July 4th 2024 Fireworks, Events Around Orlando

ORLANDO, FL — Independence Day is fast approaching so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Orlando. 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 Orlando and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2024

What: Avalon Park 4th of July Celebration 2024

Where: Downtown Avalon Park

When: July 4, 5 to 9 p.m.

The festivities include a 5K, a bike parade, a wet/dry bounce park, an apple pie bake-off and fireworks. More event info at: Avalon Park 4th of July Celebration 2024.

What: Celebration’s Independence Day Spectacular 2024

Where: Celebration Town Center, 610 Sycamore Street

When: July 4, 5 to 10 p.m.

Enjoy live music from DJ City Beat and Audio Exchange. A fireworks display takes place at 9:20 p.m. More event info at: Celebration’s Independence Day Spectacular 2024

What: Kissimmee’s Monumental 4th of July Celebration 2024

Where: Kissimmee Lakefront Park

When: July 4, 7 to 9 p.m.

Festivities include live entertainment on the Festival Lawn, KUA Kid’s Zone on the Veterans Lawn, food trucks, beverage concessions, and the grand fireworks display at 9 p.m. More event info at: Kissimmee’s Monumental 4th of July Celebration 2024

What: Orlando’s Fireworks at the Fountain 2024

Where: Lake Eola Park, Orlando

When: July 4, 4 to 10 p.m.

This 47th annual event includes live entertainment, family-friendly fun, and food and drinks for purchase from a variety of vendors. At 9:10 p.m., the sky will illuminate with a spectacular fireworks finale set to a live performance by the Orlando Concert Band. More event info at: Fireworks at the Fountain 2024

What: Winter Park’s 4th of July Celebration 2024

Where: Central Park and West Meadow, Winter Park

When: July 4, 9 to 11 a.m.

The festivities include opening remarks from Mayor Sheil DeCiccio and the national anthem, musical performances by students from the School of Rock Winter Park and the Bach Festival Choir and Brass Ensemble, a kids zone, carnival midway, and the annual bicycle parade. More event info at: Winter Park’s 4th of July Celebration 2024

What: Geneva 4th of July Parade & Festival 2024

Where: Rural Heritage Center, 101 E. Main Street, Geneva

When: July 4, 8:30 a.m.to 1 p.m.

There will be vendors available throughout the day, vintage plane flyovers at 9:45 a.m., a parade at 10 a.m., a contest for favorite floats, live entertainment and more. More event info at: Geneva 4th of July Parade & Festival 2024

Today, Americans 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.