July 4th 2024 Fireworks, Events Around Pacific Palisades

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA — Independence Day is fast approaching so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Pacific Palisades. Area events include fireworks, festivals and other Fourth of July fun.

To help you fit it all in on your 4th of July calendar, Patch has put together a guide to what’s going on in Pacific Palisades and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2024

July 4, Pacific Palisades: July 4th 5K & 10K Run, Parade & Fireworks 2024. One of Palisadians’ favorite days of the year includes a full lineup of events, culminating with a fireworks show.

July 4: Santa Monica 4th Of July Parade 2024. The annual Main Street event showcases the creative spirit of Santa Monica.

July 4: 'Celebrate America' Fireworks. The annual Santa Monica College celebration features fireworks, music and more fun.

July 2, 3 and 4, Hollywood: July Fourth Fireworks Spectacular with Harry Connick Jr. Hollywood Bowl. Three nights available to choose for a special Independence Day celebration at the bowl: July 2, July 3 and July 4.

July 4, Burbank: July 4th Concert & Fireworks 2024: Starlight Bowl. Patriotic firework display, plus entertainment from Billy Nation: A Tribute to Billy Joel and MIRAGE.

July 5, Culver City: Downtown Culver City Independence Celebration. Culver City is trading its traditional fireworks display for a downtown party featuring a drone show.

On July 4, Americans will celebrate the birth of a new nation with fireworks, parades, concerts, and family gatherings and barbecues. Celebrations, though, predate by centuries the designation of Independence Day as a federal holiday, which didn't happen until 1941.

During the pivotal summer of 1776, the pre-Revolutionary celebrations honoring King George III’s birthday were replaced with mock funerals as a symbolic break from the crown.

It was an exciting time in Philadelphia — the Continental Congress voted to break from the crown and, two days later on July 4, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the original 13 colonies —New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia — to adopt the Declaration of Independence.

The first annual commemoration of the nation’s independence was in Philadelphia on July 4, 1777, while the Revolutionary War was ongoing. Fireworks have been part of Fourth of July festivities since the first celebration in Philadelphia.