Sept. 1 Targeted for Fireworks Following July 4 Postponement

Organizers of Shorewood’s Fourth of July fireworks show gave the preliminary OK Tuesday for a rescheduled fireworks display on the Labor Day weekend.

The Shorewood Foundation, a volunteer-run non-profit organization which funds the fireworks each year, approved a recommendation to the village that the fireworks show be held on Sept. 1, the Saturday before Labor Day. Village officials will still need to approve the new date.

after fire, police and village officials said they were concerned a wind blowing off Lake Michigan could push firework embers onto 's bluff, which is dried out due to a drought. 

Foundation Board President Abe Goldberg said in discussions with Village Manager Chris Swartz, a beach party being held on August 11 by the Friends of Atwater Beach was kicked around as an option, but wasn't viable because the beach would have to be cleared by 2 p.m.

The group also considered a New Year's Eve show, or just canceling the display altogether this year.

The foundation spent $10,000 for this year’s fireworks show, and Goldberg said the contract with the company hired to do the show, Mad Bomber Fireworks Productions, carried a $4,400 cancelation fee.