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Pattaya in Thailand plays host to the International Fireworks Festival once again this year.

Unfortunately, as opposed to the usual ten teams competing, this year there will only be four.

The Competition runs from 30^th November – 1^st December and features teams representing Canada, China, USA and Singapore.  Each of the teams will compete for 45 minutes showing the best of their skills to the massive crowds that this event regularly draws.

This year, four Thai celebrities will represent one of the competing teams as their ‘Team Captain’.

The main event titled ‘Brighten Your Life’ will feature the fireworks show which takes place on the first day of Competition along the beach road which of course will have to be closed to traffic from around 3:30pm onwards.

Activities include:

• Fireworks shows
• Juggling
• 3d painting
• Photography
• A parade
• Cabaret type events
• A concert
• Concessionary booths
• Food
• Refreshments
• Local handicrafts and home-made products

Indonesia is preparing to host its first International Fireworks Festival this June. From 15th to 17th June 2012, Comet Fireworks, the organising committee will ensure smooth running for the anticipated 150,000 spectators who will visit especially for this event.

The Festival is being held to commemorate Jakarta’s 485th Anniversary.

The venue for the display will be Taman Impian in Jaya Ancol Dreamland in North Jakarta and the organisers sincerely hope that this event will be attract more international tourism to the area.

The displays will be arranged by teams of firework experts from Argentina, Australia, China, France and Morocco who will compete against each other to find the best.

The event itself will feature displays from two countries each day starting with France and Argentina on day one, Morroco and China on day two and Australia and Indonesia on the final day.

It is hoped that this new International Fireworks competition will bring much needed tourism to the area and will it is hoped be the first of many.

Epic will of course let you know the results and share some of the images and video footage from the event when it is available.

If you are thinking of having a fireworks display, give us a call. We cater to everything from the small children’s garden fireworks to the full DIY display packs. We are open 7-days a week and will be only too happy to answer any questions that you may have.

The annual Malta International Fireworks Festival is organised by the Parliamentary Secretariat for Tourism and the Malta Tourism Authority. The Grand Harbour will provide the setting for the festival, which takes place on 29th and 30th April 2011.

The best vantage points to enjoy the spectacle will be from Barriera Wharf on the Valletta seafront or from the bastions of the harbour.

There will be lots of firework displays synchronised to music over the two nights, with a variety of Maltese fireworks factories competing for the very best display.

Fireworks in Malta have a long long tradition which goes back to the time of the Order of the Knights of St John. The feu de joie, the musketterija, the solfarelli d’aria, St Catherine’s wheels (irdieden) and other forms of fireworks, originated from explosives that were lit from mortars on special occasions, such as the election of a Grand Master or the birth of a prince.

The Malta Fireworks festival also serves to commemorate Malta’s accession into the European Union that took place on 1st May 2004.

Below is the Malta Fireworks Festival video from 2010. Enjoy.