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November 5th is coming up fast, so now’s the time to start planning fireworks displays, finding events in your area and generally getting quite excited about the biggest, brightest and loudest night of the year!

When choosing fireworks for a display, most people look for the loudest, most bombastic products on the market. However, ear-splitting, ground-shaking bangs, booms, explosions and whooshes aren’t everyone’s idea of a fun outdoor celebration – which is why there is a special category of quiet fireworks available.

Fireworks are traditionally used to mark a special occasion, a celebration where you really want to make a splash and do something exceptional. This is why people are prepared to spend quite a bit of money planning their displays and buying fireworks online and in stores. But are they getting the very best value from […]

Being in charge of a fireworks display is a big responsibility, and you absolutely have to know what you’re doing. This is why most people call in the experts, to plan and manage their display on the day.

If you’ve ever organised a fireworks display, you’ll know that it’s not just the pyrotechnics themselves that make a display amazing. You also need the perfect backdrop against which to really show off and enhance the fireworks – but how do you go about finding it?

Fireworks are a great way to top off a celebration, but you can go one step further to make the occasion even more special – setting your fireworks display to music. This can work really well if properly planned, but it does take a lot of hard work and preparation by a fireworks expert. However, […]

This August, Nottingham’s biggest and best free family festival returns for another year, with a very special fireworks display planned for 2015’s festivities! Every year, the Nottingham Riverside Festival offers locals and visitors three whole days of completely free entertainment, all taking place along the banks of the River Trent.

The 4th July might not be a date we traditionally celebrate this side of the pond, but who says we can’t sample some of the best bits of Independence Day. From eating apple pie, to hitting a home run, here’s how to fly the star-spangled banner this July 4th.   Backyard BBQ Image courtesy of […]

The Life of a Pyrotechnical – Rod Nipper and a Shakespearean Summer Display A couple of weeks till the Summer Solstice and the longest day and as the sun sets over the Nottinghamshire hills it’s a great night for a small Prom night display.

… And once again, the Mayor of London’s iconic New Year’s Eve display at the London Eye will be a ticketed event. Whilst this may not come as too much of a surprise to the capital’s 8m residents (it’ll be the 2nd year that tickets have been required), it does mean a likely almighty scrabble […]