Fourth of July Boston Massachusetts
Hatch Shell Charles River Cambridge/Boston 4th of July Fireworks Charles
River Esplanade Boston MA 2010
Boston 4th of July
2011
Event Schedule
Sunday, July 3rd Concert
4:00pm
Oval opens
8:30pm
Concert begins
10:00pm
Concert ends
Monday, July 4th Concert and
Fireworks Boston
9:00am
Oval opens
12:00pm
Recorded music begins in Boston
4:30pm
Recorded music begins in Cambridge
7:00pm
WBZ News Radio 1030 simulcast begins
8:00pm
Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular
broadcast begins on WBZ-TV Boston
8:30pm
Boston Pops concert begins with
the National Anthem and flyover
9:30pm
1812 Overture is played
10:00pm
CBS Network national broadcast
begins
10:30pm
Fireworks begin
11:00pm
Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular
ends
Boston
Pops Fireworks History and Heritage
The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular started – like many
things do – as just a simple idea. In September 1973, David
Mugar suggested to Boston Pops Conductor Arthur Fiedler that
in order to revive the diminishing Esplanade concert series
it might be a good idea to play Tchaikovsky’s "1812
Overture" with a few added extras.
For the next Fourth of July, howitzer cannons, fireworks
and church bells were all added to the concert so that, as
Fiedler said, “All hell could break loose.” And for the
first time, a July 4th fireworks display took place over the
Charles River.
Now 38 years later, the Boston Pops Fireworks
Spectacular is known as the premier Independence Day
celebration in the nation. Each year, since its inception,
hundreds of thousands of people come from all over the
country to the banks of the Charles River to celebrate
America’s birthday while another seven million tune in
nationally on the CBS Television Network to view the event
during a live one-hour primetime special. Locally, the
Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular is an institution seen on
WBZ-TV Channel 4 from 8:00PM to 11:00PM.
4th of July Fireworks
Schedule Courtesy of:
Boston
Central
Acton 7/2/2011 Concert 7:30, Fireworks 9:30, Nara Park
Amesbury 7/4/2011 9:00 PM Woodsoms Farm
Andover 7/3/2011 9:00 PM Andover High School
Attleborough 7/4/2011 Dusk/9:00 PM Hayward Field
Auburn 7/2/2011 9:30 PM Lymanski Park
Ayer 7/2/2011 9:00 PM Pirone Memorial Field
Bellingham 7/4/2011 9:30 PM High School Field
Beverly 7/4/2011 9:15 PM Barge off West Beach
Boston 7/4/2011 10:30 PM Charles River barge & Esplanade
Braintree 6/25/2011 9:00 PM Braintree High School
Brockton 6/24, 7/1, 7/2, 7/3, 7/4, 7/8, 7/9 10:30PM PM Brockton
Fairgrounds
Chicopee 6/25/2011 9:00 PM Szot Park
Danvers 7/3/2011 9:30 PM Plains Park on Damon Street
Danvers 7/3/2011 - Plains Park, Holten Richmond Middle School, 55
Conant Street.
