The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
Where in CT to watch July fireworks
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 people over the age of 16, according to the state’s Department of Consumer Protection.
Hartford County
Enfield — Fourth of July Town Celebration
Enfield Town Green
July 10 at 9:45 p.m.
Hartford
Dunkin Donuts Park
July 1 to 3 at the end of each Hartford Yard Goats game
New Britain
Stanley Quarter Park
July 4 — festivities start at 5:30 p.m.
New Britain
New Britain Stadium
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.
Unionville
Union School
July 8 at 9:30 p.m.
Litchfield County
Cornwall — Summer Music Fest
Cornwall Village Green
July 1 — festivities start at 6 p.m.
Goshen
Hemlock Hill Camp Co-Operative July 1 at 7 p.m.
Lakeville — Lighting Up Lime Rock
Lime Rock Park
July 1 (rain date: July 2) — festivities start at 6 p.m.
Litchfield
Litchfield High School
July 1 — festivities start at 6 p.m.
Morris — Fireworks on the Farm
South Farms
July 2 — festivities start at 6 p.m.
New Milford
New Milford Town Green
July 1 (rain date: July 9) — festivities start at 6:30 p.m.
New Preston
Lake Waramaug
July 3 (rain date: Sept. 4) at 9:30 p.m. Torrington
Torrington Middle School
July 8 (rain date: July 9) — festivities start at 7 p.m.
Middlesex County
Middletown
Harbor Park
July 2 (rain date: July 3) — festivities start at 5 p.m.
New Haven County Ansonia
Ansonia Ball Park July 1 at dusk Guilford
Guilford Fairgrounds July 9 at dusk
Madison
West Wharf
July 3 at 9:30 p.m.
Meriden
Hubbard Park
July 2 (rain date: July 8) at 9 p.m.
Middlebury — 3-D Fireworks
Quassy Amusement Park
July 4 at 10 p.m.
Naugatuck
Naugatuck Event Center
July 1 (rain date: July 2) — festivities start at 6 p.m.
New Haven
Wilbur Cross High School
July 4 at 9 p.m.
Orange
High Plains Community Center
July 9 at dusk
Waterbury — Annual Food Truck & Firework Extravaganza
Brass Mill Center
July 3 — festivities start at 2 p.m.