The fratboys behind our condo unit start the week before and go at least a week after here as well. The nice illegal bottle rocket kind that make me want to sit on my roof with a hose.
in my state they are illegal all the time only licensed professionals are allowed to set them off. the state bordering ours its legal and we are a quick drive away
They are illegal here too and start a week before and go for a few days after. I am always so worried one of the houses is going to catch on fire and spread to the rest because the houses are so close together
you have to drive down to Fort Pedro over the border to get good ones, though, so you hear those poppers and whistling fountain things and that's about it
Try having a week long overbloated commercialized festival for the harvest moved ahead two weeks before harvest is actually ready just to coincide with that same holiday.
but then we are on the border with Washington