20 places to see fireworks in Tampa Bay this Fourth of July

Go boom.

click to enlarge Fireworks over the St. Petersburg, Florida waterfront. - Photo via City of St. Pete/Facebook
Photo via City of St. Pete/Facebook
Fireworks over the St. Petersburg, Florida waterfront.
There’s no shortage of Fourth of July celebrations around, but one of the biggest happens in downtown St. Petersburg where fireworks will be visible from the entire waterfront.

Across the Bay, Tampa goes even harder with the city’s original hot dog eating competition in Ybor City, and the return of the city’s Boom By the Bay fireworks show at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park (complete with an apple pie throwdown).

Tampa’s entire riverwalk will be activated, too, from Heights District Fourth of July Celebration at Armature Works on the north end, and Star Spangled Sparkman (complete with water ski show) on the southern tip of the 2.6-mile span.
That's fireworks from three different locations in downtown Tampa alone, if you're keeping score.

See our big list of Tampa Bay Fourth of July fireworks celebrations—which kick off Saturday, June 29—below.

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