For fireworks in San Pedro, head to ‘Cars and Stripes Forever!’ at Port of LA
Cars and Stripes Forever kicks off the Fourth of July weekend festivities on Friday, July 1, 2022, featuring live music, classic cars and a fireworks show at the foot of the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Cars & Stripes Forever kicks off the Fourth of July weekend festivities on Friday, July 1, 2022, featuring live music, classic cars and a fireworks show at the foot of the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Cars & Stripes Forever kicks off the Fourth of July weekend festivities on Friday, July 1, 2022, featuring live music, classic cars and a fireworks show at the foot of the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Ricardo Alvarez, a member of the Majestic car club, brought his yellow 1964 Chevy Impala Super Sport to the 10th Annual Cars and Stripes Forever! patriotic event near the LA Waterfront promenade in San Pedro on Friday, June 29, 2018.
(Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
A 1959 Chevy Impala is on display during the 10th Annual Cars and Stripes Forever! patriotic event near the LA Waterfront promenade in San Pedro on Friday, June 29, 2018.
(Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Priscilla Garcia and her son Joey, 9, enjoy a slurpy during the 10th Annual Cars and Stripes Forever! patriotic event near the LA Waterfront promenade in San Pedro on Friday, June 29, 2018.
(Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
A 1960 Chevy Impala, owned by a Harbor Classic car club member, is on display at the 10th Annual Cars and Stripes Forever! patriotic event near the LA Waterfront promenade in San Pedro on Friday, June 29, 2018.
(Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Cars & Stripes Forever kicks off the Fourth of July weekend festivities on Friday, July 1, 2022, featuring live music, classic cars and a fireworks show at the foot of the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Fireworks lit up the sky over the port at Cars and Stripes in San Pedro, on Friday, June 30, 2023. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)
Fireworks lit up the sky over the port at Cars and Stripes in San Pedro, on Friday, June 30, 2023. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)
Dozens of classic cars were put on display at Cars & Stripes in San Pedro, on Friday, June 30, 2023. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)
San Pedro’s popular Cars and Stripes Forever! event — a preview for the Fourth of July celebrations — will be presented Friday night, June 28, at Swinford Street and Harbor Boulevard under the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro.
And if you want to see a traditional fireworks show in San Pedro this year, that will be the (only) place to be.
The Port of Los Angeles’ Cars and Stripes Forever! extravaganza, which debuted in 2008 as a way to usher in the summer’s big, patriotic holiday, has become an Independence Day port town staple. It rolls out from 5-10 p.m. Friday.
Held on the Friday night before the 4th, the annual summer show offers up a classic car and motorcycle display, beer garden, live bands, dancing, and food trucks, all against the backdrop of the Port of Los Angeles.
And this year that fireworks finale will be the only professional fireworks show folks will get in San Pedro. The finale for Cars and Stripes will end with its traditional fireworks show over port waters.
A free shuttle to and from downtown San Pedro will be available, as well as low-cost parking at Harbor Boulevard and First Street.
The free, annual event ends with the fireworks show at about 9 p.m.
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