July 4th 2024 Fireworks, Events Around Narragansett-South Kingstown

NARRAGANSETT-SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI — Independence Day is fast approaching, so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Narragansett and South Kingstown. 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 Narragansett-South Kingstown and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2024

What: Annual South Kingstown 4th of July Celebration

Where: Old Mountain Field, 831 Kingstown Road, Wakefield

When: 5 p.m. July 4.

The Annual South Kingstown 4th of July Celebration will take place on Thursday, July 4th, starting at 5:00pm at Old Mountain Field, 831 Kingstown Road, Wakefield.

The evening’s festivities include a live concert featuring Take it to the Bridge, a variety of food and novelty concessions in the park, a 50/50 raffle, children’s activities and the event finale - a world-class fireworks display. Fireworks will begin immediately following the concert at approximately 9:00 pm.

What: Warwick July 4 Fireworks

Where: Oakland Beach, Warwick

When: 9 p.m. July 3.

Come down to Oakland Beach and enjoy beautiful fireworks reflecting over the picturesque Narragansett Bay. Fireworks will last about 30 minutes.

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.

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