Catch Navy Pier's free fireworks show, every Wednesday at 9 PM and Saturday at 10 PM, from Memorial Day to Labor Day in Chicago. Chicago police say a stampede that injured more than a dozen at Navy Pier on July 4 was sparked by a firework thrown into a crowd and a warning of a possible shooter. Join Navy Pier for a special Fourth of July Weekend celebration in Chicago. Enjoy free live music, dance performances, and more. Live on the Lake! on Navy Pier Navy Pier offers a family-friendly 4th of July celebration called Live on the Lake! The free concert series is usually scheduled from 1 pm through 9 pm. Navy Pier fireworks are the most popular part of the holiday. Normally, you can watch the show from the Navy Pier or book a lake cruise to marvel at this special spectacle over Lake Michigan in the most "Chaos" unfolded at a Chicago Fourth of July fireworks display after three people were stabbed and a man was wrongly thought to have been hit by an active shooter, according to police. The city’s official fireworks spectacular will take place at Navy Pier on July 5, according to Choose Chicago. The extended show, part of the pier’s summer fireworks series on Wednesdays and 4 Dead and 14 Injured in Chicago Drive-By Shooting Gunfire from a passing car ripped into a crowd of clubgoers in the River North neighborhood, the police said. Navy Pier — one of the most popular places in Chicago to see summer fireworks — won't hold a Fourth of July show. Three people were stabbed as a result of a fight and at least 14 people were injured, many from an unrelated stampede, Thursday night at Chicago’s Navy Pier following the Fourth of July CHICAGO (CBS) -- Security guards thought there might have been an active shooter Navy Pier during Thursday night's July Fourth celebrations, and Chicago police jumped into action in active Link to event page Navy Pier Navy Pier Summer Fireworks run Wednesdays beginning around 9 p.m. and Saturdays beginning around 10 p.m. from May 24 through Aug. 30. One man is dead and another man is in custody after a stabbing Sunday at one of the city's most popular tourist destinations. On a hot summer day at a packed Navy Pier, Chicago police were called While some of Chicago's most famous fireworks displays won't be happening this Fourth of July, that doesn't mean you won't be able to see some explosions in the sky for Independence Day. No fireworks in Chicago for the Fourth of July. Navy Pier will still host fireworks displays on July 2 and July 5. CHICAGO (AP) — Police said a false report of gunfire set off a stampede that trampled more than a dozen people at Chicago’s annual July 4 fireworks display Thursday at Navy Pier, where The City of Chicago's fireworks extravaganza won't be held on the Fourth of July, but Navy Pier will still put on a show for residents on the eve of the holiday. At least three people were stabbed and more than a dozen injured in a subsequent stampede after panic broke out at Chicago’s Navy Pier on Thursday following a Fourth of July fireworks show, Get ready for unforgettable nights on the Pier with breathtaking views and a fireworks experience you won’t want to miss! ***There will be NO Navy Pier Fireworks on July 4th, 2025*** Plus, don’t miss the grand finale on New Year’s Eve (12/31) at midnight to ring in the new year with an amazing free fireworks show! The city’s official fireworks spectacular will take place at Navy Pier on July 5, according to Choose Chicago. The extended show, part of the pier’s summer fireworks series on Wednesdays and Three people, including two teens, were stabbed and more than a dozen others injured in a subsequent stampede at Navy Pier following the Fourth of July fireworks display.
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