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Host a Private Event
Designed for 75-250 guests, a private reception during one of our Fireworks & Fountains Shows is an unparalleled experience featuring spectacular entertainment, unmatched culinary artistry, and hospitality at its best. Join us for an unforgettable evening for you and your guests.
For more information, contact our Events team at 610.388.5340 or events@longwoodgardens.org.
Fireworks & Fountains Shows
Dates & Tickets
September 26, 2026
at 8:15 pm
Reserved Seating
All seating for Fireworks & Fountains Shows is reserved. Reserved seating allows you to select your seat, then arrive to your seat placed and waiting for you—no need to bring your own chair.
Reserved Seating: $55–$84
Gardens Preferred, Gardens Premium Members, and Innovators: $47–72
Ticket prices include all fees.
All guests 2 years of age and older must have a paid, ticketed Fireworks & Fountains Show seat. Guests under 2 years of age must sit in a parent’s lap; otherwise, a ticket must be purchased.
Tickets include all-day Gardens admission. Tickets limited. Sell out likely.
Please note: Fireworks & Fountains Shows require a special ticket; Illuminated Fountain Performances are included in Gardens Admission.
Shows will proceed in rain.
The decision to delay or cancel the show due to dangerous weather (lightning or high winds) will be made at the time of the show; please plan to arrive as normal.
Umbrellas must be closed at the time of the show so as not to obstruct the view. Rain gear (such as ponchos) is permitted. Strollers are permitted in the Gardens, but not within the performance seating area and must be parked in the designated stroller parking location during Fireworks & Fountains Shows.
Fireworks tickets are non-refundable and may not be exchanged for another date or time. Should we experience extreme weather conditions, the show will be rescheduled for the next day at the same time and ticketholders will be notified.
Host a Private Event
Designed for 75-250 guests, a private reception during one of our Fireworks & Fountains Shows is an unparalleled experience featuring spectacular entertainment, unmatched culinary artistry, and hospitality at its best. Join us for an unforgettable evening for you and your guests.
For more information, contact our Events team at 610.388.5340 or events@longwoodgardens.org.
The brightest nights are here with our spectacular Fireworks & Fountains Shows. Join us for these dazzling displays of sheer spectacle.
2026 Fireworks & Fountains Shows
Electric 80s
Saturday, September 26 at 8:15 pm
Step into a neon time machine as dazzling fireworks and dancing fountains bring the biggest sounds of the 80s to life. Turn back the clock and crank up the volume as iconic favorites from Take On Me and Sweet Dreams to Just Can’t Get Enough and Video Killed the Radio Star provide the soundtrack for this high-energy spectacle. This spectacular show celebrates the bold style and electric flair that made the 80s so unforgettable.
Begin your evening with live music of a completely different era as Drew Nugent & The Midnight Society present Jazz Age blues, jazz, and pop in the Beer Garden (5:00–7:45). Then, make your way to the Main Fountain Garden for a legendary Fireworks & Fountains Show.
Dining
The Café and Beer Garden will be open each of these evenings, no reservations necessary: open until 9:00 pm July 2, July 19, August 8, and August 22; open until 8:00 pm September 6 and September 26.
1906 will offer a prix fixe menu for Fireworks & Fountains Show ticketholders. A new menu will be posted for upcoming shows. Reservations required via tock.
2026 Playlists
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- Aaron Copland: Hoedown from Rodeo
- Samuel Barber: Commando March
- John Philip Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever
- Charlie Parker: Summertime
- Kevin Puts: Contact II: Scherzo
- Meredith Monk: Ellis Island
- Leonard Bernstein: America
- David Byrne: Don't Fence Me In
- Jennifer Higdon: Amazing Grace
- Virgil Thomson: The Plow that Broke the Plains
- Leroy Anderson: Chicken Reel
- Beyoncé: The Star Spangled Banner
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- No One Mourns the Wicked from Wicked
- Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz
- Ease on Down the Road from The Wiz
- If Only I Had a Brain from The Wizard of Oz
- (I’m a) Mean Ole Lion from The Wiz
- We're Off to See the Wizard from The Wizard of Oz
- Popular from Wicked
- Slide Some Oil to Me from The Wiz
- The Feeling We Once Had from The Wiz
- Defying Gravity from Wicked
- A Brand New Day from The Wiz
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- Jackie Wilson: (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
- Aretha Franklin: I Say a Little Prayer
- James Brown: I Got You (I Feel Good)
- Barry White: Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe
- Natalie Cole: This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)
- Sixpence None the Richer: Kiss Me
- Redbone: Come and Get Your Love
- Lady Gaga: Vanish Into You
- Beyonce: Love on Top
- Stephanie Mills: Never Knew Love Like This Before
- Stevie Wonder: Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)
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- Belle of the Ball
- Syncopated Clock
- Serenata
- Waltzing Cat
- Promenade
- Trumpeter's Lullaby
- Bugler's Holiday
- Sleigh Ride
- Blue Tango
- Clarinet Candy
- Fiddle Faddle
- Saraband
- Home Stretch
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- Elton John: Rocket Man
- Beastie Boys: Intergalactic
- David Bowie: Space Oddity
- Muse: Starlight
- Van Morrison: Moondance
- Meshell Ndegecello:Soul Spaceship
- John Williams: Wild Signals
- The Killers: Spaceman
- Adam Ant: Apollo 9
- Europe: The Final Countdown
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- The Buggles: Video Killed the Radio Star
- A-Ha: Take On Me
- Philip Oakley: Together in Electric Dreams
- Depeche Mode: Just Can’t Get Enough
- Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams
- Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime
- Limahl: Never Ending Story
- Dead or Alive: You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
- Alphaville: Forever Young
- Erasure: A Little Respect
- Pet Shop Boys: It’s a Sin
Please Note
For non-Fireworks & Fountains ticketholders, last admission is 2:30 pm and Gardens close at 6:00 pm on the dates of Fireworks & Fountains Shows.
To prepare for the shows, the following areas will be closed all day on Fireworks & Fountains Show days: Oak and Conifer Knoll, Eye of Water, Chimes Tower, and Hillside Garden.
The Main Fountain Garden fountain area, Idea Garden, Rose Garden, and Topiary Garden will close at 7:30 pm (for 9:15 pm shows) and at 6:30 pm (for 8:15 pm shows).