Fireworks return to downtown Lynchburg on Friday The colorful display will start at 9:15 p.m. Published: Tags: Fireworks return to downtown Lynchburg LYNCHBURG, Va. – To honor Independence Day, fireworks are returning to downtown Lynchburg for the first time since 2018. The colorful display will take place at 9:15 p.m. on Friday, July 2. You can watch the show from areas including Riverfront Park and the Bluffwalk. The Downtown Lynchburg Association is hosting the event, thanks in large part to BWX Technologies. Small businesses will offer food and drink specials, but you can also bring your own. “Make sure you get to downtown early. I wouldn’t expect to arrive at nine o’clock and be able to make it to Riverfront [Park]. Get here, bring a picnic or go to dinner, and set up space wherever you want to be so that you can make sure at 9:15 you’re ready for the festivities,” said Downtown Lynchburg Association Executive Director Ashley Kershner.