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