Nashville Fireworks on the 4th of July

I told myself that I didn't want to go downtown and deal with 100,000 people, even if the fireworks here are really good. Then, one year I was browsing a different photo website and saw someone who took a pic of the show last year from the east bank side with the skyline in the background and that was all the inspiration I needed.

Neon Big Daddy's Fireworks

Big Daddy's Fireworks is at an I-24 exit in Marion County, TN. There are lots of billboards with this guy all along the area. He looks like a caricatured Texas oil tycoon, but still I think I'd rather get fireworks from him than Nervous Charlie (located north of Nashville on I-65).

Happy Independence Day!

Sad Sam Fireworks

Fireworks makes the clown cry. Or maybe he's sad because he realizes that fireworks at a 10-20% discount is really lame. The fireworks tent on the other side of the county line advertises prices at 50-70% off. The same people, I am told, also own Nervous Charlie's.

I-65 at the TN25 exit

Are you making plans for Fireworks?

Here are some photos taken in downtown Nashville in 2008.

Nashville Fireworks on the 4th

With the recent dry spell we've had around these parts, many towns and counties have placed a ban on shooting off fireworks. At least you have some pretty good options for watching the professionals, as Nashville has one of the top shows in the country. Then, if you don't want to deal with the weather or the crowds or the traffic, there's probably some local station that will carry it.

Kids enjoy the fireworks

Every year, our church buys a couple hundred dollars worth of fireworks and has a modest show in our parking lot. A couple of boys wanted a good view. Our church is out in the country. When I lived in the big city, the church I went to would have never done anything like this.

Country father & son time

Nothing says good safe family fun like shooting discount fireworks off of train tracks. Or maybe it isn't a good idea. Have fun and stay safe.

Sad Sam's and Nervous Charlie's

No drive north of Nashville on I-65 would be complete without seeing the billboards for the two major fireworks stores in the area.

I have more faith in fireworks from someone nervous than someone who was sad. Feel free to disagree. :) In reality, both stores are owned by the same person

The Inflatable Dinosaur that will eat you...

...is now open for business.

Every July in every highway leading out of Nashville, there is a large gravel lot that is not used 11 months of the year. It is the prime real estate for Fireworks tents. This one is I-24 in LaVergne at the exit for Waldron Rd.

Everybody's fireworks are 70% off, so that doesn't make anybody's sales price better than anyone else. If a fireworks stand had a big sign that said 10% off, nobody would stop there. The only other industry that works this way is Jewelry.