Commemorate Independence Day with live music and celebratory fireworks in the heart of downtown Baltimore. The Ports America Chesapeake Fourth of July Celebration takes place Friday, July 4, 2014 from 7pm to 10pm. Visitors to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor can enjoy music by reggae band Jah Works starting at 4pm, followed by the U.S. Naval Academy Band Electric Brigade performing Top 40 music at 7pm. Entertainment takes place at the Inner Harbor Amphitheater, located at Pratt and Light streets. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake kicks off the multicolored fireworks display 9:30pm.

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The holiday fireworks can be viewed from several locations in downtown and the surrounding neighborhoods of Federal Hill, Fell’s Point and Harbor East.