More than 35,000 people are expected to attend this year’s Carlisle Fireshow.
The sparkling event is part of the Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival and will be held in Bitts Park on Saturday November 5, starting at 6.30pm.
The centrepiece bonfire will be Roman themed and more than 2,000 fireworks will also light up the sky.
It will be the 33rd fireshow event Carlisle City Council has staged and is organised in conjunction with Merlin Fireworks Ltd.
This year’s event programme has been extended to include a fairground funfair in Castle car park – formerly known as Devonshire Walk car park – between Wednesday October 26 and Sunday October 30.
On the day of the fireshow, there will be no fairground and Castle car park will change into a Fireshow Village, offering food and family entertainment to families between 5pm and 8.30pm.
Leader of Carlisle City Council, John Mallinson, said: “This year’s event will celebrate the celebrate the 1,900th anniversary of Hadrian’s Wall. As well as a 40ft bonfire, there will thousands of fireworks and it is set to be must-see event not to be missed.”
Admission is free. A charity collection will be held with all donations going towards the Rotary Club of Carlisle South, (which donates most of its fundraising efforts to local good causes) and the Mayor’s Charity Fund (Carlisle Key, CFM’s Cash for Kids and Jigsaw, Cumbria’s Children’s Hospice).
Volunteers will be holding charity buckets on the entrance to the event and organisers are asking the fireshow’s adult spectators to consider giving at least £2 each.
Carlisle Fireshow is a family event, and no alcohol will be permitted on site or within the Fireshow Village in Castle car park.
