LIST: July 4th Fireworks Shows In Eastern Iowa, Western Illinois

It's almost time to light stuff on fire!

You can almost always rely on fireworks to keep you and your kid entertained (at least for a few minutes) over the 4th of July weekend.

It's fun to shoot off fireworks of our own (even funnier when they have goofy names) but it's also awesome to go to a show too where actual pyrotechnics who know what they're doing set off a flurry of choreographed fireworks.

List Of QCA Fireworks Shows 2025

Luckily, for us, there's no shortage of fireworks shows ranging from Thursday, July 3rd to Sunday, July 6th.

For a lot of these, keep an eye on Facebook/the city's website for any postponed shows or canceled shows.

Click on your town to get the details:

Know of one we didn't mention? This is a growing list so if you know of a firework show happening the 4th of July weekend/week that is open to the public, let us know about it! Go to our homepage, tap on 'More', 'Contact', and 'Feedback'.

Most of the fireworks start at dusk (of course) and according to Time and Date, our sunset forecast for the 4th of July weekend will be around 8:39 p.m. A lot of the events also have parades, bouncy houses, live music, and other festivities too.

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