July 4th Celebrated Across LA

Tomorrow is Independence Day!  Setting off your own fireworks is illegal in Los Angeles, but there are plenty of celebrations to attend. Here are some near South LA:

Carson
Home Depot Center
LA Galaxy vs. Seattle Sounders Soccer Match
18400 Avalon Blvd.
Carson
Game at 7:30, Post game fireworks

Downey
Downey High School
10410 Brookshire (Brookshire and Firestone)
5:00 – 8:30 p.m. Food and Family Fun
9:00 p.m. 25-minute Fireworks Show

Gardena
Rowley Park (Baseball Field)
13220 S. Van Ness Ave.
9:00 p.m.

Huntington Park
Salt Lake Park (Northwest Soccer Field)
3401 E. Florence Blvd.
9:00 p.m.

Los Angeles
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
8th Annual Fireworks Extravaganza
3911 South Figueroa St.
Kicking off this free event, KJLH will be providing music beginning at 5pm from a stage located at the east side of Christmas Tree Lane, which is situated just east of the Coliseum. The fireworks display itself will get started at dusk (approximately 9pm). The best vantage point to catch this world-class show will be at the east end of Christmas Tree Lane, as well as at the South Lawn, which is just to the north of the Coliseum, between the Coliseum itself and the Natural History Museum.  Parking for this event will also be free. Those that will be traveling by car are encouraged to enter Exposition Park at Martin Luther King, jr. Blvd and Hoover.  Immediately adjacent to the Fireworks Extravaganza, the California African American Museum has a full slate of activities planned for the 4th. T

Lynwood
Lynwood City Park
Baseball Field
11301 Bullis Rd.
9:00 p.m.

South Gate
South Gate Park
Corner of Pinehurst and Tweedy
9:00 p.m.

Find more fireworks shows here or check out more ideas for celebrating.