Cincinnati Riverfest

[1] The festival's corporate sponsors are WEBN (102.7 FM) and Western & Southern Financial Group.

The fireworks display was first organized in 1977 to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of rock and roll radio station WEBN.

Riverfest is filled with many activities, including the Rubber Duck Regatta, in which hundreds of thousands of rubber ducks are released into the Ohio River to benefit the Freestore Foodbank.

[4] The festival ends with a gathering on the banks of the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio, Covington, Kentucky, and Newport, Kentucky to watch a half-hour fireworks show set to an underscore heard on WEBN.

[1] Over 2,500 boats jam the river to get a front row seat for the show, and the river is patrolled by the United States Coast Guard, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, and local units from Cincinnati and Covington.