Hartford Bonanza 2025: FREE Live Music, Food Trucks & Fireworks in Bushnell Park!

Hartford Bonanza, the Connecticut capital city's annual Independence Day Weekend festival, is set for Saturday, July 5, in historic Bushnell Park. This community-centric celebration, which is free and welcoming for residents and visitors of all ages, features local live music, live DJs, food trucks, a beer garden, a Civic Marketplace, games & recreation, and a newly launched Home in Hartford Expo. 

Headlining act Dwayne Keith & Friends will also lead artists from our main stage in the Bonanza Jam culminating at 10 pm with the Hartford region's biggest Fourth of July Fireworks display. Check out our social media and website for the most up-to-date programming information and set times.

The Bushnell Park Carousel will be open from 3-9 pm. 

RAIN DATE: Sunday, July 6

First Night Hartford, Inc., produces two beloved annual community celebrations in Bushnell Park with art, music, food & fireworks--First Night Hartford (New Year's Eve tradition) & Hartford Bonanza (Independence Day Weekend festival)--that showcase our capital city's arts and cultural ecosystem and promote civic joy, social cohesion, and community pride.