Royal Highland Centre to host Fawkes Festival – Scotland’s largest fireworks event this year

Scotland’s Largest Fireworks Event Will Welcome 15,000 Visitors And Offer a Safer Way to Experience the Fun

  • New professionally managed festival set to welcome over 15,000 visitors, creating a safer Fawkes alternative to individual family shows 
  • One night extravaganza will take place on Sunday 3rd November

The Royal Highland Centre and Showground located at Ingliston on the western outskirts of Edinburgh, is set to host Scotland’s largest fireworks event this year. The new professionally managed festival – Fawkes Festival – is set to welcome over 15,000 visitors, creating a safer Guy Fawkes alternative to individual family shows and will take place on Sunday 3rd November.

Designed and produced by the team at GC Live and delivered by technical partners, 21CC Group, Fawkes Festival promises a feel-good evening for the whole family to enjoy. The spectacular fireworks event will be a unique and immersive safer way to experience the fun of Guy Fawkes Night.

With breathtaking fireworks accompanied by entertainment including the world-famous Scottish bagpipe band, The Red Hot Chilli Pipers and the sensational street theatre and LED drummers’ troupe, Spark! who magically transform the landscape with mysterious characters, there’s something for everyone. 

Sponsored by Taylor Wimpey, Fawkes Festival’s feel-good programme of entertainment will boast everything from fairground rides to food and drink, a roaring bonfire, sky trackers, lasers and more. 

Geoff Crow, Director of GC Live said: “We are thrilled to bring Scotland’s Red Hot Fawkes Festival to the Royal Highland Centre this year and look forward to welcoming over 15,000 visitors for an evening filled with delicious food and drinks, breathtaking performances and a spectacular fireworks display.

“At GC Live we are committed to creating events which are both enjoyable and safe for all attendees. An organised and large-scale fireworks events such as Fawkes Festival, held under strict safety regulations, offers a very secure and enjoyable experience for all visitors at the fireworks event. 

“With professional oversight, designated viewing areas, clear signs throughout the site, crowd management strategies and compliance with established guidelines, Fawkes Festival will ensure that the excitement of fireworks can be enjoyed responsibly and safely.”

Bori Sallaiova, Event Manager at the Royal Highland Centre said: “It has been a privilege to plan and bring this exciting fireworks event to life in collaboration with the team at GC Live. We are very much looking forward to welcoming everyone to the Royal Highland Centre this November for Fawkes Festival.

“At the Royal Highland Centre we are committed to the safety and enjoyment of all attendees, we are excited to host Fawkes Festival which will be conducted under strict safety protocols and expert supervision, reducing the risks associated with private fireworks use.

“GC Live will ensure that guests can experience the excitement of a fireworks display in a secure setting.”

For more information on the Fawkes Festival and to book tickets, go to: 

www.fawkesfestival.com

All set for fireworks at Fawkes Festival

NEW SENSATIONAL SCOTTISH FIREWORKS FESTIVAL LAUNCHED AT DALKEITH COUNTRY PARK 

Dalkeith Country Park is getting ready for the first event in a sensational new Scottish fireworks festival this autumn. 

Billed as a unique new way to experience Halloween and Guy Fawkes night, Fawkes Festival is primed to set skies ablaze spectacularly. 

Designed and produced by the team at GC Live and delivered by technical partners West Lothian-based events group 21CC, it promises wickedly wonderful Halloween and fireworks events for all the family. 

The extravaganza, being staged across the Lothians and beyond, features an exciting programme of events with entertainment, fairground rides, fabulous food and drink and a magnificent fireworks display choreographed to music – all with a beautiful country house as a backdrop. 

It kicks off in Dalkeith Country Park on Saturday, October 28 when the first fireworks spooktacular takes place, with the festivities culminating in a 20-minute Halloween-inspired fireworks show, set to classic Halloween music, lights and lasers, with the grand vista of Dalkeith Palace as a backdrop. 

Geoff Crow, director of 21CC Group, says: “This is going to be Scotland’s biggest and best Guy Fawkes festival.  

“Since the pandemic, there have been virtually no big shows like this around the country but we’re bringing Guy Fawkes back with a bang!” 

The festival runs from October 28 to November 5 with further events being held at: Dean Castle Country Park, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire on October 29;  Hopetoun House, South Queensferry on November 4 and Gosford House, East Lothian on 5 November.

GC Live will also be taking the Fawkes Festival to two venues in England where there will be a special movie-themed Light-Laser-Sound Extravaganza, featuring London’s largest 15-minute immersive light and laser display to music with sky trackers, flames and special effects. 

These events are being staged at London’s Ravenscourt Park and Bishops Park with shows taking place at both venues on November 3 and 4. 

For more information on the Fawkes Festival, all the events and to book tickets, go to  www.fawkesfestival.com