There are many ways to celebrate the Fourth of July with fireworks in New Jersey this year. If you are in Hoboken or Weehawken, or Jersey City & North Bergen you can enjoy the Macy's 4th of July fireworks set off in the Hudson river. It's the nations largest pyrotechnic display – lasting for 26 minutes with over 40,000 firework shells fired from 6 barges in between 24th street and 50th street on the West Side of NYC. At this site, new-jersey-leisure-guide.com/july-4.html, you can find out what's happening in North, Central and South Jersey. For example, another cool event will be the Independence Day Fireworks Spirit Cruise departing from Lincoln Harbor in Weehawken. This 6 hour even will be a 5 hour cruise with a bountiful buffet, engaging entertainment and spectacular views of the display on the Hudson river. The price is 263.90 dollars per adult. In Central Jersey there will be the Freehold Fourth of July Concert & Fireworks at the Freehold Raceway, the concert will feature Rock & Rock Chorus with popular songs by Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, John Mellancamp, Steely Dan & more. It will take place in a picnic-like setting with fireworks at dusk. In South Jersey there will be 2 fireworks displays over the holiday weekend in Atlantic City. On the second there will be flotilla of fireworks over the ocean, launched from a barge located off the pier Shops at Caesars, produced by Grucci. And on July 4th the second largest fireworks show in the nation will be held in the skies above Atlantic City's Marina District.

Everyone thinks the big firework show is on the other side of the river, in NYC, however, New Jersey fireworks for July 4th are quire an event in themselves! Here are some events in specific areas: The Hasbrouck Heights Lions Club will sponsor the fireworks display and present them at Depken Field on Thursday, June 30th at sundown. The Children’s Parade is scheduled for 10:00 AM on Monday, July 4, 2011. There will be prizes for the most patriotic and the most creative entries. [Hasbrouck Heights-Bergen County-North Jersey]; Leonia celebrates the 4th this year with a sports boosters carnival with amusements, rides, food and fun for all at Overpeck County Park on Fort Lee Road. The carnival takes place on Wednesday, June 29th and Thursday, June 30th, 2011. The town has discontinued the fireworks display. There is no mention of it on their website. [Leonia-Bergen County-North Jersey]; The biggest fireworks show in America is back on the Hudson again for 2011. That makes the New Jersey communities of Weehawken and Hoboken very happy indeed. They will both be great spots to view Macy’s 4th of July fireworks spectacular. The staging area for the fireworks is directly across from Weehawken and in front of the Intrepid. The entire show is staged on barges that will be anchored from 24th Street to 50th Street in Manhattan. [Hoboken and Weehawken-Hudson County-North Jersey