Barnstable 'Second Summer' Fireworks Are Saturday: What To Know

BARNSTABLE, MA — Barnstable is set to celebrate Fourth of July in September in 2022, and the display is fast approaching.

Scheduled for Sept. 3 with an estimated start time of 8 p.m., onlookers can take in the display at either Kalmus Beach or Veterans Beach in celebration of "Second Summer".

The Annual Fireworks show will be presented from a barge in Lewis Bay over Hyannis Harbor by Atlas Fireworks of New Hampshire. Kalmus and Veterans Beaches will be open for viewing.

Bathrooms will be open at both locations, and the Snack Bar at Kalmus will be open for the event and Perry’s Last Stand Ice cream trucks will be at Veterans.

The HyArts Artist Shanties will be open during the day at Bismore Park (Ocean Street) and the Harbor Overlook. Live music (Saturday Sounds) in the afternoon at Bismore Park and family activities are scheduled for the Overlook from 5 to 7 p.m.

A Parking Ban will be in effect south of South Street (Ocean Street, Old Colony Boulevard, Gosnold Street and all streets running off of Gosnold Street) from 5 p.m. to midnight to allow for pedestrian access, officials said.

Parking will be available in the North Street parking lots and Town Hall parking lot. Tow away zones will be strictly enforced, according to officials.

For more information, view the event page on Facebook here.

According to a previous Patch report, the town decided to postpone its Fourth of July fireworks to Labor Day weekend after Mass Wildlife notified them of close proximity to two endangered species.

Lewis Bay, where Barnstable sets up its fireworks display, has become a popular nesting spot for piping plovers and least terns within the last 15 years, according to data from the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Both species of shorebird are endangered.

Mass Wildlife's Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program (NHESP) requested around noon on July 4, 2021, that Barnstable move its fireworks display — but the town decided moving the explosives would be unsafe.

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