Plan your Fourth of July

Sun. 7/4

Fourth of July Celebration and Old Fashioned Picnic Performance by the Delaware Symphony Orchestra and the Delaware Valley Chorale. Fireworks at dusk. 4-10 p.m. July 4. Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park, Water and South French streets at the Christina River, Wilmington. www.wilmingtonde.gov/july4th. Free.

Dover Fireworks 9:20 p.m. July 4. Dover City Hall Plaza, Loockerman Street, Dover. www.dover4thofjuly.com. Free.

Caesar Rodney Rides Again Holiday program. Caesar Rodney portrayed by local actor Dick Pack. 2:30 p.m. July 4. Delaware Public Archives, 121 Duke of York St., Dover. 744-5047. Free.

27th Bethany Beach Independence Day Parade and Celebration Fireworks at dusk July 4. Begins at noon July 5 at Garfield Parkway and Pennsylvania Avenue. 539-8011 or visit www.townofbethanybeach.com.

Fireworks and Fountains Show “Founder’s Favorites,” mixes the lighted fountains, fireworks and founder Pierre S. du Pont’s favorite music. 9:15 p.m. July 4. Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, near Kennett Square. (610) 388-1000. $18-$38. www.longwoodgardens.org

Fireworks Express Train travels from Greenbank Station to Hockessin East Station for Fourth of July fireworks show. Reservations required. Departure 7 p.m. July 4. Wilmington & Western Railroad Greenbank Station, 2201 Newport-Gap Pike, near Prices Corner. 998-1930. $15-$18. www.wwrr.com.

Liberty Day and Fireworks 6-9 p.m.; fireworks start between 9 and 9:30 July 4. University of Delaware’s David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, South College Avenue, Newark. 366-7060 or www.cityofnewarkde.us. Free. www.dsadelaware.org

Middletown Fourth of July Bring lawn chairs. Fireworks at dusk July 4. Silver Lake Park - Middletown, Catherine Street, Middletown. www.middletownde.org. Free.

Old-Fashioned Fourth of July 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Annual Lewes Doo-Dah Parade at 5 p.m. July 4. Town of Lewes. Free. 645-8073 or www.leweschamber.com.

Rehoboth Beach Fireworks Music 8-9 p.m., fireworks around 9:15 p.m. July 4. Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk, Beginning at Delaware Avenue, Rehoboth Beach. Free.

Hockessin Fourth of July Neighborhood Relays 7:30-11:30 a.m., Piedmont Fields near the Hockessin Library; parade 3 p.m., top of the Hill (St. Mary’s of the Assumption) Old Lancaster Pike proceeding toward Valley Road; fireworks at dusk. July 4. http://www.hgrotary.org.

Let Freedom Ring – New Castle Ceremony featuring an invocation and song. Followed by the ringing of the bells. 1:25 p.m. July 4. Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green, 100 Harmony St., New Castle. www.let-freedom-ring.org.