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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 […]

It isn’t often we stumble across a firework we’ve no intention of trying to get our hands on. But this particular show-stopper is something of a unique specimen. The Firework Anemone, or the Pachycerianthus multiplicatus as it’s otherwise known, is part of a family of marine creatures which are part-animal, part-plant, and like to live […]

1st Galaxy Bloggs – Electioneering With the British parliamentary elections nearly finalised the news is full of the latest promises from the different parties, or one potential candidate sounding off about another’s views. Apart from modern staples such as the health service, arguments about migration and religious intolerance along with “radicalisation” seem to...

We don’t like to have favourites, but after 20 years creating shows at venues the length and breadth of the country, we can’t help but get excited about some of the places we visit. With their stunning vistas and historic buildings, they’re more than a bit inspiring. So, it’s no surprise these venues regularly get […]

This story has always been a great symbol of just how extensively used fireworks are around the world. There are an infinite number of celebrations and memorable dates the world over which Fireworks are used for. Of course we’re all used to seeing the New Years Day round up, where major cities the world over […]

Life of a Pyrotechnical Designing a Championship Show We had the delightful news last week of being drawn for the 2015 Plymouth Councils, British Firework Championship Event in August this year. The competition has been running since 1997 and has been a big date in the industry Calendar from the moment it began. Its often […]

Previously in this thread … Sam says “Yes we can”, and I set off for darkest Lincolnshire and a group of farmers who want some training in pyrotechnic bird scaring because “there have been a few incidents”! Ok so the first training session went well, once I’d found the farm, a big commercial growing site […]