The 9^th Annual “Big Bay Boom“

July 4^th Fireworks Show

“A Salute to the Military Families of our Service Heroes”

Named 3^rd Best Fireworks Show in Nation by AOL!!

Named in June 2001 issue of San Diego Magazine

As “BEST NEW FIREWORKS SHOW” in San Diego!!

The 2009 Event – NINTH YEAR IN A ROW!!

For the eighth year on Saturday, July 4^th, 2009, San Diego’s North Bay known as THE BIG BAY will light up with a spectacular fireworks display orchestrated to originally produced music selections. Given the natural amphitheater from Point Loma to Shelter Island to Harbor Island to Liberty Station to Little Italy to the North Embarcadero to Seaport Village and the South Embarcadero to the Coronado Ferry Landing, the “show” will capture the attention of hundreds of thousands of people. This is the largest annual event in Southern California with 750,000+ people viewing the show.

Click Here to view an event poster.

The “show’ will consist of 16 1/2 minutes of some of the most technically advanced fireworks produced by one of the best world wide operators of fireworks displays. The fireworks artists will choreograph the 4 barge pyrotechnics simultaneously to music broadcast “live” on BCA’s WALRUS 105.7FM radio and FOX 5 television.

Location of the event will be on four barges strategically located around North San Diego Bay. The Coast Guard, Harbor Police and special patrol vessels will assist in providing safety on the water and the Harbor Police and City of San Diego Police will assist in traffic coordination and public safety on land.

Click Here for a map of the four barges.

The Port of San Diego’s Big Bay July 4^th Fireworks Show was established in 2001 to bring business to the Port Tenants and to benefit the San Diego Armed Services YMCA’s family service programs for our military families including our wounded warriors at Balboa Naval Hospital. San Diego has thousands of military personnel deployed and the families left behind often face specific challenges that the Armed Services YMCA helps them resolve.

Our Event Mission

To provide the annual July 4^th Fireworks Show for the viewing pleasure of the residents of San Diego County and the visitors on land and on the water to the North San Diego Bay known as THE BIG BAY. A particular focus will be to enhance the visitation to the Point Loma, Shelter Island, Harbor Island, Mission Hills, Little Italy, North & South Embarcadero, Coronado and to promote the business interests on the Port Tidelands and the surrounding communities.

The net proceeds of the event will go to the San Diego Armed Services YMCA whose goal is “to enhance the lives of military personnel and their family members in spirit, mind, and body, by providing programs that strengthen families and are relevant to the unique challenges of military life.”

San Diego Armed Services YMCA – 3293 Santos Road, San Diego, CA 92124 * Tel: 858-751-5755