One of Europe’s best firework competitions is about to kick off in the Czech Republic. Ignis Brunensis is an international firework competition that lasts for two weeks, producing some of the best fireworks shows you can find. Here’s information about the event and what to expect from Ignis Brunensis in 2018. The History of the Competition The Czech competition has been running since 1998 so 2018 is a big anniversary event. At the start, the competition was occasionally just a national competition or a non-competitive event. But from 2002, the event has opened its doors to international fireworks groups and the groups are competing against each other. Here’s a clip from last year’s winners, Pirotecnia Ricardo Caballer from Spain: Ignis Brunensis has always taken place outside the city centre of Brno Dam. In fact, the competition’s name in Latin stands for Fire of Brno. The event attracts up to 200,000 visitors annually – the whole town gets behind this Read More
Wedding guests don’t like to spend all their time sitting in their seats. A good wedding venue will provide wedding guests with places to walk around and quiet corners to use for engaging conversations. Sometimes, guests want nothing more than to spend a bit of time outdoors. But how do you guarantee your wedding guests aren’t put off by the weather? Keeping your wedding guests warm outdoors without outdoor heaters is possible. In fact, it can be a clever way of playing with the fireworks theme that we’ve been talking about previously in this series. Light and warmth with burning logs If your wedding venue has an outdoor area, you should consider using burning logs in a few carefully chosen locations. The burning logs will add a bit of warmth to guests when they’re outdoors and the fiery crackling will add to your firework theme. You don’t even just have to settle for using the burning logs to Read More
One of our favourite fireworks festivals is about to take place in Malta. This year’s Malta International Fireworks Festival is bound to offer plenty of spectacular shows, combining fire and culture in exhilarating fashion. Here are Firework Crazy’s tips for enjoying the show. What is the festival about? The traditional fireworks festival is returning for its 17th edition in 2018. The festival started as a celebration of Malta’s accession into the European Union in 2004. International and local fireworks groups compete by setting up firework displays to amaze the crowds. A group of local judges will then pick the winner. You can see the past year’s winner, PyroItaly, throwing a spectacular performance in the video clip below. Each year, the organisers build the festival around a theme. The Ministry for Tourism and the Malta Tourism Authority picked this year’s theme to be “Where Fire and Culture Meet” – so expect a lot of fiery instalments and cultural quirks. Who Read More
A firework display at your wedding reception, held in your own back garden with close family members, is the ideal way to celebrate your big day. With Hitched reporting that the average wedding costs British couples £33,884, it’s easy to see why those due to wed would ditch the traditional wedding reception and head to the great outdoors. When you’re planning a big firework display so close to property, it’s important you take health and safety into consideration. Of course, you’ll need to factor the expense into your wedding budget, too, along with the cost of your ideal wedding reception lighting, catering and music. Financing Your Wedding Once you’re engaged, it’s time to set a date and get planning. If you haven’t got a fair amount of savings to fall back on, it’s advisable to book your wedding one or two years into the future to give you ample time to build your finances. Working overtime or taking on an Read More
When it comes to wedding décor, the lighting you use at your wedding venue will play a key role. In this series of blog posts, we’ve been providing you tips to create a fireworks themed wedding. In this post, we shall tackle the lighting you want to use at your wedding reception in order to celebrate and enhance this sparkling theme. Fairy Lights Fairy lights are an easy option and they offer plenty of different ideas in terms of how you want to display them. You could opt for normal fairy lights in light yellow or a white shine, for example. If it fits your wedding décor, pick a pastel blue light for a different type of ambience. In terms of hanging the fairy lights, you could place strings of lights right above the tables in the wedding venue. This can work especially well if you have long rows of tables. For round tables, you want something a Read More
