There are four fireworks shows scheduled for Saturday night on the Southcoast. Of course, the City of New Bedford is sponsoring a fireworks display at 9 over New Bedford Harbor.

In Fall River, fireworks are scheduled at 9:30pm over Battleship Cove.

Elsewhere, fireworks are scheduled for 8:45pm at Onset Beach in Wareham, and 9pm at Silvershell Beach in Marion.

Also this weekend, the New Bedford Folk Festival is being held in the National Park both Saturday and Sunday. And New Bedford's Cape Verdean community will mark the 40th anniversary of that island nation's independence with the annual Cape Verdean Recognition Day Parade. It begins at 12 noon from Buttonwood Park.

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