01-07-2025
Where to watch fireworks and celebrate July 4 in Richmond
Fourth of July is Friday, and if you're looking for ways to celebrate, we've got you covered.
Here are some ways to celebrate America's birthday this year.
Dogwood Dell Fireworks
Richmond's annual free show starts at 5:30pm, with the fireworks expected around 9:15pm.
There will be live music from Full Spectrum, Virginia Opera and Richmond Concert Jazz Band, plus food vendors and kids activities.
Coolers are welcome; booze and dogs are not.
Overflow parking and shuttle service from City Stadium is from 4-11pm.
Worth noting: The Nickel Bridge will close around 6pm.
The festivities start at 5pm at Chesterfield's free event, with fireworks at dark.
There will be a DJ, plus live music from BrassWind, a band composed completely of retired/active-duty military members, and Dixieland Express, a four-piece New Orleans-style jazz band.
There will also be food vendors and kids activities, including bounce houses ($5 for a wristband to bounce). Coolers are welcome but subject to search; booze and dogs are not allowed.
"Red, White and Lights" at Henrico's Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park
Henrico celebrates the Fourth of July with a laser light show instead of fireworks. Gates open at 4pm, and lasers usually start around 9:15pm.
The lasers are accompanied by music from the Richmond Symphony.
Plus: Food vendors, more live music and kids activities, including bounce houses and face painting.
🐶 Coolers are welcome — and so are (leashed) dogs; booze is not.
Star-Spangled Squirrels Fest at The Diamond
The Flying Squirrels are out of town for the Fourth, sadly, but their annual fireworks show will go on, with a big upgrade.
The Squirrels' Star-Spangled fest includes live music, games for kids, food and drink specials and, of course, fireworks.
The Landsharks and The Mashup will play on the field from 6-9:30pm.
Tickets start at $10, and $20 gets you onto the field for the fireworks and a commemorative hat. And this, of course, is the last year for the show at The Diamond.
🇺🇸 All-American fun
Ashland July Fourth Parade and Celebration
Ashland celebrates the Fourth with a parade, apple pie-baking contest, patriotic pet costume contest and an old-timey lawn party with old-timey games, from 11am-2pm. Free. 500 S. Center St.
Richmond's St. John's Church has a rare, weekday reenactment of Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty, or give me death" speech there, at the site where it happened in 1775. 1:30pm. $15 for adults and $12 for kids 12 and under.
