Fourth of July 2025: Where to watch fireworks in Indy
Zoom in: To make sure your holiday weekend is lit, here are 10 places to catch a fireworks show in the Indy area.
Downtown Indy's Fourth Fest is back for a third year of celebrating at the American Legion Mall.
A street festival featuring live music, food trucks and a kids zone starts at 6pm Friday.
Fireworks, shot from the top of the building at 500 N. Meridian, start at 10pm and will be synced to patriotic jams aired on local Radio One radio stations.
Organizers suggest the Indiana War Memorial Grounds and American Legion Mall as the best viewing spots.
Victory Field is delivering baseball with a boom during its July 4th celebration Friday night.
After the Indianapolis Indians and Louisville Bats game that starts at 6:35pm, stick around for a postgame fireworks show.
The team will also wear specialty July Fourth jerseys that will be auctioned off to benefit Indianapolis Indians Charities.
CarmelFest will pack two days of patriotism and partying into Carmel's Civic Square, and chairs are already lining the streets of the suburb as people pick prime spots for the parade that starts at 10am Friday.
Catch livestream coverage of the parade here.
The festival runs from 1-10pm Thursday and noon-10pm Friday.
Fireworks, which start at 9:45pm Friday, will be synchronized to music on WHJE 91.3
All American Day in the Park brings fireworks to Beech Grove on Thursday night.
The party starts at 5:30pm in Sara T. Bolton Park with food, music and WCWO pro wrestling, followed by fireworks around 10pm.
Night at the Park in Avon is having pre-holiday fireworks as well. Food trucks, live face painting, pony rides and more get rolling at 6pm Thursday.
Fireworks begin at 10pm.
The Lawrence 4th Fest will kick things off at 10am Friday with a parade, followed by a fish fry, kickball games, a classic car show, food trucks, live music and more.
The free event at Lawrence Community Park ends with a 40-minute fireworks show starting at 10pm.
Fishers has a trio of fireworks shows around 10pm Friday during a citywide Independence Day celebration.
Fireworks will be launched from the north parking lot of Hamilton East Public Library in the Nickel Plate District, from Cyntheanne Park and from the barge in Geist Marina.
My Yellow Rickshaw is playing a free show at 8pm before the fireworks on the Nickel Plate District AMP stage.
Noblesville will host a July Fourth parade downtown at 4pm Friday followed by a free festival in Forest Park from 6-10pm.
Westfield Rocks the 4th at the Grand Park Sports Campus runs from 4-10:30pm Friday.
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