Fourth of July: Memphis fireworks, festival return to Liberty Park. Here's what's planned.
This year's official City of Memphis fireworks display and "Independence Day" celebration will be held Monday, July 3, in Liberty Park.
The event is co-hosted by the Downtown Memphis Commission, which also is giving away free tickets to the Memphis Redbirds game set for Saturday, July 1, in AutoZone Park, which will be followed by a fireworks show.
The Liberty Park event marks the second year in a row that the city's fireworks party has been relocated to the old Fairgrounds location, from its traditional Downtown home in Tom Lee Park. The relocation is again necessary because of construction at Tom Lee, which is undergoing an ambitious redesign that was put on hold last month so the park could host Memphis in May International Festival events. Tom Lee is set to reopen to the public Labor Day weekend.