Dracut 7/2/2011 9:00 PM Dracut High School
East Brookfield 7/9/2011 9:30 PM Connie Mack Drive old landfill
East Longmeadow 7/3/2011 9:00 PM High School Athletic Field
Easthampton 6/25/2011 9:00 PM White Brook Middle School
Edgartown 7/4/2011 9:00 PM Barge off Chappaquiddick Beach
Fall River 7/4/2011 9:30 PM One Government Center
Fitchburg 6/25/2011 10:00 PM St. Bernard's Elementary School
Fitchburg 7/3/2011 9:00 PM Rollstone Hill
Franklin 7/2/2011 10:00 PM Franklin Junior High Athletic Fields
Freetown 7/3/2011 8:00 PM Off South Main Street
Gloucester 7/3/2011 8:30 PM Stage Fort Park
Gloucester Gloucester Harbor at approx. 9:30pm
Great Barrington 7/2/2011 9:30 PM Wyantenuck Country Club
Greenfield 7/2/2011 9:00 PM Poets Seat Tower
Groton 7/8/2011 9:00 PM Groton Town Field
Halifax 6/25/2011 8:00 PM Halifax Elementary School Field
Hancock 7/9/2011 9:30 PM Jiminy Peak Resort
Harwich 7/4/2011 9:00 PM Barge in Pleasant Bay
Harwichport 7/3/2011 9:00 PM Barge in Wychmere Harbor
Holliston 6/26/2011 10:00 PM Holliston High baseball field
Holyoke 7/1/2011 9:30 PM Holyoke Community College
”Hyannis7/4/2011 Dusk at the Harbor
Ipswich 6/25/2011 9:00 PM Ipswich Country Club
Kingston 6/25/2011 9:00 PM Indian Pond Country Club
Lanesborough 7/4/2011 9:30 PM 30 Swamp Road
Lawrence 7/4/2011 9:00 PM Devlin Field
Lenox 7/4/2011 10:00 PM Tanglewood
Lexington 7/2/2011 at 9:30pm
Lincoln July 4, 2011 7:00pm
Lowell 7/4/2011 8:00 PM LeLacheur Park
Lowell 7/4/2011 9:00 PM River Bank
Lowell 7/5/2011 8:00 PM LeLacheur Park
Lynn 7/3/2011 9:00 PM Barge near Red Rock
Marblehead 7/4/2011 9:00 PM Barge off mouth of Harbor
Marion 7/2/2011 9:00 PM Barge off Silver Shell Beach
Mashpee 6/26/2011 9:00 PM Willowbend Country Club
Mashpee 7/1/2011 9:00 PM Mashpee High School
Mashpee 7/3/2011 9:00 PM New Seabury Golf Course
Mashpee 7/4/2011 9:00 PM Willowbend Country Club
Mattapoisett 7/4/2011 9:00 PM Bay Club at Mattapoisett
Methuen 7/2/2011 9:30 PM Nicholson Field
Middleton 7/9/2011 9:20 PM Town Transfer Station
Milford 7/3/2011 9:00 PM Plains Park
Millbury 7/3/2011 9:00 PM Windle Field
Millbury 7/4/2011 9:00 PM Windle Field
Monson 6/25/2011 9:00 PM Quarry Hill Community School
Nantucket 7/4/2011 9:00 PM Barge off Jetties Beach
Needham 7/4/2011 at Dusk at Memorial Park
Newton 7/4/2011 at 9:00pm Russell J. Halloran Field off Route 16
New Marlborough 7/2/2011 9:30 PM 100 Steve Manor Drive
North Adams 7/4/2011 9:30 PM Joe Wolfe Field
North Andover 7/3/2011 9:00 PM Hayes Stadium
Northbridge 7/1/2011 9:00 PM Lasalle Field
Orleans 7/1/2011 9:00 PM Rock Harbor Beach
Pepperell 7/2/2011 9:00 PM Nissitissit Middle School
Pittsfield 7/4/2011 7:00 PM Wahconah Park
Pittsfield 7/9/2011 9:30 PM Berkshire Hills Country Club
Plymouth 7/4/2011 9:30 PM Barge in Plymouth Cove
Provincetown 7/4/2011 9:00 PM MacMillan Wharf
Rutland 7/3/2011 9:00 PM Behind DPW Garage
Salem 7/4/2011 9:00 PM Derby Wharf
Salisbury 6/25/2011 10:00 PM Barge off Salisbury Beach
Salisbury 7/2/2011 10:00 PM Barge off Salisbury Beach
Salisbury 7/3/2011 10:00 PM Barge off Salisbury Beach
Salisbury 7/9/2011 10:00 PM Barge off Salisbury Beach
Salem 7/4/2011 at 9:15pm Derby Wharf
Sandwich 7/3/2011 9:00 PM Ridge Country Club
Seekonk 7/3/2011 9:00 PM Seekonk Speedway
Sharon 7/3/2011 at 9:30pm at Memorial Park Beach
Somerville 6/30/2011 9:00 PM Trum Field
South Yarmouth 7/1/2011 8:00 PM Dennis-Yarmouth High School
Spencer 7/2/2011 9:00 PM Zukas Hilltop
Springfield 7/4/2011 at 7:00pm Live musical entertainment, food, and
fireworks on the Connecticut River at Court Square. 413-733-3800.
