Cost: Free

Organizer: City of Chicago

What to expect: Fireworks! Accompanied by the Grant Park Orchestra and a million other spectators.

Why to go: The display will be produced by the award-winning Melrose Pyrotechnics, first place winners of the Montreal International Fireworks Competition in 2006.

Additional info: The Grant Park Orchestra, along with conductor Christopher Bell, kicks things off with a concert at the Petrillo Music Shell at 8 p.m. There will then be a soundtrack provided by WTMX (109.1 FM) to go along with the show, including songs from Kanye West, Prince and Coldplay.

Centerstage Reviewer: Ben Rubenstein