Televised live on NBC-TV beginning at 8:00 pm
Broadcast live on WINS 1010
Saturday, July 4, free, 9:20 pm (approx.)
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Macy’s July Fourth extravaganza will honor the U.S. military this year with a fireworks show titled “Brave.” The thirty-ninth annual event consists of four barges between Twenty-Third and Thirty-Seventh Sts. on the East River, along with a fifth barge downtown by the South Street Seaport, setting off fifty thousand shells in twenty-two colors. The show, broadcast live on NBC and WINS 1010, will include live performances by Dierks Bentley, Kelly Clarkson, Flo Rida, Brad Paisley, Ed Sheeran, and Meghan Trainor, with Willie Geist and Tamron Hall sharing hosting duties. The twenty-five-minute fireworks explosion will combine patriotic favorites with original songs written for the Independence Day display; the soundtrack features Rodney Atkins, Cece Winans, the United States Air Force Band, and the debut of Gloria Estefan’s “America” with Brooklyn’s Park Place Community Middle School Choir. Among the best viewing points are along the elevated portions of the FDR Drive, with access at Houston, Twenty-Third, Thirty-Fourth, and Forty-Second Sts. as well as Broad St. Ground Level, Old Slip Upper Level, and Pearl & Frankfort, but you’ll need to get to some of those spots early because they fill up quickly and then will close to further visitors.