New YorkThe Macy's Fourth of July fireworks display has been a fixture of US Independence Day since 1976. The free celebration will see more than 120,000 fireworks shoot into the night sky over the East River. www.macys.com.
Classical The New York Philharmonic perform a free Concerts in the Parks series, in outdoor venues around the city between July 8th and 15th. www.nyphil.org.
Art Focus: Picasso Sculpture displays some of the artist's works in bronze, plaster and other materials. Until November 3rd. Museum of Modern Art. www.moma.org.
London
Opera Royal Opera House performances of Verdi's Don Carlo (Thursday) and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (above, July 16th) will be relayed to Trafalgar Square and Canada Square (as well as to Liverpool, Belfast and Aberdeen). www.roh. org.uk/bp.
Rise, a free festival in Finsbury Park on Sunday, July 13th, will feature 50 acts on five stages. Headliners include reggae legend Jimmy Cliff and quirky Brazilian pop group CSS. www.risefestival.org.
The Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park is staging Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night, with A Midsummer Night's Dream from July 8th. Until August 2nd. www.openairtheatre.org.
Paris
Exhibition Les Soldats de l'Éternité showcases some of China's Terracotta Army, buried with the first Qin emperor in 210 BC. Until September 14th. Pinacothèque de Paris, Place de la Madeleine. www.pinacotheque.com.
Film Paris Cinema Festival starts on Tuesday, with screenings in 10 venues. €5 per film. Until July 12th. www.pariscinema.org.
Music US rockers Kings of Leon warm up for their appearance at Oxegen with a gig at Zenith on July 8th. www.le-zenith.com/paris