7-02-2025 2:02pm

Harford County Celebrates

July 4th 2025 Fireworks, Events Around Bel Air

Your guide to fireworks, parades and other July 4 celebrations in and around Bel Air and Harford County.

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 Bel Air and Harford County.

July 4 Festivities For 2025
What: 2025 4th of July Celebration in Bel Air
Where: Various locations around Bel Air
When: Friday, July 4, at 6:45 a.m.

What: Havre de Grace 4th of July Celebration 2025
Where: Concord Point Park, 352 Commerce St., Havre De Grace
When: Saturday, July 5, at 7:30 p.m.

What: 4th of July Pre-parade Lawn Party 2025 in Bel Air
Where: Bel Air United Methodist Church, 21 Linwood Ave, Bel Air,
When: Friday, July 4, at 3:30 p.m.

What: Red, White and BOOM! 2025 at Ripken Stadium
Where: Ripken Stadium, 873 Long Dr, Aberdeen
When: Thursday, July 3, at 7 p.m.

The 2025 4th of July Celebration in Bel Air will kick off with a flag-raising ceremony at 6:45 a.m. at Bel Air Town Hall on Hickory Avenue, 8:30 a.m. at Rockfield Park, 9:30 a.m. at Shamrock Park and 10:45 a.m. at Bel Air Elementary School. A pancake breakfast will be held from 7 to 11:30 a.m. at Bel Air High School. Horseshoe pitching will take place at Rockfield Park from 9 a.m. to noon.

There will be family events, contests and more from 9 a.m. to noon at Shamrock Park. The Bel Air Community Band will perform a concert at noon. A bicycle rodeo will take place at 11 a.m. at the Bel Air Elementary School and Lee Street. The Bel Air July 4th parade will start at 6 p.m. starting at Idlewild Road and South Main Street. Fireworks will start at 9:30 p.m.

The Havre de Grace 4th of July Celebration will kick off with a parade at 2 p.m. along Union Avenue followed by concerts at 5:30 p.m. at Hutchins Park and Concord Point Park at 7:30 p.m. The Maryland Military Band will perform an inspiring, patriotic concert at Concord Point Park July 5. Music begins at 7:30 p.m. Fireworks begin around 9:15 p.m. (or once it’s dark) directly off this point at the Susquehanna River.

The 4th of July Pre-parade Lawn Party 2025 hosted by the Bel Air United Methodist Church will start at 3:30 p.m. July 4. There will be food trucks, a foam party, food, music, face painting, games and more.

Red, White and BOOM! 2025 at Ripken Stadium will include crafts, yard games, axe throwing, gaga ball, tug-of-war, face painting, cornhole, giant Jenga, a kids zone and live music with a fireworks extravaganza to finish out the night. Each general admission and Club level ticket includes unlimited access to activities, a surprise gate giveaway and a view of the best Independence Day fireworks show in the county.

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.