Bridgeton sets Fourth of July fireworks at City Park at 9 p.m.

Bridgeton will light off its Fourth of July fireworks at City Park around 9 p.m., closing out the city’s Independence Day activities. The city posted the notice July 1 and framed the display as the final piece of a holiday evening built around the park.

The city’s visitors page places the fireworks at Alden Field in Bridgeton City Park, at 4 Burt Street, and gives a start time of about 9:30 p.m. That same listing says the day begins with the Independence Day Horseshoe Tournament around 11 a.m., making the fireworks part of a longer civic gathering rather than a stand-alone show.

Bridgeton City Park is one of the city’s biggest public spaces, a 1,100-acre destination with walking trails, picnic areas, playing fields, basketball courts and a 7,500-square-foot Splash Park next to Cohanzick Zoo. The city says the park has four picnic areas and no onsite grills, details that matter for families planning to spend the day there before the evening display.

The city’s permit fee schedule says the City Clerk’s office handles road-closure applications, police and fire personnel applications and requests for a waiver of the noise ordinance. That places the fireworks inside a familiar municipal process, with public safety and traffic controls handled through city offices rather than left to chance.

Bridgeton also has a recent public cost benchmark for the holiday show. A February 18, 2025 council resolution authorized Fourth of July fireworks in Bridgeton City Park, named Schaefer Fireworks Inc. and listed a price of $13,912.50. The city’s July 1 announcement, together with that earlier action, shows Bridgeton continuing to treat the fireworks as a planned city event centered on City Park and Alden Field.