UPDATED: July 4th Festivities & Fireworks 2026

July 4, 2026/Mari Lou

 
 

Thursday, July 2 – Sunday, July 5 –

Georgetown – Old Fashioned Sussex County 4th of July Celebration – America’s 250th Anniversary at Georgetown Speedway

  • July 2 – Reithoffer Shows – carnival midway experience – rides, midway games, carny food
  • July 3 – Atlantic Pro Pulling League Tractor Pull & Antique Tractor Show (thru Saturday), vendor midway opens at 2pm
  • July 4 – begin at noon – carnival rides, vendors, live music
    • The Funsters at 1:00 p.m
    • Los Amigos Del Jefe at 3:00 p.m
    • Mike Hines at 5:00 p.m
    • Evening Grandstand begins at 6pm – tractor pull exhibition, motocross show
    • Fireworks at 9:30pm
  • July 5 – final day of Reithoffer Shows carnival, a Classic Car Show, midway entertainment

Proceeds from the 2026 event will benefit Georgetown Fire Department 77 and Georgetown EMS Station 93 American Legion ambulance

 

Saturday, July 4 – 

Dewey Beach –

  • Fireworks in area of the Rusty Rudder & Northbeach – dusk

***Lewes –

  • 9am – Old Fashioned games for the kids on Second Street – will end at 11am
  • 2pm – Boat Parade in the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal
  • 5pm – Doo-Day Parade – PARADE ROUTE MODIFIED – Begin on Manila Avenue left to Kings Hwy, right onto Savannah Road, left onto Second Street and left onto Market Street – ending on Market between Second and Third Streets. All participants must be lined up on Manila Avenue.  Lewes Police will lead the parade, Police & DelDOT will follow at end.  
  • Fireworks at Dusk at Lewes Beach

Fenwick Island –

  • 9am – parade – starts at Faucett-Okie Park

Laurel – 

  • Fireworks at dusk

Ocean City – Music and fireworks

  • 6pm – at North Division Street – fireworks at 9:30pm
  • 8pm – at Northside Park – fireworks at 9:30pm

Ocean Pines – 

  • 4-9pm – Carnival & fireworks at Worcester County Veterans Memorial Park
  • Fireworks – around 9:15pm

Salisbury – Red, White and Boom – Free and open to the public, Red, White & Play will feature food trucks, music, games, bouncy houses and activities for all ages. The event is designed to encourage families to arrive early, enjoy the holiday together and spend time with friends and neighbors before the fireworks begin.

  • 5-8pm – The celebration begins with Red, White & Play at James M. Bennett High School and concludes with the annual Red, White and Boom
  • Fireworks display at approximately 9 p.m
    • East College Avenue and South Division Street closures will begin at approximately 8 p.m.

For more information, visit the Red White and Boom’s website or follow the Red White and Boom on social media. https://redwhiteboomsalisbury.org/

Dover – Old Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration begins at 10am at the Old State House, Biggs Museum, First State Heritage Park, Legislative Mall

  • Parade at 6pm
  • Fireworks – 9:15pm

Hebron – 

  • 5-9:30pm – Fireman’s Carnival is underway – fireworks begin at 9:45pm

Cambridge – 

  • 9-10pm Fireworks over the Choptank River

Easton – Celebrate at the Easton Carnival at Waterside Village/Easton Shopping Center

  • 7pm – live music
  • Fireworks at dusk

St. Michaels –

  • Old Fashioned 4th at St. Michaels Museum 10 to 12pm – children’s parade – everyone welcome to take part! Patriotic dress encouraged for children, bicycles, tricycles, wagons and pets. 
  • Fireworks in the Harbor – 9:30pm 

Chincoteague – 

  • 6-10pm – Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company Carnival at the Carnival Grounds
  • Fireworks at 9pm
 

Sunday, July 5 –

Crisfield –

  • 5pm – Celebration at the City Dock
  • Fireworks begin around 9pm

Rehoboth Beach –

  • Music with the Funsters at the Bandstand before & after the fireworks. Fireworks to begin around 9:30
  • Bandstand will be closed to vehicle traffic from 6pm – midnight

Parking Information –

  • Use the DART Park & Ride   
  • Metered & non-metered fee permit parking spaces throughout town where available 
  • DART pickup after fireworks for ALL routes is the Henlopen Hotel 
  • Residents on Henlopen Avenue, in Henlopen Acres, and North Shores must access their residences via Second Street beginning at 7 pm 
  • Vehicles will not be able to cross Rehoboth Avenue at the circle beginning at 7:30 pm. 
  • Rehoboth Avenue eastbound and Church Street from State Route 1 will be closed to vehicular traffic beginning at 8 pm. At that point, all vehicles entering Rehoboth Beach will have to do so via State Road to Bayard Avenue.

After the fireworks –

  • Vehicles north of Rehoboth Avenue will be directed to exit via Rehoboth and Columbia avenues. Vehicles on the south side of Rehoboth Avenue will use Bayard Avenue to State Route 1 southbound only or Hickman or Munson streets to State Road to Route 1 north- and southbound.

NO PARKING will be allowed:

  • Surf Avenue
  • Convention Center parking lot
  • Around the bandstand
  • Grenoble Place and Surfside Place
  • Marked spots in part of the ocean block of Laurel Street
 
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