The 2011 4th of July weekend will be full of fireworks and fun all around Reno, Sparks, and Lake Tahoe. The biggest Independence Day event in the Truckee Meadows is Star Spangled Sparks. Things start early in the morning on July 4 at Sparks Marina Park, then continue all day with a full schedule of fun activities. The party then migrates to Victorian Square for an afternoon and evening of family friendly events, capped off by a spectacular fireworks show blasted off from The Nugget's hotel towers.
Spectacular fireworks for Reno / Tahoe 4th of July.
Photo © Stan White
The Reno Aces are going all-out for the 4th of July weekend. The regular fireworks show will go off after the game on Friday and they've just added a fireworks display on Saturday as well. On Sunday, July 3 at Aces Ballpark, the official Independence Day fireworks is scheduled. If you want to go to any of this weekend's Aces games, get tickets now or you're likely to find them sold out.
Up at Lake Tahoe, Star Spangled Fourth - Lights on the Lake at South Lake Tahoe includes a massive fireworks show launched from a barge out on the lake. It is billed as one of the top five displays in the country. Other shows around the Lake will be at Tahoe City, Incline Village, Kings Beach, and Truckee.
Fireworks are illegal everywhere in northern Nevada and California except approved public fireworks displays, period. Under a no tolerance policy, fire departments and the police will bust anyone caught shooting off fireworks, as they should. Don't do it.
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Reservation is the one exception to illegal fireworks in Washoe County. If you must do your own fireworks, learn how this works from my Fourth of July at Pyramid Lake article.
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The most incredibly outstanding fireworks display I have ever witnessed was in Tahoe!