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The Epic Fireworks Blog - 26-Mar-2014

Fireworks in Crimea – in more ways than one. There has been a great deal of coverage in the news of late about the situation in the Ukraine. Vladimir Putin has said that the coup in the Ukraine to attempt to take Crimea was non constitutional and the people had chosen to return to Russian [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 22-Mar-2014

WHAT: BRIGHTON FESTIVAL AND FIREWORKS WHEN: 3RD – 25TH May 2014 (THE FIREWORKS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE FIRED ON SATURDAY 24TH MAY) WHERE: BRIGHTON MARINA BEST VIEWING POINT: ALONG THE COASTLINE Brighton Festival – fun, frolics and of course FIREWORKS For what is the 6th consecutive year, the town of Brighton in East Sussex plays [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 22-Mar-2014

The Persian Fire Festival or “Chahar Shanbeh Suri” as it is known locally is an annual and ancient holiday which takes place on the last Tuesday of the solar year. The festival marks the start of the New Year in ancient Persia (known as Norruz) starts on 21st March which is also the first day [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 21-Mar-2014

What: Thunder over Louisville Where: Louisville, Kentucky, USA When: 12th April – 2nd May 2014 25 years on and “Thunder of Louisville” remains the Largest pyrotechnic event in North America. Since 1991 Zambelli fireworks have organised the show to celebrate the Kentucky Derby Festival. Sadly, this years event will not have some of the old [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 13-Mar-2014

This year’s Cholmondeley Fireworks Concert event, to be held on Saturday 14th June 2014 will be hosted by the inimitable Aled Jones. The proud Welshman and one of the UK’s best known Baritone’s was a child star who has continued to work in TV and music as a presenter especially relating largely to a religious/inspirational [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 12-Mar-2014

Fireworks get the Lynx Effect Today, fireworks are used in multi media marketing far more than they have ever been in the past. We have just come across one of the most touching adverts including fireworks that I have seen in a long while and although it tells a very odd message about some strange [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 10-Mar-2014

In years gone by, as Spring approached and the days grew longer and lighter, the folk of Valencia used to burn leftovers or off cuts from around the neighbourhood. The lamp was ceremoniously placed into the town square, surrounded by rags with a hat etc on (kind of like a Guy Fawkes) calling it a Ninot [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 09-Mar-2014

Have you ever wanted to be a part of a World Record attempt? A group of firework enthusiasts have come up with a cunning plan to create, build and successfully fire the worlds largest fireworks display shell. For those of you that don’t know what a shell is, please see an example picture below of [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 08-Mar-2014

THEY’RE BACK!!!!! Great News peeps ….. The first eight of our containers are arriving at Felixstowe on Monday and are packed to the top with quality pyro. Following on from an exceptional season in 2013, we found ourselves left short of stock across the board and made the unprecedented decision to order immediately after 5th [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 04-Mar-2014

WHAT: The 26th National Pyrotechnic Festival 2014 WHERE: Tultepec, Mexico WHEN: 1st March to 10th March 2014 Each year, visitors flock to the region of Tultepac, Mexico between the 1st and 10th March for the National Pyrotechnic Festival. This year’s event is the 26th of its kind and is held for St John, patron saint [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 01-Mar-2014

Southport British Musical Fireworks Championships 2014 7 WORLD CLASS FIREWORK DISPLAYS 3 NIGHTS OF EXPLOSIVE ENTERTAINMENT ONLY ONE WINNER WHAT: The British Musical Fireworks Championships 2013 WHERE: Southport VENUE: Victoria Park WHEN: Friday 3rd October, Saturday 4th October and Sunday 5th October 2013 OPENING TIMES: 19:00 – 21:00 Each year, the beautiful town of Southport [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 26-Feb-2014

Annually, the residents of Tainan City in Southern Taiwan gather together to hold an annual fireworks festival like no other. Held at the latter end of the Chinese New Year celebrations, the festival is also known as ‘Bee Hives’ as the pyro is fired from the ‘Beehive’ which contains literally thousands of bottle rockets stacked [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 25-Feb-2014

Being ideally positioned just off the M1, in the middle of the UK makes our showroom the ideal spot to meet up. It is no surprise therefore that avid firework collectors come over to see us regularly. They meet up to exchange goods, chat about recent ‘acquisitions’ and of course to establish what else they [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 24-Feb-2014

The Winter Olympics is not usually set in my sights as something that I would actually look forward to (mainly due to the lack of beach volleyball as my colleague said, not enough legs out in Winter!!) but whether I was fulfilling my nostalgia for the 2012 London Games or just wanting to see some [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 23-Feb-2014

Easter this year falls on 20th April which is quite late, but by the same token, it will be even closer to Summer-time and as such, should be a really nice weekend. Here in the UK, Easter has always been a fairly quiet and respectful event but over in Greece, they do things a little [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 21-Feb-2014

2014 is the 44th annual edition of this fabulous competition officially called El Focs de Blanes. Historical records for the region show that fireworks were widely used in the Blanes area as far back as 1891. The only time it stopped completely was during the civil war in 1936 and then it restarted, if on [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 20-Feb-2014

The ‘Passfire’ Documentary is seeking further support to ensure that they continue with their quest to create the ultimate documentary and series about fireworks. Their work has taken them to any number of countries and regions to make sure that they take in as many firework related festivals as possible. We have highlighted in previous [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 19-Feb-2014

The fireworks festival in Malta is quickly becoming one of the industries ‘must do’ events on the island and continues to grow year on year. The fireworks festival is to mark the Islands accession to the European Union and nowadays attracts tens of thousands of visitors. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Malta joining [...]...


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