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FIREWORKS SHOWS
2008 info.
will be posted
around June 25 - 28
Please contact event
sponsor if you wish to double check dates and times
Every Year the Connecticut River Valley,
and surrounding Shoreline region is home to several fantastic
fireworks displays around the time of our nations Independence
Day, July 4th celebrations.
Friday June
29, 2007
Hamden
Hamden Vol. Firefighters
Location: Center Park
Rain Date: 6/30/2007
Montville
Sponsor: Fieldstone LLC
Location: Gardner Lake
Rain Date: 6/30/2007
Oxford
Sponsor: Quaker Farms Vol. Fire Co.
Location: 30 Great Oak Road
Rain Date: 6/30/2007
Stafford
Sponsor: Stafford Springs Enterprises
Location: Stafford Springs Speedway
Rain Date: 7/6/2007
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Saturday -
June 30, 2007
Bridgeport
Sponsor: Bridgeport
Bluefish Baseball Team
Ballpark at Harbor Yard - East Main Street After the game
Coventry
Sponsor: Town
of Coventry
Patriots Park, Lake Street
Rain Date: 7/1/2007
Danbury
Sponsor: Danbury
Vol. Firemen's Council
Island On Candlewood Lake
Rain Date: 7/7/2007
Manchester
Sponsor: Town
of Manchester
Manchester Community College
Rain Date: 7/1/2007
Old Saybrook, CT
Sponsor: Bob Chase (Fenwick Resident)
Cornfield Point / Fenwick
Portland
Sponsor: Portland
Police
Rain Date: Exchange Club Fairgrounds
7/1/2007
Putnam
Sponsor: Town
of Putnam
Behind Police Fire Station
Rain Date: 7/7/2007
Stamford
Sponsor: Rockrimmon
Country Club
Rockrimmon Country Club
Rain Date: 7/1/2007
River Dog Music Festival
Chester,
Connecticut Fair Grounds
over 10,000 people expected!
16 Bands in 2 Days
www.RiverDogMusicFestival.com
Sunday - July
1, 2007
Moodus / East Haddam
Sponsor: Sunrise
Resort
Located on the Connecticut River ( Great viewing for Boaters!! that
can get into the Salmon River, off of the CT River.)
$5 per carload - 9 pm
This is an EXCELLENT Fireworks Display... in 2006 this
was a 25 minute long professional fireworks show. Good Location,
Arrive an hour early for best viewing spots.
Monday - July
2, 2007
Norwich
Sponsor: Connecticut
Defenders Baseball Game
Dodd Stadium After the game
Westbrook
Sponsor: Water's
Edge
Water's Edge Resort on the Long Island Sound
Great viewing for Boaters!!
Tuesday -
July 3, 2007
Madison
9:15 p.m.
Fireworks will be visible from the following town beach locations:
Surf Club, West Wharf and East Wharf. Admission to these areas
is regulated by the Town of Madison Beach and Recreation Department
regulations. Parking restrictions will be in effect Website
link
Great viewing for Boaters!!
Norwich
Sponsor: Connecticut
Defenders Baseball Game
Dodd Stadium After the game
Norwich
Sponsor: 4th
of July Committee
Barge in the Thames River Turning Basin
Rain Date: 7/4/2007
Great viewing for Boaters!!
Stratford
Sponsor: City
of Stratford
Landfill site Bridgeport/Stratford
Rain Date: 7/5/2007
West Haven
Sponsor: City
of West Haven
Bradley Point Park
Rain Date: 7/5/2007
Wednesday
- 4th of
July, 2007
Look to the
right.
Thursday -
July 5, 2007
NO Fireworks displays planned that we know of.
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Friday - July
6, 2007
New Britain
Sponsor: New
Britain Rock Cats Baseball Game
Rock Cats Stadium
Saturday -
July 7, 2007
Burlington
Sponsor: Johnny
Cake Mountain Assoc.
Johnny Cake Mountain
Rain Date: 7/8/2007
East Hartford:
Founders Plaza & Great River Plaza. Fireworks start at 9:45
p.m.
(See Hartford Information.. for same show)
Groton
Naval Submarine Base.
Fireworks start at dusk.
Hartford
Sponsor: Riverfront
Capture
Charter Oak Landing
Rain Date: 7/8/2007
Riverfest 2007 will be held in Hartford and East Hartford starting
at 4 p.m. and will honor those who have served in our armed forces.
