Fourth of July Drone Shows Replace Fireworks Across the US

Skies above cities and towns across the nation will once again light up for the Fourth of July, but in many areas, fireworks are being replaced by drones. 

Drone shows have spiked in popularity over the past couple of years with impressive shows everywhere. Last year alone, they helped ring in the queen’s jubilee and the king’s coronation. 

They were breaking Guinness World Records and helping a Texas family win the “Great Christmas Light Fight.”

Even Disney cashed in on the action, launching its new drone show “Disney Dreams That Soar” in the sky over Disney Springs in May.

And now Fourth of July Festivities across the U.S. are following suit. 

Sky Elements has 35 public Fourth of July drone shows on deck this year all over the country. The company’s drone shows are scheduled to feature between 100 and 500 drones and are set for the skies from Florida to Washington State. 

The company’s founders, who come from a fireworks background, say drone shows are surging in popularity because they are the “perfect alternative to events that cannot host firework shows due to burn bans. States like New Mexico, Colorado and California will be flying drone shows in lieu of fireworks as a viable, fire-safe alternative.” 

Not only are drone shows safer, they are also more environmentally friendly and don’t leave any debris to clean up after the show. 

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And while lots of cities and towns are moving away from fireworks to drone shows, some are doing a little of both.

At Sky Element’s Let Freedom Sing drone show in Nashville, 40,000 pounds of pyrotechnics are planned to fire during the show, all synchronized to music.