Cue 01 · Survey
We arrive before the light goes.
By six the barge is on station off the quay. The fallout zone has been walked, the wind is read from the harbour mast, and the exclusion line is taped long before the first guest turns up.
Licensed displays Stonecrouch Quay, Kent
A sky worth staying up for.
Firework displays for weddings, towns and festivals across Kent. Written to the tenth of a second, fired from our own barge, and signed off by people who watch the wind for a living.
Scroll, the light is going
01 The site at dusk
The site at dusk
Cue 02 · The racks
Seventy tubes, every one named.
Each shell sits in its own tube, wired to a numbered cue. The racks are fanned a few degrees apart so the breaks open side by side and never on top of each other.
Cue 03 · The desk
One screen. Two hands on it.
The show is written to the tenth of a second and fired from a locked desk by two licensed pyrotechnicians. One fires. The other watches the sky, the wind and the crowd.
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02 The shells rise
The shells rise
Lift
A thump you feel in your chest.
A short, sharp thump throws each shell clear of its tube. Then it climbs on a tail of gold sparks while a timed fuse counts down. The light arrives first. The sound walks in a moment later.
Height
Bigger shells go higher, and open wider.
The shell size is chosen for the site, not the other way round. A garden wedding gets a break at 60 metres. A town waterfront gets one at 150, so everyone on the front sees the same sky.
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03 The first burst
The first burst
The peony
A perfect ball of colour.
The classic. Every spark leaves the centre at the same pace, so the ball opens evenly and holds its shape for a second before the colour starts to fall. Shown here at a third of real speed.
The chrysanthemum
Same ball, with tails.
Each spark leaves a trail of its own, so the burst looks like a flower with petals. The tails flicker as they die. This is the one that crackles.
The willow
Gold that falls like a curtain.
Long-burning gold sparks with a heavy droop. They hang for five seconds, then pour toward the water, doubled in the harbour below. The best friend of a slow song.
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04 The finale barrage
The finale barrage
The barrage
Forty shells in eight seconds.
The desk stops waiting. Cues land every fifth of a second, fanned left to right across the whole harbour, colours stacking until the sky has no gaps in it.
Rings and hearts
Shapes that hold for a heartbeat.
Special shells draw a ring or a heart in the dark. They are packed so the pattern stays crisp before the sparks drop. Tell us the names on the guest list and we can write them into the running order.
The quay
The faces matter more than the sky.
Two thousand people gasp at the same moment, and every phone goes up. That is the number we design to. Everything else is just powder and timing.
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05 The smoke clears
The smoke clears
Quiet
Then the wind takes it all away.
The last willow hangs in the haze and the bank of smoke slides off down the estuary. The quay is quiet for a few seconds, then it breaks into applause.
Sweep
We are not done until it is tidy.
Every tube is checked and counted, the fallout zone is walked with torches, and the barge is back alongside before you have found your coat. We leave no site until it is clear.
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06 Your turn
Fire your own show. Or load ours.
Pick a shell and a colour, then tap the sky to break it where you tap. Every shot goes into your running order. Press play to see the whole programme as the crowd would.
Shell
Colour
Height
or tap the sky to place it
Presets
Your running order is empty. Fire a shell.
- Shells
- 0
- Length
- 0:00
- Nearest package
- none yet
07 Shows and prices
Pick a size. We write the rest.
Every price includes the barge or ground crew, a site survey, public liability cover, the safety paperwork and a tidy-up. Invented prices for this concept page, ex VAT.
Display packages
For gardens, clubs and quaysides
- Lantern5 minutes, up to 150 guests£1,350
- Harbour10 minutes, 500 guests, music sync£3,200
- Grand Quay18 minutes, barge launched, up to 4,000£7,800
Wedding finales
One minute you will not forget
- First Dance90 seconds, hearts and gold willow£950
- Heart & Halo3 minutes, names written in the running order£1,650
- The Send-Off5 minutes plus a sparkler avenue for guests£2,400
Corporate and festival
Built to a brief and a budget
- Launch Night6 minutes, branded colours, live-stream angle£4,600
- Festival Closer12 minutes, multi-site firing, radio syncfrom £11,500
- Town New Year15 minutes, midnight countdown, council paperworkfrom £14,900
08 The small print
Loud on the night. Careful all year.
- Shows last season
- 0
- from garden parties to a 6,000-strong town front
- Shells fired
- 0
- every one logged, counted and accounted for
- Public liability
- £0m
- cover on every show, certificate on request
- Licensed since
- 0
- and never fired a show we did not walk first
09 Plan a show
Tell us the night.
Give us a date, a place and a head count, and we will send a site plan, a running order and a fixed price within two working days.
Thank you. We will walk the site, write the running order and email you a fixed price within two working days. Bring a coat, it gets cold on the water.
Find us
Lumina Fireworks
Unit 4, Stonecrouch Wharf
Kent CT99 4LF
Talk to us
01227 555 0142
hello@luminafireworks.example
Office hours
Mon to Fri, 9am to 5.30pm
Sat by appointment
Show-night line, 24 hours