There are 12 article(s) tagged fireworks:

• July 2024

  • The To-Do List: It’s Independence Day all over, but it’s Christmas on Broad

    This week, make a splash at Overton Park, party in Downtown’s Barboro Alley and break out your jazz hands at Crosstown Arts.

    By Bianca Phillips, Holly Whitfield, Kelsey Bowen July 03, 2024

  • How to celebrate the Fourth of July in Memphis

    Looking for fireworks to watch or an Independence Day event? This guide has you covered.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 03, 2024

  • Fourth of July fireworks and festivities guide

    Want to see sparks fly this week? There are fireworks shows planned for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 01, 2024

• July 2023

  • Storms drown fireworks show in a couple of suburbs

    Fourth of July storms led to cancellation of some fireworks displays in Shelby County, and one city will have to wait a year for the next event.

    By Clay Bailey July 05, 2023

• July 2021

  • Oh, snap: This week’s best photos

    The Daily Memphian photographers (and a couple of reporters) caught some great pictures, including the Memphis Listening Lab, which houses 30,000 45 singles, 10,000 LPs, 20,000 CDs and upwards of 1,000 music-related books.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 13, 2021

  • After a dud year, fireworks explode back on the scene

    Fireworks flashed over Collierville’s sky for fewer than 20 minutes Saturday night, but for the experts who executed the demonstration, the process began three days ago at H.W. Cox Park. 

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    The To-Do List: Where to see fireworks shows this weekend

    By Rob Moore July 04, 2021

• June 2021

  • Calkins: With the bridge out, will business at West Memphis firework tents still boom?

    For decades, Memphians have crossed over to Arkansas to get their fireworks. That will be considerably harder with the bridge out. A report from the West Memphis fireworks tents. Will business be a dud?

    By Geoff Calkins June 30, 2021

  • Germantown resurrects Fireworks Extravaganza for July 4th

    Germantown will hold its fireworks show on July 4. The event was not held in 2020 due to the pandemic.

    By Abigail Warren June 16, 2021

• May 2021

  • Collierville announces Independence Day celebration

    After being canceled last year due to the pandemic, Collierville has announced it plans to have its biggest fireworks show in history on July 3. 

    By Abigail Warren May 24, 2021

• August 2020

  • Collierville cancels Labor Day fireworks

    Collierville has canceled its Labor Day fireworks celebration scheduled for Sept. 5.

    By Abigail Warren August 13, 2020

• June 2020

  • Fireworks complaints increase exponentially over four-day period

    The number of fireworks complaints in Memphis between June 18 and June 22 jumped from just eight complaints last year to 238 this year. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 23, 2020

• July 2019

  • Sparks of Freedom

    Against a backdrop of perfect summer weather and patriotic spirit in the air, an estimated 8,000 people turned out Wednesday night for Bartlett’s annual “Star Spangled Fireworks Extravaganza.”

    By Michael Waddell July 04, 2019