More than 20,000 firework shells containing some 17,000 pounds of explosives will be shot into the air Tuesday night as part of the biggest Melaleuca Freedom Celebration in Idaho Falls history. Organizers and workers spent Monday at Snake River Landing preparing and setting up the fireworks that will be displayed during the 31-minute show.Read More
The American Pyrotechnics Association (APA) has named the Melaleuca Freedom Celebration as one of the top five must-see Independence Day fireworks displays in America. The list, released Wednesday, includes recommendations “for the most avid of fireworks fans” to consider this 4th of July.Read More
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Melaleuca Freedom Festival is home to the largest fireworks show west of the Mississippi River. More than 20,000 fireworks shells (totaling over 17,000 lbs.) will burst over the banks of the Snake River.Read More
This year’s Melaleuca Freedom Celebration will be unlike any other fireworks show in Idaho Falls’ history. This is the show’s 25th year. Not only does the 25th anniversary promise to deliver far more firepower and a more dazzling pyrotechnic display than ever before, but it will do so from a new location along the banks of the Snake River, namely Snake River Landing.Read More
USATODAY.com has named the Melaleuca Freedom Celebration one of the best fireworks shows in America. The article features “dazzling displays that are set to burst overhead this year” in cities all across the country.Read More
