If you love fireworks, then Knoxville, Tenn., is where you need to be this Labor Day weekend.

Every year for the past 17 years, Boomsday has rocked Knoxville as the largest fireworks show in the South. The City of Knoxville, Journal Broadcasting radio station and Pyro Shows work together to bring 1,000 booms-per-minute bursting into the Knoxville skyline. More than 20,000 aerial shells and pyrotechnic effects are choreographed to almost 40 songs and sound bites as they are launched from Henley Street Bridge. Every firework is intended to burst on an exact word or beat in a song and match the lyrics and mood of the song.

Boomsday's signature effect is the 1,600-foot waterfall, which hangs on both sides of Henley Street Bridge. Set to the tune, "Rhapsody in Blue," it is the one effect done every year.

Before the show there are numerous activities that take place throughout the day. Food and drink vendors are set up along Neyland Drive, there is a karaoke stage, a kids' area, NASCAR demonstrations and musical entertainment.

If you're coming, plan to arrive early. Last year, hundreds of boats dropped anchor in the Tennessee River in downtown Knoxville and almost 250,000 people attended the day-long festival. Although typically held on Labor Day, this year it will be held the Saturday before, due to a University of Tennessee football game on Sunday.

Don't have a boat? You can still catch awesome views from the south bank of the river or hillsides around the area. But the best place to be is on Neyland Drive.

What: Boomsday
Where: Knoxville, Tenn.
When: Saturday, Sept. 4 - Fireworks begin at 9:00 p.m.
Cost: Free

For more information: Call the City of Knoxville at (865) 215-4248