Here’s why there won’t be fireworks for Indy Eve in Denver this year
DENVER (KDVR) — Denver’s annual Indy Eve event on July 3 will have multiple new features this year, but it won’t include a firework show as it has in the past.
Instead, about 300 drones will light up the sky over Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park. According to the Civic Center Park website, it will be the biggest drone show Denver has ever seen.
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“Denver has never seen a drone show this big. We are really excited about the local company we’re working with and have developed a show that we think the public is going to be really surprised and delighted by, and something you’ll only see at Indy Eve,” Eric Lazarri, Executive Director of Civic Center Conservancy told FOX31 in an email.
Lazarri added that the decision to replace fireworks with drones was among several changes they are trying out as part of an effort to make the “best event possible.”
“After more than a decade of this event, that meant trying out a drone show instead of fireworks, adding the projection mapping on the Greek Theater, as well as creating more things for people to actually do,” Lazarri wrote.
One of those things is the night market, which will include local food options, an artisan market, family-friendly games and activities.
There will also be music from the Colorado Symphony as well as young DJs from Youth on Record.
For those who want to see the lights, the park website said the best view of the drone show will be from the south area of Civic Center’s Great Lawn. Additionally, there will be light shows on some of the park’s iconic structures — Voorhies will have lighting and lasers and the Greek Theater will have projection mapping.
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The event, held by the Civic Center Conservancy nonprofit and sponsored by the City and County of Denver, is free for all to attend and is happening at Civic Center Park on July 3 from 5 to 10 p.m.
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