Skyrockets light up the sky over Long Island Sound at the 2017 Independence Day Fireworks Fundraising Show at Compo Beach, Monday, July 3, in Westport, Conn.
Pops of color will dress Connecticut's night skies for the next week as towns throughout the state celebrate the Fourth of July.
Whether you're at a baseball game, a town fair or simply sprawled out in an empty field, there are plenty of places around the state where you can catch fireworks this year.
While these public displays might inspire at-home fireworks shows, leave lighting fireworks to the professionals. In Connecticut, fireworks are illegal to own and light off. Only "sparklers and fountains," which are not considered fireworks, may be purchased and used by individuals over the age of 16, according to the state's Department of Consumer Protection.
Scroll below to see which towns around the state are putting on fireworks displays.
Fireworks are set off at Penfield Beach in Fairfield in this 2018 photo.
Postponed to July 3 at 9:15 p.m.
New Canaan - Family Fourth Celebration
Postponed to July 3 — festivities start at 5 p.m.
July 3 (rain date: July 5) — festivities start at 7:30 p.m.
July 9 — festivities start at 6 p.m.
July 1 (rain date: July 2) at 9 p.m.
July 1 (rain date: July 2) at 9 p.m.
Fireworks on July 2 — festivities start at 2 p.m.
Weston - Family 4th Celebration
July 4 (rain date: July 5) — festivities start at 4:30 p.m.
July 4 — festivities start at 5:00 p.m.
July 15 (rain date: July 16) at 9 p.m.
June 25 (rain date: June 26) at dusk
June 30 (rain date: July 1) at 9 p.m.
June 30 (rain date: July 5) at 9 p.m.
Redding - Rock'n Roots Revival and Fireworks Show
June 25 — festivities start at 4 p.m.
Ridgefield - Ridgefield Volunteer Fire Department Carnival
June 25 — festivities start at 6 p.m.
Fourth of July fireworks display over East Rock in New Haven as seen from Blake Field. July 4, 2017.
July 2 (rain date: July 8) at 9 p.m.
July 1 (rain date: July 2) — festivities start at 6 p.m.
Waterbury - Annual Food Truck & Firework Extravaganza
July 3 — festivities start at 2 p.m.
June 25 (rain date: July 9) — festivities start at 4 p.m.
June 25 (rain date: June 26) at 9 p.m.
East Haven - Beach Party Celebration
June 26 (rain date: June 27) — festivities start at 12 p.m.
Middletown’s fireworks festival at Harbor Park.
July 3 — festivities start at 5 p.m.
Locals gather for the annual fireworks show.
Enfield - Fourth of July Town Celebration
July 1-3 at the end of each Hartford Yard Goats game
July 4 — festivities start at 5:30 p.m.
July 3 after the New Britain Bees' Futures Collegiate Baseball League game
Simsbury - Talcott Mountain Music Festival: Celebrate America
Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center
July 1 (rain date: July 2) — festivities start at 7:30 p.m.
Manchester Community College at the Bicentennial Bandshell
June 25 (rain date: June 26) at 9:30 p.m.
June 24 (rain date: June 25) at 9:30 p.m.
Torrington held its annual Independence Day Celebration with a carnival and Fireworks at the Torrington Middle School on July 5th, 2019.
Cornwall - Summer Music Fest
July 1 — festivities start at 6 p.m.
Lakeville - Lighting Up Lime Rock
July 1 (rain date: July 2) — festivities start at 6 p.m.
July 1 — festivities start at 6 p.m.
Morris - Fireworks on the Farm
July 2 — festivities start at 6 p.m.
July 1 (rain date: July 9) — festivities start at 6:30 p.m.
July 3 (rain date: Sept. 4) at 9:30 p.m.
July 8 (rain date: July 9) — festivities start at 7 p.m.
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