{"id":1140,"date":"2015-05-17T16:36:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T21:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2016-08-05T15:11:10","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T20:11:10","slug":"all-summer-long-at-navy-pier-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/all-summer-long-at-navy-pier-fireworks\/","title":{"rendered":"All Summer Long at Navy Pier, Fireworks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 4<sup>th<\/sup> fireworks at <a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/navy-pier\/\" target=\"_blank\">Navy Pier<\/a> are usually a spectacular sight to see, and rather unsurprisingly, people come far and wide to check out the show. The show is always spectacular, remarkable, stunning, amazing, (insert adjective here), etc.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s one problem though\u2026 July 4<sup>th<\/sup> is still quite a ways off.<\/p>\n<p>While they probably won\u2019t compare in terms of size, audience, and overall magnificence\u2014Navy Pier actually has a biweekly (twice a week, not every two weeks) firework schedule <em>all summer long<\/em>. The fireworks (accompanied by music) begin on the Wednesday after Memorial Day weekend, and they run through and just past Labor Day. Here\u2019s a breakdown of the schedule:<\/p>\n<p><strong>From May 23<sup>rd<\/sup> \u2013 September 5<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday:<\/strong> 9:30 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday:<\/strong> 10:15 pm<\/p>\n<p>The fireworks themselves are free, but if you\u2019re looking to enhance the experience, you can take a ride on one of the many firework cruises that coincide with the show. All of the usual Navy Pier suspects take part: The Odyssey, Seadog, Spirit of Chicago, and Mystic Blue. These usually leave about 15 minutes before the show starts, and being right off the coast of Chicago, they have the best seat in the house.<\/p>\n<p>You can get more info on the individual ship cruises and fireworks <a href=\"https:\/\/navypier.com\/fireworks\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Like I said, in the grand scheme of things, these shows might not be on the level of the 4<sup>th<\/sup>, but they\u2019re still (bear with me, I\u2019m busting out all of the adjectives today) impressive, beautiful, and quite picturesque. Some bonus info: there are always fireworks at Navy Pier on New Year\u2019s Eve too!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a quick promo video from the Pier:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1278\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v92-LHajESM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 4th fireworks at Navy Pier are usually a spectacular sight to see, and rather unsurprisingly, people come far and wide to check out the show. The show&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2279,"featured_media":1141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1594,755],"tags":[369,371,220,370],"class_list":["post-1140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category-family","category-category-things-to-do","tag-fireworks","tag-fireworks-cruise","tag-navy-pier","tag-summer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.4 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>All Summer Long at Navy Pier, Fireworks! | UrbanMatter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You can watch fireworks at the Navy Pier all summer long. 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