Regional fireworks display and events

Display location:Havelock City Park
City:HAVELOCK
State:NC
Date:9:30 p.m. July 4
HAVELOCK - Havelock Freedom Festival held at Havelock City Park from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Visitors can enjoy a day of old-fashioned contests, prizes and game booths. The day will close out with a fireworks display at 9:30 p.m.

Display location: Lawson Creek Park
City:NEW BERN
State:NC
Date:t 9 p.m July 4
NEW BERN - Fourth of July held at Lawson Creek Park from 3 to 9 p.m. Children can enjoy bounce houses, a giant slide, an obstacle course and misting tents from 3 to 8 p.m. Beginning at 7 p.m. there will be a reading of the Declaration of Independence by the Carolinian Shakespeare Festival, accompanied by patriotic music. Fireworks begin at 9 p.m., featuring meteors, crackling comets, stars, butterflies and peonies.

Display location: Neuseway Park
City:KINSTON
State:NC
Date: 6 p.m July 4
KINSTON - Sand in the Streets and Fireworks at Neuseway Park at 6 p.m. Enjoy beach music, food and games during the Sand in the Streets concert. The Showmen will be performing live until the fireworks display begins.

Display loaction:Wilmingaton at Carolina Beach Boardwalk
City:WILMINGTON
State:DE
Date:July 4th at dusk
WILMINGTON-Pleasure Island Fireworks Display held in Wilmington at Carolina Beach Boardwalk begins at dusk.

Display location: Carolinas
City:WILMINGTON
State:DE
Date:9:05 p.m July 4
WILMINGTON -Riverfront Celebration and Battleship Blast held at the USS Battleship Memorial from 5 to 9 p.m. The 440th North Carolina Army National Guard Band will be providing patriotic music until the 13th annual Battleship Blast at 9:05 p.m. The Battleship Blast is the largest fireworks display in the Carolinas.

Display location:Town Commons
City:GREENVILLE
State:NC
Date: July 4
GREENVILLE- Town Commons Fireworks held from 4 to 9:30 p.m. Food and music will also be provided to those visiting the Town Commons.

GOLDSBORO -Goldsboro Jaycees' Fourth of July Street Festival held from noon to 4 p.m. at Cornerstone Commons with the festival including arts and craft vendors as well as antique cars.

Display location:Walter B. Jones Town Commons
City:FARMVILLE
State:VA
Date:9 p.m July 4
FARMVILLE- July Fourth Celebration at 6 p.m. at the Walter B. Jones Town Commons with the Little Sister Band performing oldies, pop and country songs to get the crowd dancing. The band will play until the fireworks display begins at 9 p.m.

Regional events

ATLANTIC BEACH -Fort Macon State Park at Atlantic Beach offers cannon firings July 4 at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m.; 1:30, 2:30, and 3:30 p.m. and view the firing process of a Civil War cannon.

Civil War Musket demonstration held July 4 at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Learn about the firing process of the Civil War musket.

NEW BERN-Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens will hold a reading of the Declaration of Independence at 11 a.m. July 4. Visitors can enjoy the performances by the Fife and Drum Corps, along with free family entertainment including crafts and games for children from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Colonial characters will present view of those loyal to the crown and supporting the colony's independence.

KINSTON - July Fourth Naturalization ceremony held at 10 a.m. July 4 at Harmony Hall to swear in new U.S. citizens. Candidates for citizenship are evaluated and approved by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Candidates from all around the world will receive their citizenship.

Display location:Cape Fear River
City:WILMINGTON
State:DE
Date:July 4
WILMINGTON-Fourth of July Cruise aboard the Henrietta III Riverboat from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. boarding downtown on Dock Street. A buffet dinner including baked chicken, barbecue pork, green beans, baked beans, potato salad, coleslaw, dessert, coffee and tea. The cruise will offer a view of the Battleship Blast fireworks over the Cape Fear River. Cost is adults, $59 and children (2-12), $39.

Display location:Winner Party Boat
City:WILMINGTON
State:DE
Date:July 4
WILMINGTON-Winner Party Boat July Fourth Cruise aboard the Winner Party Boat boarding from Carolina Beach Marina at 6:30 p.m. A buffet dinner including barbecued baby back ribs, honey-baked beans, macaroni salad, coleslaw, hot garlic rolls, dessert and iced tea. View the Southport Fireworks Show as the boat glides down the Cape Fear River. Cost is adults, $50, Children (12 and under) $35.

Display location: Lou-Mac Park
City:ORIENTAL
State:IA
Date: 9:30 p.m July 4
ORIENTAL - The Croaker Festival 2009 held at Lou-Mac Park begins at 4 p.m. July 4 with the Pamlico Band performing following with The Pamlico Chorale. Kids Park opens at 6 p.m. with putt-putt golf and games. Street dance at 8 p.m. featuring The Soul Shakers. Croaker Festival Parade held at 10 a.m. Sunday with Kids Park opening at 11:45 a.m. and music begins on the main stage. Croaker Festival Regatta with races starting at 2 p.m. Street dance begins at 6 p.m. and Fireworks over the harbor at 9:30 p.m.

CLIFFS OF THE NEUSE - Seven Springs at Cliffs of the Neuse State Park offers a nature hike at 2 p.m. July 4. Park Ranger Joel will lead a group through the Spanish Moss Trail along the cliffs' edge with views of the Neuse River below. The hike is free. Children and adults alike can enjoy an afternoon of swimming ($3 for children, $4 for adults) in the 11-acre man-made lake that is equipped with a diving platform.