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Festivities in Windsor Castle by Paul Sandby, c. 1776. Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Fireworks Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain, involving bonfires and fireworks displays.
A Christmas Eve celebration bonfire in Louisiana, United States. Bonfire Night is a name given to various yearly events marked by bonfires and fireworks. [1] These include Guy Fawkes Night (5 November) in Great Britain; All Hallows' Eve (31 October); May Eve (30 April); [2] Midsummer Eve/Saint John's Eve (23 June); [3] the Eleventh Night (11 July) among Northern Ireland Protestants; and the ...
The events are organised by each of the local bonfire societies in conjunction with Sussex Police, Surrey Police and East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, SE Ambulance Service and St John Ambulance has treatment centres and ambulances around procession routes and bonfire sites to care for anyone who has been injured.
Another small town in southern England, Ottery St Mary, is also famed for its Bonfire Night traditions. On November 5 (or the 4th if the 5th falls on a Sunday) tar barrels are set alight and ...
One of the six events for Guy Fawke’s Night in the East Sussex town will be closed to public due to the rain. Cliffe Bonfire Society posted on Facebook, that it had cancelled ticket sales for ...
The Rye Bonfire is an annual bonfire event, occurring every November to celebrate Guy Fawkes night. The event, started by a maroon, begins with a procession through the town, consisting of torch-wielding representatives from bonfire societies, Scorcher the dragon, and the Ryebellion drummers. The parade winds through the town of Rye, until ...
The Sussex Bonfire tradition is a uniquely local form of protest with several influences under the motto We Burn For Good. Whereas Guy Fawkes night in most parts of Great Britain is traditionally commemorated at large public fireworks displays or small family bonfires, towns in Sussex and Kent hold huge gala events with fires, processions and festivals.
Sparks in the Park is an annual fireworks display held in Cardiff, Wales on or around Guy Fawkes Night. The event takes place in Cooper's Field in Bute Park, behind Cardiff Castle. It has been held annually since 1981, and has become the most popular fireworks display in Wales, and one of the most popular in the UK, attracting around 20,000 people.