- Fireworks competitions
This is a list of worldwide
fireworks competitions.Montreal Fireworks Festival
Known officially as L’International des Feux Loto-Québec, the Montreal Fireworks Festival is an annual competition held in
Montreal ,Quebec ,Canada . The event begins in June and carries on until July. Each summer, several pyrotechnical companies from different countries present a 30-minute long pyromusical show, competing for the Gold, Silver and Bronze Jupiter trophies. The fireworks are synchronized to music which is also broadcast over a localradio station .World Pyro Olympics
The World Pyro Olympics are an annual competition amongst the top fireworks companies in the world. It is held in Manila, Philippines. The event is one of the largest and most intense international fireworks competitions.
The World Pyro Olympics run through a period of five consecutive days allowing patrons to experience more of the show. Two countries perform each day; the last participant performs on the final evening of the event.
The host of the event does not participate in the competition but performs a fireworks display on the last night. Awards, such as the People’s Choice, are given out after the exhibition. The crowning of the World Pyro Olympics Champion ends the event.
Celebration of Light
The
HSBC Celebration of Light ofVancouver is an annual musical fireworks competition held every summer over English Bay inVancouver ,British Columbia ,Canada . Three companies representing their country perform a twenty-five minute firework display set to music with a grand finale on the last day where all three competitors perform. Typically the last Wednesday and Saturday of July, and the first Wednesday and Saturday of August; the competition is cited as being the largest musical fireworks competition in the world.Macau International Fireworks Display
Held over 5 weeks during September with 2 displays on the same night weekly, with the final night held on China National Day on 1st October. The competition features 10 pyrotechnic companies from around the world.
GlobalFest International Fireworks Competition
GlobalFest has been held in
Calgary ,Alberta , Canada every August since 2003 featuring cultural pavilions, a film festival and an international fireworks competition. The international fireworks competition features a different nation each night of the five night competition with live performances on-stage showcasing the culture of that country prior to the fireworks display.Firework Champions
Four of the
United Kingdom 's leading firework companies compete against each other with a 10 minute firework display choreographed to music. The audience have the ability to text vote for their favourite team. Displays are fired using the latest state of the art technology from behind the River Avon.The 2007 event was at
Stanford Hall in Leicestershire, Saturday 4th August.Fireworks Championship
Four teams compete against each other in
Sweden with a music firework display. Displays are fired at the bank of riverMotala Ström In the center ofNorrköping . Usually it takes place in the first weeks of August.National Pyrotechnics Fair of Tultepec, Mexico
Every year this town, known as "Mexico's Capital of Pyrotechnics", hosts a week-long pyrotechnics fair that features the "Castillos de Torre" or "Tower Fireworks Competition". Since 2005, a Pyromusical Competition has been held involving up to 7 fireworks shows lasting 10 minutes each. These events are not open to international competition yet but in time that could change.
In addition to the competition fireworks, almost everyday different types of fireworks (including day-time tower fireworks) are burned as part of the religious festivities. The fair also includes the "Burning of the Bulls", which is always held on March 8 in celebration of John of God, the patron saint of Tultepec's pyrotechnicians.
Tarragona International Fireworks Display
This fireworks contest held in the
Mediterranean is held every first week of July inCatalonia ,Spain .External links
*http://www.tarragona.feuerwerk.net - Official website of Tarragona International Fireworks Displays Competition
*http://thefireworkschannel.com - The Fireworks Channel; dates and events
*http://www.macautourism.gov.mo/english/event_en/firework.html - Macau International Fireworks Display
*http://www.fireworkchampions.co.uk/currentevent.php Firework Champions official website
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