Julio Garcia

San Jose/South Bay Fireworks for July 4th 2006

Here is a list of firework shows in the San Jose, South Bay area. If you know of any others, please list them in the comments.

Great America in Santa Clara will not have a firework show on the 4th, but the 1st through 3rd instead (lame).

• NBC11 Festival for Independence (Downtown San Jose)
  This will probably be the biggest firework show on the 4th. Traffic isn’t that bad if you take the streets just north of downtown to get out. Forget 87 since it is closed until midnight.
• Church on the Hill (San Jose)
  This one is the closest you’ll find to Willow Glen. I have a balcony view of this show. Photos may or may not follow.
• Central Park (Santa Clara)
  I don’t know what to say about this one… I lived 2 blocks from Central Park for about 4 years and never noticed their 4th of July events.
• Cupertino
  Fireworks Display at Cupertino High School, Cupertino Parks & Recreation
• Morgan Hill
  This outpost town claims “Northern California’s largest Independence Day Celebration”, whatever. Head down there if you want to watch a 30 minute firework show then spend 1 hour in traffic trying to get out of there. More info…
• Gilroy
  Just head to Morgan Hill and be thankful your high school’s mascot isn’t an acorn.

update:
• There will be a fireworks show following the San Jose Giants game

Also, the Merc has a listing of locations as well. Hopefully they won’t put this article behind their membership walls.

Again, please add any I may have missed in the comments.

update:My photos