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Fireworks is a dirty business and we intend to clean it up!

Have you ever seen the aftermath of a fireworks display? It’s like the aftermath of a pop concert: a lot of litter. As Michael Lakin of Starlight Design said of his awesome Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Display at Buckingham Palace, ‘what goes up must come down!’  As a leading UK and London firework display company our teams make sure […] Read more

We proudly present The Artist (Part 2)

Listening to those Honda ads in which the creative team are holed away somewhere and allowed to doodle ideas has inspired us to do the same. The Fantastic Fireworks display team were taken off to Barcelona, the city that inspired such figures as Picasso, Miro and Dali, and asked to come up with, well, something a bit different. The […] Read more

After a summer of fireworks stand by for the Prophets of Boom!

Diamond Jubilee fireworks, Olympic fireworks, festival fireworks, regatta fireworks, wedding fireworks, even End of the World party fireworks! Wherever you are in the coming months you’ll never be far from a fireworks display. As the leading UK and London fireworks display company and fireworks display organiser we have thousands of  fireworks to choose from for any occasion.  Our red, white and […] Read more

All fired up for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

Fireworks display companies will be lighting up villages, towns and cities across the land in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June.  As one of the leading London and UK fireworks display organisers  Fantastic Fireworks has created a brilliant range of patriotic, red, white and blue themed, professionally organised fireworks displays to celebrate this historic occasion. These vary in price from […] Read more

A twinkle in the eye of an old firework favourite

Our annual visit to Liu Yang City, the self-proclaimed firework capital of the world,  produced many new and exciting new effects which we will be putting into our shows next year. Sometimes it’s not a completely new one which catches your eye but an old favourite which has been tweaked. A firework shaped like a […] Read more

Safety is no accident

It has been another thrill-packed fireworks season. November 5th has been and gone and as the last of the Christmas Lights pyrotechnics fade away UK fireworks companies can be proud of staging so many safe and spectacular displays. As the leading fireworks training company our safety record is exemplary. Our fireworks training program enabled us […] Read more

Hayley, the Girl Fawkes among the Guys!

With more than 150 displays coming up in the next two weeks, the Fantastic Fireworks teams are all fired up for the premier date of the year. Pyrotechnicians are predominantly male but ranking high among our pool of more than 200 is one of the few females in the business. Hayley Maddin has enjoyed a meteoric rise since arriving three years […] Read more

Raising the roof at Hatfield House

Our biggest fireworks display of the year, and the longest if not the biggest in the country since London New Year’s Eve, lit up the Hertfordshire skyline last weekend. As one of the leading UK fireworks display companies Fantastic Fireworks was commissioned by Lord Salisbury to mark the 400th anniversary of his majestic stately home […] Read more

Eddie Iz back with a bang!

Growing up in the midst of the Sussex Bonfire Societies has turned Eddie Izzard into the big firework fan he is today. Some 30 years on, Eddie, who hails from Bexhill on Sea, has added pyrotechnics to his hilarious comedy routine of madcap philosophy, history and religion.  Following the success of last year’s open air […] Read more

Fantastic Fireworks mark TT Festival centenary

It’s one of the world’s great sporting events and as leading UK firework display organisers, Fantastic Fireworks were proud to be part of it. The 2011 Isle of Man TT races celebrated 100 years of the mountain course and we were asked to lay on a spectacular centenary fireworks display. Our fireworks display director Steve Boothman, head […] Read more

Foo Fighters go out in a blaze as Henley rocks

As the leading UK fireworks display company we are often asked to put on shows at short notice, so when we got the call to send Foo Fighters out with a bang last weekend, we were on the way to Milton Keynes  before you could say Long Road to Ruin!  It was a fantastic experience to be […] Read more

Delivering the WOW factor to your door

Staging amazing firework displays is only half of what we do. The other half is providing a dazzling array of  fireworks for sale to let off safely at home. We have scores of schools, scout groups, clubs & communities who buy fireworks online and stage their own firework displays each year, many raising thousands of pounds for […] Read more