Blackpool’s World Fireworks Championship dates and competitors confirmed

Firework experts from India, Switzerland and Italy will light up Blackpool’s skies in this year’s World Fireworks Championship. The three nations will compete over three free events taking place on the Tower Festival Headland across September and October.

With jaw-dropping firework displays synchronised to music and launched from the beach in front of the Blackpool Tower, the championship is one of Blackpool’s most spectacular events. This year’s event kicks off on Saturday September 16 with a display by the Azan Morani Fireworks (AMFQ) team from India.

It marks the first time an Indian fireworks company has performed in the UK and the show will be designed by Azan Morani, who has designed and programmed some of the largest and most complex shows in the world. The company was founded in 1937 and has since delivered some of the most prestigious events in India, using state-of-the-art firing and design technology.

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A spokesperson for AMFW said they were “ecstatic and honoured” to make history by putting on the first Indian pyrotechnics display in the UK. On Saturday September 30 the second week of the championship will take place, with Swiss pyrotechnics company SUGYP taking centre-stage.

Established in 1967, SUGYP, is one of Switzerland’s major pyrotechnics companies, putting on displays all across Europe, as well as competing in international festivals in the Philippines, Macau, Vietnam and Canada. Each year, the company makes more than 150 shows for Swiss National Day celebrations and has displayed at major events including the Americas Cup and the Lyon Festival of Lights.

The final performance, by Italian fireworks