The festivities will culminate with a half-hour choreographed
fireworks show, which will be launched from barges in the
Connecticut River at 9:45 p.m. Patriotic music will be
played live on WDRC-FM (102.9) to accompany the show.
There is free off-site parking, and shuttle buses will
run a loop from Charter Oak Landing to Mortensen Riverfront Plaza
on the Hartford side, connecting all four venues.
Hartford
Trinity College Quad.
Fireworks start at 8 p.m.
Lebanon
Sponsor: Lebanon
Tricentennial Committee
Across from Lebanon Green
Rain Date: 7/8/2007
Middlebury
The fireworks originally scheduled for July 4 at the Quassy Amusement
Park have been rescheduled for Saturday, July 7 at 10 p.m. Quassy
is putting on a "3-D" fireworks display. Fireworks
will be fired off as usual, but the amusement park will be offering
special "3-D" viewing glasses for $1, with the proceeds
going to benefit the Prevent Blindness Tri-State charity. Admission
is: $19.95 for adults and $15.95 for children. July 4th parking
is $7. Rides open at 11 a.m.. Quassy is off Route 64. Information:
203-758-2913 or 1-800-FOR-PARK, or visit www.quassy.com
Middletown
Sponsor: City
of Middletown
Harbor Park - 9:30 pm
Great viewing for Boaters!!
New Britain
The parks and recreation department will host the 13th annual
Great American Boom at Stanley Quarter Park on Saturday, July
7. The event was originally scheduled for July 4, but was postponed
by rain. The giant celebration begins at 5p.m and culminates
with a fireworks display about 9:15p.m.
A $5 wrist band or a family four-pack
for $15 can be purchased, which will allow for unlimited access
to attractions, including the petting zoo, from 5 to 8:30 p.m.
Clowns will be roaming the park. Three-D glasses which enhance
the fireworks display, will be sold for $2.
A state-of-the-art sound system
will be set up throughout the park to project the pre-recorded
patriotic music in-sync with the fireworks show.
Parking will be available at
Central Connecticut State University. Handicapped parking is
available at Stanley Quarter Park through Eddy Glover Boulevard
entrance only. People should bring blankets, lawn chairs and
bug spray. For more information, call the recreation hotline,
860-826-3360.
Stafford
Sponsor: Town
of Stafford
Stafford Speedway
Rain Date: 7/8/2007
Wallingford
Sponsor: Town
of Wallingford
Mark T. Sheehan High School (8PM) on Hope Hill Road
Sunday - July
8, 2007
Enfield
Sponsor:Town
of Enfield
The Town Green
On Sunday evening we will honor this year's Patriot Award winner,
and once the sun goes down, the fireworks will go up! Set to
a one-of-a-kind musical score, the "world famous Zambelli
Fireworks" will choreograph this year's fireworks, which
will surely have an emotional impact on all.
Wednesday
- July 11, 2007
Farmington
Union School
Fireworks start at dusk.
Norwich
Dodd Stadium - (After the BASEBALL Game)
Rain date July 14.
Friday - July 13, 2007
# Bridgeport:
Ballpark at Harbor Yard, East Main Street
# Suffield:
Spaulding Athletic Field. Rain date July 14.
Saturday -
July 14, 2007
Naugatuck
Naugatuck High School.
Fireworks start at dusk.
New London, CT
A show NOT TO BE MISSED!
Sponsored by the Mashantucket Pequot Indians (Mohegan Sun and
Foxwoods Casino Resorts), this
GRUCCI Fireworks show is on the Thames River. Rumors are that the cost of this display is well
into the 7 figures $$$ !!! The Grucci's, who have been hired
to put this show together, are world renowned firework artists
from Long Island, New York, with heritage dating back to 1850
in Bari, Italy. They are the producers of fireworks displays
for six consecutive Presidential Inaugurations.This New London
Fireworks show is the largest on the entire Eastern Seaboard,
from Florida to Maine. YES, Even larger than New York City's
display!
Great
viewing for Boaters!!
West Haven:
Yale field.
After Dusk
Rain date July 21.
Deep River Ancient Muster
July 18 & 19 2008
Annual Fife and Drum Muster
Parade
Colonial Revolutionary Period
Over 20,000 Marchers & Spectators Expected!
Click Here
Friday night 7PM - Tattoo at Debits Field!
Saturday - 11AM - Parade!
An Event
NOT TO BE MISSED!
Most information above is courtesy of www.WTNH.com & www.CTNOW.com
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