How to watch Raleigh’s fireworks from your house this July 4th
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- Raleigh’s fireworks will be at Dorothea Dix Park on Saturday, July 4.
- ABC11 will air live coverage beginning at 9 p.m., viewable online and via app.
- Raleigh budgeted $660,000 for this year’s 250th anniversary celebration.
Worried about the dangerous heat wave? Hate crowds? But still love the claps and sizzles of pyrotechnics?
Raleigh’s annual fireworks show, back at Dorothea Dix Park this year for the Fourth of July holiday, will be shown live on television for folks who can’t or don’t want to catch the event in person.
ABC11, the media sponsor for the event and The News & Observer’s newsgathering partner, will provide live TV coverage of the city’s fireworks starting at 9 p.m. Saturday, July 4. The special can be watched on TV, online and through ABC11’s mobile app.
Fireworks are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. at Dix Park.
Raleigh budgeted $660,000 for this year’s 250th anniversary celebration. Previously, the city has budgeted $60,000 and received a $100,000 contribution from ABC11, The N&O previously reported.
This story was originally published July 2, 2026 at 12:32 PM with the headline "How to watch Raleigh’s fireworks from your house this July 4th."
