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The Epic Fireworks Blog - 21-Sep-2013

Heat three of the Blackpool International Fireworks Championships got under way last night in the usual weather conditions experienced on the West Coast of the UK – wind and rain!! Team France are Focus Pyro and they had some beautiful fireworks on offer but the music was a little on the shady side. They had [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 20-Sep-2013

Epic goes all Price Comparison …. Again The brilliant Maverick Rocket Pack is a brilliant little collection which includes a number of varied effects including red palms, crackle bursts, silver glitter ball and giant gold, purple and yellow star bursts and comets. They are classed as 1.4g and require a 25m safety distance but still [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 19-Sep-2013

The vast majority of people may well have heard a firework ‘whistle’ but never asked what creates the sound. We all know that they make beautiful images in the sky but digging deeper, I was surprised with the results of my findings. Like most people I was under the impression that the noise was created [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 16-Sep-2013

Every year, Epic Fireworks ship around 50 containers into the UK, literally packed to the roof with top quality pyro. But, we got to wondering, how are they made? This video footage is fascinating and shows the process from the cutting of the steel for the main structure, all the way to it going off [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 16-Sep-2013

Epic fireworks are no strangers to the popular press having previously being the subject of a number of pieces in Men’s Health, The Sunday Mail supplement and Front Magazine and this year, we are delighted to be featured in the Sorted Magazine September/October edition. They took six of our finest examples of 1.3g pyro available [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 14-Sep-2013

The fireworks competition gathered pace as the second team from Vulcan Fireworks, China, fired last night. The Chinese, who are acknowledged as the forerunners of firework production over hundreds of years are no stranger to public displays of their expertise, naturally put on a magnificent show accompanied by a wide diversity of music from Two [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 12-Sep-2013

Scotland’s oldest University, St Andrews is celebrating its 600 years of teaching in explosive style this Saturday 14th September when the skies over the town explode with light and sound. The event, a two-day academic commemoration ceremony is to be attended by former first woman and current Secretary of State, Hilary Rodham Clinton. She is [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 10-Sep-2013

The 2013 competition got under way on Friday 6th September with the first display being offered up for judging by Rocket Pyrotechnics from Ireland. The display was nothing short of beautiful – you can view the video by team Ireland here – which is to be expected from the Irish contingent as they were outright [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 08-Sep-2013

Here’s the video of the fireworks display by team Ireland, the 1st of 3 mind-blowing fireworks displays planned – all competing for the international fireworks championships award in Blackpool 2013. You can find further information about the Blackpool fireworks competition here....

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 06-Sep-2013

The stunning Kirkstall Abbey plays host this weekend to the City’s Classical Fantasia Concert with the wonderful Manchester Chamber Orchestra (Manchester Camerata). This will be a brilliant night for all the family to enjoy held in the spectacular grounds of the 12th century ruined abbey North-West of the city of Leeds, set in parkland on [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 04-Sep-2013

This year’s Edinburgh festival, as in previous years went out on a bang. The fireworks show was watched by upwards of 250,000 people across the capital. The World famous Scottish Chamber Orchestra performed live whilst the team of firers from Castle Fireworks choreographed the display, which took four tonnes of explosives and 400,000 fireworks in [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 04-Sep-2013

Check out the video below which is really funny (if a little non PC) detailing in brief the history of the humble firework. They were, as is widely acknowledged, discovered by pure accident by a cook in 7th century China but here is a much more ‘twee’ version of events which of course linked the [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 03-Sep-2013

You know that we love everything firework related so thought we would take the opportunity to outline some of the world record beating fireworks successes but at the moment, whilst there are regular attempts to achieve greatness, there are only 5: • Largest Firework Display – achieved on 10/11/2011. A huge, world record beating display [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 02-Sep-2013

Warmest congratulations to the Huddersfield Giants and in particular our friend and customer Eorl Crabtree on their EPIC win over Wakefield Wildcats The 40:0 trouncing of the Wildcats is worth a massive celebration as the Giants lift the League Leaders shield....

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 02-Sep-2013

Thousands descended on Derby this weekend in a pyro musical spectacular to celebrate the life of clockmaker John Whitehurst, 18th century clockmaker. The concert, featuring Classical and Contemporary compositions from the likes of Grieg, Strauss and Vivaldi alongside such classic pop/rock tracks like Bryan Adams’ Summer of 69 and Lennon and McCartney’s Hard Days Night, [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 31-Aug-2013

This year’s Edinburgh festival, as in previous years goes out on a bang. The fireworks show is a 45-minute spectacular beginning at 9:00pm on Sunday 1ST September. The World famous Scottish Chamber Orchestra will perform live whilst the team from Pyrovision will choreograph the display in conjunction with the music. The best place to experience the [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 29-Aug-2013

The skies above Blackpool will once again be lit by more than just the Illuminations as they host the International Fireworks Championships competition. Last year’s event was sadly massively impacted by high winds and driving rain and I have to say some pretty lousy weather conditions. Clients of Epic Fireworks who made their way over [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 27-Aug-2013

May we introduce the Easy Battery Holder by PointTwo12 Ltd. Epic Fireworks are always interested in any safety measure which can be implemented by customers to ensure that they have a pleasant and accident free fireworks display. A young man from Denmark has patented his own creation, a battery holder (in the UK it would [...]...

The Epic Fireworks Blog - 27-Aug-2013

All of us here at EPIC FIREWORKS hope that you had a great Bank Holiday weekend. Having enjoyed the last public holiday before Christmas, we thought we should all be focussing now on the best night of the year (in our opinion anyway!!), Bonfire Night. This is a collection of videos showing some spectacular firework [...]...


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