Stoughton 7/3/2011 9:00 PM Stoughton School Complex
Swampscott 7/3/2011 at dusk
Tewksbury 7/4/2011 9:00 PM Livingston Street Park
Upton 6/25/2011 9:00 PM Nipmuc Regional High School
Wakefield 7/4/2011 9:00 PM End of Beacon Street
Walpole 7/3/2011 9:30 PM Joe Morgan Memorial Field
Waltham 7/4/2011 8:00 PM Leary Field
Wareham 7/2/2011 9:20 PM Shell Point
Webster 7/3/2011 9:00 PM Memorial Beach
Westfield 7/2/2011 9:00 PM Stanley Park
Weymouth 7/3/2011 9:00 PM Barge off Wessqgusset Beach
Wilmington 7/2/2011 9:00 PM Wilmington High School
Wilmington 7/3/2011 9:00 PM Wilmington High School
Winthrop 7/4/2011 9:00 PM Coughlin Park
Worcester 6/26/2011 9:00 PM Worcester Country Club
Worcester 7/1/2011 9:30 PM Belmont Hill
Boston
Harborfest 2011 is a six-day long Fourth of July festival that
showcases the colonial and maritime heritage of the cradle of the American
Revolution: the historic City of Boston.
The award-winning
festival strives to honor and remember the past, celebrate the present
and educate the future with reenactments, concerts, historical tours
and much, much more.
Over 200
Daily
Events during the weeklong festival are concentrated in Boston's
historic downtown and waterfront districts, with sponsored
Main Events
on Boston's City Hall Plaza.
Over the years, Harborfest
has grown from a local event to a national celebration. In 1982 there
were 35 activities over the course of three days.
Now in its 24th year,
Harborfest is considered
to be the largest patriotic celebration in the nation with visitors
enjoying more than 200 activities during the weeklong festival.
There's no better place to celebrate our nation's
independence than at
Boston
Harborfest: June 29- July 4, 2010!
This elite 65-member instrumental
ensemble, founded in 1946, is the oldest and largest
of the Field Band’s four performing components. They
have performed in all 50 states and 25 foreign
countries for audiences totaling more than 100
million. Tours have taken the band throughout the
United States, Canada, Mexico, South America,
Europe, the Far East, and India. More than six
decades as the military's most traveled musicians
have earned them the title, "The Musical Ambassadors
of the Army." The Concert Band regularly travels and
performs with the Soldiers’ Chorus, together
presenting a powerful and diverse program of
marches, overtures, popular music, patriotic
selections, and instrumental and vocal solos. The
organization has also performed joint concerts with
many of the nation’s leading orchestras, including
the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, and Detroit
Symphony Orchestra.
The Soldiers’ Chorus is the vocal
complement of The United States Army Field Band of
Washington, D.C. The 29-member mixed choral ensemble
travels throughout the nation and abroad, performing
as a separate component and in joint concerts with
the Army Field Band. The chorus is currently
conducted by Captain Leonel A. Peña and has
performed in all 50 states, Canada, Mexico, India,
the Far East, and throughout Europe. Soldiers’
Chorus performances often include the music of
Broadway, opera, barbershop quartet, and Americana.
This versatility has earned the Soldiers’ Chorus an
international reputation for presenting musical
excellence and inspiring patriotism.
Long before the winter of 2011
relented and when the Esplande was covered with
towering piles of snow, the producers of the Boston
Pops Fireworks Spectacular and California based
fireworks company, Pyro Spectaculars, were hard at
work creating and choreographing a new fireworks
display for a new Fourth of July crowd.
Pyrotechnic designer, Eric Tucker,
along with pyrotechnics music supervisor, Don
Dorsey, and producers for the Boston Pops Fireworks
Spectacular came together to discuss the essence of
this year’s Fourth of July event and endeavor to
develop a musical score this year that celebrates
our country, our families and the unique American
tradition of Fourth of July fun.
