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The community is invited by City of Raleigh and presenting partner ABC11 to celebrate together at the Raleigh 4th of July Fireworks! Mark your calendars for Thursday, July 4, as we bring the holiday festivities back to Dix Park for an unforgettable experience.
Join us for a food truck court, interactive entertainment on stage, an enhanced kid zone, and, of course, a firework display!
Gates open and activities begin at 6 p.m. with fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Free event parking is available at downtown parking decks and NC State Centennial Campus. No parking on the Dix Park campus. Free shuttles will operate from downtown’s Moore Square Park to and from Dix Park starting at 5:30 p.m.
You are invited to bring lawn chairs, blankets, small coolers, strollers and wagons. While we encourage attendees to purchase from the over 40 food trucks, bringing food and non-alcoholic beverages is permitted.
Detailed information, including event schedule, parking and shuttle maps, accessibility, what you can and cannot bring with you, etc. is available at raleighnc.gov/fireworks.
Starting at 9 p.m., the Raleigh 4th of July Fireworks event will be broadcast live on ABC11, including the fireworks display at 9:30 p.m. Live coverage will also stream on www.abc11.com and all ABC11 streaming channels.
About ABC11/WTVD-TV Raleigh-Durham
The only local news station with a street-level studio located in Downtown Raleigh, ABC11 Eyewitness News provides 48.5 hours of local news every week, serving more than 1.3 million TV households in a 23-county area in Central and Eastern North Carolina and Virginia. Eyewitness News also provides news, weather and sports information 24 hours a day on ABC11.com, the ABC11 mobile news app and the 24/7 streaming channel on the new connected TV app available on Roku, Fire, Apple, and Android TVs. ABC11 WTVD is one of eight ABC Owned Stations as part of the Disney Networks.