Fans get in the 4th of July mood Sunday at the Esplanade.
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Keith Lockhart will lead the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra at the Hatch Shell by the Charles River on July 4th, Independence Day.
Festivities begin at noon, the Pops play from 8 to 10 p.m., and fireworks begin immediately afterward. During the fireworks celebration, Seiji Ozawa, music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, will conduct the Esplanade Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's ''1812 Overture.''
Four large TV screens will be set up for viewing at various sites: Exeter Street, near Longfellow Bridge, and two back to back on Memorial Drive on the Cambridge side of the river.
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Begun in 1974, the brainchild of then conductor Arthur Fiedler and local businessman David Mugar, this annual Fourth of July concert is known across the nation. It will be televised on WCVB-Ch. 5 locally and nationally on A&E from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Getting there
Concert-goers are encouraged to take public transportation. Subway riders should buy tokens ahead of time to cut down on lines at MBTA booths. Extra service will be provided on the Blue, Green, Orange, and Red lines.
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Points to remember:
No alcoholic beverages are allowed.
No overnight camping is allowed on the Esplanade.
No parking will be allowed on Storrow Drive.
No parking will be allowed on Memorial Drive between the Reid Overpass and the Longfellow Bridge from noon on Saturday through Monday at 6 a.m.
Storrow Drive will close Sunday at 8 a.m. and will remain closed until 6 a.m. Monday.
The Mass. Ave. Bridge (in both directions) will be closed between Beacon Street on the Boston side and and Vassar Street on the Cambridge side starting Sunday at 6 p.m.
At 5 p.m., the Longfellow Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic until midnight.
At 5 p.m., Memorial Drive between Mass. Ave. and the Longfellow Bridge will close to traffic.
At 8 a.m., pedestrian footbridges in the area will close due to weight limitations.
Times are subject to change, depending on crowd size. For more traffic information, call the Metropolitan District Commission at 617-727-1680 or or the Hatch Shell at 617-227-0627.
