Tacoma's 4th of July Fireworks Extravaganza!
Fireworks Sponsored by
A Fireworks Extravaganza!
Herre is a sneak preview of the spectacular grand finale to the Tacoma Freedom Fair, an event presented by the Tacoma Events Commission – a community-based, volunteer-driven, independent non-profit organization – founded 32 years ago. The fireworks barge will be centered on the middle of the event site on the Ruston Way waterfront. There aren't any bad viewing locations along Ruston Way!
The fireworks show begins at 10:10 pm and will include shells ranging from three to ten inches in diameter – the size of basketballs! The height each shell reaches after firing varies depending on size, with the largest reaching a height of almost a quarter of a mile before bursting.
The display will be synchronized to a soundtrack broadcast from souund systems on several stages, and on Warm 106.9 FM and KLAY AM 1180, so bring a radio. The fireworks will be synchronized to the 
soundtrack and digitally discharged. The soundtrack includes arrangements by Tony LoStella/America Be Strong, patriotic songs, and familiar classics.
The show kicks off with an eye-catching opener, with shells specifically sequenced based on colors and effects and designed to exacting accuracy. Manufactured at locations around the world, each shell has unique characteristics depending on where the shells are created, and by what company.
The show includes hundreds of color-changing shells ranging from purple to white with brilliant sapphire blue, gold changing to red and blue, and gold glitter to purple with white strobes. Colorful crackling candles and shells will rain and arc over Commencement Bay.
The extravaganza concludes with a spectacular grand finale that will feature every color in the rainbow and will shake the entire city and beyond.
The fireworks show is produced by Western Display Fireworks, a fourth-generation company locaqted outside Portland that has been presenting fireworks shows for almost six decades in the Northwest and around the world on July 4th, the company will supply more than 250 fireworks displays throughout the country.
The annual 4th of July Freedom Fair is made possible by the support of the city of Tacoma, generous sponsors, and individual donations made by the public at event entry gates, or mailed to:
The Tacoma Events Commission,
P.O. Box 9558,
Tacoma WA 98490-0558.
Please donate generously and help keep this grand event going strong.
