -July 3 at 10 p.m. Rollstone Hill. Rain date 7/5/2012. Foxborough – July 3 at 9 p.m., at Patriot Place. Fireworks “accompanied by a musical score available by tuning into 88.3 FM, or streaming online at Power883.org. Families can watch the fireworks show from inside Patriot Place’s North Marketplace or from the parking lots around Patriot Place.” Need directions?
Franklin – July 3 at dusk, Franklin High School.
Freetown – July 3 at 9:30 p.m., Hathaway Park in Assonet Village. Rain date 7/6/2012.
Gloucester – July 3 at 9:30 p.m., Gloucester Harbor.
Greenfield – – July 7 at 9:35 p.m., Beacon and Middle School Fields. Rain date July 8. Groton – July 6, at dusk. Town Field, Langley-Adams Library. Halifax – June 30, at 9:15 p.m., Halifax Elementary School, 464 Plymouth St. Harvard – July 3 at 9 p.m., at Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road. Harwich – July 4, at 9 p.m, barge in Pleasant Bay. Rain date 7/5/2012. Haverhill – July 3, at dusk, Haverhill Stadium. Hingham – June 30, at dusk, Hingham Harbor. Rain date 7/1/2012. Holliston – June 30, 10 p.m., Holliston High School, 370 Hollis St. Rain date 7/5/2012. Holyoke – June 29 at dusk, Holyoke Community College, Homestead Ave. Rain date 6/30/2012. Hyannis – July 4, at dusk, Lewis Bay. Lexington – July 5 at dusk, Hastings Park. Lincoln – July 4, at 9 p.m, Codman Field, 160 Lincoln Road. Rain date 7/5/2012. Lowell – July 4, at 9 p.m, Sampas Pavilion. Lynn – July 3 at 9 p.m, barge near Red Rock. Rain date 7/5/2012. Manchester-by-the-Sea – July 3. Barge off Singing Beach, 119 Beach Street. The Beachbreakers perform from 7:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m., followed by fireworks. Rain date 7/5/2012. Marblehead – July 4. Fireworks and Harbor Illumination – 9 p.m, barge off Marblehead Harbor. Rain date 7/5/2012. Mashpee – July 4 at dusk, Mashpee High School.
Methuen – July 3 at 9 p.m., Nicholson Stadium Milford– July 3 at 9 p.m., at Clark Island. Rain date 7/5/2012. Middleborough – July 4, at 9 p.m, Battis Field. Rain date 7/5/2012. Nahant – July 4, at 9 p.m, Bailey’s Hill Park, Lewis Cove. Nantucket – July 4, at 9 p.m, barge off Jetties Beach, Bathing Beach Rd. Rain date 7/5/2012. Needham – July 3 at 9:30 p.m., Needham High School, 1330 Highland Ave. New Bedford – July 4, at 9:00 PM Barge off Pier 3.
North Adams – July 4 at 9:30 p.m., Joe Wolfe Field. Rain date 7/5/2012. North Andover – July 3 at 9:30 p.m., Hayes Stadium. Rain date 7/8/2012. Onset – July 7 at 8:45 p.m., Onset Beach.
Orleans – July 2, at 9 p.m., at Rock Harbor Beach. Rain date 7/6/2012. Pepperell – July 7 at 9 p.m., Nissitissit Middle School, 33 Chase Ave. Rain date 7/8/2012. Provincetown – July 4, at 9 p.m, barge off MacMillan Wharf. Rain date 7/5/2012.
Rutland – July 3 at 9 p.m., Fireworks set off behind the DPW garage. Sit on the common or claim a spot at Memorial Field behind the Police and Fire Departments. Salem – July 4, at 9 p.m, Derby Wharf. Rain Date 7/5/2012. Salisbury – July 4 at 10:15 p.m., barge off Salisbury Beach. Sandwich – July 3 at 9 p.m., 70 Country Club Road.
South Hadley – July 3 at dusk, Michael E. Smith Middle School, 100 Mosier Street. Rain date 7/5/2012.
Springfield – July 4 at 9:30 p.m. , Memorial Bridge.
Sturbridge – July 3 at dusk, Old Sturbridge Village, $$ – must buy tickets online or in person at OSV. Wakefield – July 4, at 9 p.m, at the end of Beacon Street. Rain date 7/5/2012.
Ware – June 30, 9:30 p.m., Grenville Park, 73 Church St. Rain date 7/1/2012. Wareham – July 7 at dusk, Onset Beach.
Webster – July 3 at 9 p.m., Memorial Beach.
Westfield – June 30, dusk, Stanley Park, 400 Western Ave. Rain date 7/1/2012. Weymouth -July 3 at 9 p.m., barge off Wessagusset Beach. Rain date 7/7/2012.
Wilmington – July 3 at 9:30 p.m., Wilmington High School, 159 Church St. Rain date 7/4/2012. Winthrop – July 4 at 8 p.m., Coughlin Park, 30 Bay View Ave. Rain date 7/7/2012.
Worcester -July 3 at 9:30 p.m., Belmont Hill. Rain date 7/5/2012. Yarmouth – June 29 at 9:15 p.m., Summer Celebration Fireworks, D-Y Regional High School, 210 Station Avenue, South Yarmouth. Rain date 6/30/2012.
Department of Fire Services, Department of Public Safety & Security, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, www.mass.gov/eopss/docs/dfs/news/events/fireworks-displays.pdf
