How, where to watch big fireworks shows

Nashville Tennessean
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Good morning, friends, this is Tennessean storytelling columnist Brad Schmitt, feeling sorry for my doggie, LeeLee, who has been cowering on the couch most of the weekend because of fireworks. And the booms are about to get louder.

I'm not telling LeeLee this, but I'll tell you — Nashville broke a record last year by attracting more than 350,000 people (about half Nashville's total population) downtown for the annual Let Freedom Sing! July 4th event. And organizers are expecting even more people tonight.

Fireworks explode in the sky over downtown Nashville for the July 4, 2013 celebration.
Fireworks explode in the sky over downtown Nashville for the July 4, 2013 celebration.

If you're new to Nashville, this is the biggest single night of entertainment of the year, with a full Nashville Symphony Orchestra and at least one big-name headliner (country group Old Dominion this year) preceding an incredible 30-minute fireworks show that's among the biggest and best in the South.

Oh, and it's all free! (Well, except for parking and concessions and, uh, you get the idea.)

Get all the details here from my colleague and friend Rachel Wegner.

Another colleague, Kirsten Fiscus, put together a list of some of the bigger gatherings around Middle Tennessee, and most of those also are free.

Whatever you do, I hope you have a fun and safe July Fourth. And thank you for reading The Tennessean.

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