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What is the history of Navy Pier and Navy Pier Summer Fireworks?

Opened as Municipal Pier in 1916, as a port for steamer and shipping traffic, Navy Pier has been evolving in response to the changing needs of a city on a Great Lake — Chicago. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Navy Pier launched the city’s signature ChicagoFests. Since the mid-1990s, the Pier has drawn crowds as an amusement destination, home to a children’s museum, Shakespearean theater, and the Navy Pier Summer Fireworks starting in 1995. Since 1995, the award-winning Navy Pier Summer Fireworks has become a dazzling display of symphonic music, coordinated sound, and choreographed lights.

Where are the best places to watch the Navy Pier Summer Fireworks? 

If you like mingling in crowds with strangers, there are several accessible public viewing areas along the lakefront. For somewhere private, away from crowds and strangers, our well-appointed 68-foot luxury Chris Craft yacht Adeline’s Sea Moose fly deck, bow seating area, and padded sundeck are the tops Where are the best places to what the Navy Pier Summer Fireworks?

3-hour Navy Pier Summer Fireworks Cruise

Adeline’s Sea Moose offers the best Navy Pier Summer Fireworks cruise along with a priceless pampered private yachting experience.  Our 3-hour Navy Pier Summer Fireworks cruise is all-inclusive, so all you and your guests have to do is sit back and enjoy a memorable fireworks display and experience.

Where are the best places to watch the Navy Pier Summer Fireworks?

Navy Pier Summer Schedule 2024

Saturday Navy Pier Fireworks in Chicago
The fireworks display starts at 10 pm
May 25
June 1 | June 8 | June 15 | June 22 | June 29
July 6 | July 13 | July 20 | July 27
August 3 | August 10 | August 17 | August 24 | August 31

Wednesday Navy Pier Fireworks in Chicago
The fireworks display starts at 9 pm
May 29 
June 5 | June 12 | June 19 | June 26
July 3 | July 10 | July 17 | July 24 | July 31
August 7 | August 14 | August 21 | August 28

Navy Pier Fireworks Schedule 2024 subject to change

Limited number of Navy Pier Summer Fireworks cruise dates.

By providing priceless, pampered private yachting experiences, Adeline’s Sea Moose Navy Pier Summer fireworks cruises are undoubtedly among the best places to watch the fireworks at the Navy Pier. However, only a limited number of Navy Pier Summer Fireworks cruise dates are available.

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