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Planning for the 2026 Port of San Diego Big Bay Boom fireworks show over San Diego Bay is underway. As part of the efforts, the Port is partnering with the San Diego Fleet Week Foundation as the official non-profit partner for fundraising. The Big Bay Boom is funded in large part by charitable grants and […]

The Port of San Diego is pleased to welcome Carnival Cruise Line as the official cruise line sponsor for the 2026 Port of San Diego Big Bay Boom. Carnival will support event promotion and have a presence throughout all Big Bay Boom programming. “We are excited to have Carnival join us for the 2026 Big […]

FOX5 TELEVISION SETS RECORDS FOR BIG BAY BOOM VIEWERSHIP: An average of 62,779 adults 18+ watched Big Bay Boom 2025, peaked at 67,176 adults 18+ from 9p-915p. Big Bay Boom has consistently outperformed Macy’s 2-Hour Special on KNSD for 11 Straight Years (+187% higher impressions with A18+ in 2025) Big Bay Boom was the #1 […]

By: KATHERINE M. CLEMENTS | THELOG.COM Conserving our natural resources — specifically waterways and marine life — is essential to a healthful environment for all. There are some, however, who feel that one of our most honored traditions, fireworks celebrations, are in danger of extinction due to regulation overreach from environmental agencies such as the […]

The public is invited to celebrate Independence Day on San Diego Bay with the Port of San Diego’s Big Bay Boom. The spectacular fireworks display during which fireworks are launched simultaneously from four barges on the bay takes place at 9 p.m. on Friday, July 4, 2025. “The Port of San Diego is excited to […]

Sandy Purdon, Executive Producer and Founder of the Port of San Diego’s Big Bay Boom fireworks show, talks about the $100 million impact the show has to the local economy, in addition to the more than $1.4 million it has raised for the Armed Services YMCA San Diego. Purdon discusses how to best view the […]

Fireworks explode over San Diego Bay during the Big Bay Boom on July 4, 2022. The Port of San Diego is scrambling to organize this year’s bayfront show. Hayne Palmour IV / U-T file By Lori Weisberg Union-Tribune Faced with new state-imposed conditions for staging this year’s Big Bay Boom, the Port of San Diego […]

Fireworks explode over San Diego Bay during the annual Big Bay Boom fireworks show in 2024. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune) By Lori Weisberg Union-Tribune The Port of San Diego will be required to study the possibility of putting on a drone show in place of conventional fireworks for future Fourth of July […]

BY JEFF CLEMETSON Just in time for Veterans Day, the Armed Service YMCA San Diego released an economic impact report Nov. 10 on the organization’s key fundraising event – the annual Big Bay Boom fireworks show put on by Executive Producer Sandy Purdon’s H. P. Purdon & Co and Port of San Diego. According to […]

Read the full article on the San Diego Business Journal website: https://www.sdbj.com/tourism/big-bay-boom-brings-a-bang-to-local-economy/