Carbondale Fireworks

 As of 7:45, the concern about inclinent weather  has passed and Carbondale's fireworks are scheduled to go on as planned, although the musical programing will start later than scheduled. Of course, nothing about the weather has stopped people in town from setting off fireworks starting shortly before 6 p.m.

July 4th fireworks

Carbondale will host its annual Independence Day fireworks display at the SIUC baseball fields with parking in the Bantera Cener parking lot. There will be a concert starting at 7:45 with the fireworks beginning at 9:15.

Of course, you could just wait around the town square as Carbondalians will shoot off fireworks in the neighborhoods to the northeast and northwest of the Pavillion

Fireworks

 Looks as if Carbondale's Fourth of July fireworks display will take place south of the Bantera Center on the SIUC campus. Spectators are advised to park in Banterra Center parking lots 18 and 56. Overflow parking will be directed to lot 89, north of the Banterra Center. Roads will start to close in the area about 6 p.m.

Fireworks

 In case you want to view Carbondale fireworks tonight, they are best visible from the Bantera Center Parking lots. Road closures on campus start at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 9:15 

July 4th

 Carbondale's Fourth of July fireworks have moved back to the SIUC campus with best viewing from the parking lot by the Stadium and Arena. According to the WSJ, the supply of consumer fireworks is expected to be 30% lower this year and cost 25% more

Fireworks

 Sort notice but the city has announced, after skipping it last year, that  it will host the annual fireworks display on Sunday July 4th. News release does not say exactly where the display will be, but given that the news release says best viewing is in the Banterra Stadium parking lot, I would bet "Itchy" Jones Stadium. To my mind, this is a better choice than the Superblock as there is much more parking and no residential property in the area.

Fireworks

According to this press release from SIUC, Carbondale's fireworks display will move from the Superblock back to the SIUC campus, likely down by the Arena where they took place for a number of years.

Fireworks Rescheduled

Just received the following email from City Manager Gary Williams announcing that, due to bad weather, Carbondale fireworks will take place tomorrow night:

Due to bad weather being forecast for the evening of July 4^th,

the Carbondale Fireworks Show is being rescheduled

for Tuesday, July 5^th at 9:00 PM at the Carbondale Super Block.

Fireworks

In case you missed this, Carbondale's July 4th fireworks have moved this year from their long time home near Abe Martin Field on the SIUC campus to the east side of University Mall.

Not sure if fireworks will be a good idea, given the  drought the area (and all of Illinois) is suffering. We have received less than 2 inches of rain over the last 4 weeks and are about 8 inches down from the amount of rain we normally have received by this time of the year.  Even though they are illegal in Illinois, I expect to hear a lot of fireworks going off over the next couple of weeks, with a subsequent increase in calls to the Carbondale Fire Department.