Independence Day Fireworks

Red, white, and ‘ooh’

The City of Rehoboth Beach is set to put the “ooh” and “ahh” into the 2026 Independence Day holiday with a fireworks display to launch around 9:30 pm Sunday, July 5. The display is visible along Rehoboth’s mile-plus beach and boardwalk. Festivities begin with a concert performance at the bandstand at 8 pm.

Traffic control and road closures

Road closures will be implemented to facilitate access and safety:

• The bandstand area will be closed to vehicular traffic from 6 pm-midnight.
• ​Beginning at 7 pm, only bus traffic and residents will be permitted on Henlopen and Surf avenues.
• Residents on Henlopen Avenue and in Henlopen Acres and North Shores must access their residences via 2nd Street beginning at 7 pm.
• Vehicles will not be able to cross Rehoboth Avenue at the circle beginning at 7:30 pm.
• Rehoboth Avenue eastbound and Church Street from State Route 1 will be closed to vehicular traffic beginning at 8 pm. At that point, all vehicles entering Rehoboth Beach will have to do so via State Road to Bayard Avenue.
• To exit Rehoboth after the fireworks, vehicles north of Rehoboth Avenue will be directed to exit via Rehoboth and Columbia avenues. Vehicles on the south side of Rehoboth Avenue will use Bayard Avenue to State Route 1 southbound only or Hickman or Munson streets to State Road to Route 1 north- and southbound.