Light the Lakes is a ground breaking historical event where we light the Chautauqua Sky in one the largest fireworks display in North America that can be seen from SPACE ! All of Chautauqua County is invited to participate as this event draws spectators regionally as well as locally to our area.
Light the Lakes is one of the largest fireworks shows in America -- so powerful
it can be seen from NASA's space station!
Light the Lakes will take place during Labor Day weekend with the big "take-off" on Sunday, September 5. The event will include a collaboration of different event throughout the day leading up to the spectacular lighting of the Chautauqua Sky at approx. 9:31p.m. At each "take-off" location the fireworks will run simultaneously to a live music broadcast via radio feed. As well as radio feed, there will also be a live television feed broadcasted from an airplane above as the fireworks display takes place.
