Party with the Pops

Boston Fireworks 2015 July 4th | Boston Pops Concert

“…you can watch a webcast of the Boston Pops and the Fireworks Spectacular streaming live on www.cbsboston.com and www.bostonpopsjuly4th.org.

"The music is terrific, and then comes the finale - Tchaikovsky's explosive 1812 Overture, ending with dramatic drumrolls and real cannon fire, while church bells ring throughout the city."

We’ve never been quite sure how a Russian composer’s overture to a Napoleonic war became associated with July 4th (and there’s that thing about bagpipes being played by men in skirts we don’t get either) except it’s noisy and has real cannons in the score. So why not? 

If it’s not noisy enough where you are this afternoon you might try one of the URLs above.

[LATER: Neither one of the streaming URLS seem to be working as of 10:00 PM EST.]