India triumphs at the 2025 World Fireworks Championship Blackpool

Amir Morani Fireworks, a pyrotechnics team from India have been crowned our first champions of Blackpool’s annual World Fireworks competition. They are now the first team to qualify for the prestigious Champion of Champions final taking place in 2028. 

The display by the team from India set the bar high when they performed what they described as a “varied and diverse display” in the first of three spectacular shows staged on the Tower Festival Headland during September and October. 

The judges, who scored them ahead of subsequent performances by Ukraine and Canada, described the display as “one of the best we’ve judged” and praised the synchronisation to the music and the use of new fireworks. 

Amir Morani Fireworks (AMFW) is India’s pioneering pyrotechnics and special effects company, with a legacy spanning over eight decades and has continuously redefined the standards of fireworks and special effects in India and across the globe.

Cllr Lynn Williams, Leader of Blackpool Council and one of the judges, said “Each year the World Fireworks Championship Blackpool brings together the very best in pyrotechnic talent and this year’s displays were nothing short of extraordinary. 

“Team India’s creativity and technical brilliance truly lit up the Blackpool sky. We are delighted to confirm that they will return in 2028 to compete in the Champion of Champions event.”

The firework displays form an integral part of Blackpool’s major autumn and winter events programme. This includes:

Lightpool Festival

The award-winning Lightpool Festival returns with an amazing free-to-see programme of light installations, 3D projection shows, art trails, and stunning live performances from October 15 –November 1. With the Illuminations season in full swing, this year’s Lightpool Festival has been extended, thanks to funding from the Tourism BID, and will run over 18 nights with an extraordinary collection of national and international light installations.

Supported by Arts Council England, it will include the premiere of 12 new artworks never seen before in the UK as well as projection shows and live performance including the return of the hugely popular Carnival Magic in the Tower Ballroom.

Christmas By The Sea

The Tower Festival Headland will be turned into an outdoor winter wonderland and full plans will be unwrapped soon. It opens on November 21 and runs through to January 4, 2026.

Blackpool Illuminations

The world’s longest running light display is showing every night during our autumn and winter events season, ending on January 4, 2026. This year’s seafront display, stretching more than five miles, includes a series of new features:

• Guardians of the North, a new creation by Illuminations Creative Curator, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. Two dragons, each 7 metres tall and wrapped round turrets, have come alive with light, smoke and watchful eyes on the Tower Festival Headland. The installation is complemented by a new projection on The Blackpool Tower building, designed by artist Ant Dickinson. Visitors can join in by scanning a QR code to summon their chosen dragon and see it move across the building.

• Wild Light transforms the Illuminations roadway section into an open-air gallery of acclaimed wildlife artist, Robert E Fuller. Celebrated for capturing the character of Britain’s fauna in exquisite detail, Fuller’s illuminated works feature badgers, foxes, pheasants and birdlife. With more than 910,000 subscribers, Fuller has brought the beauty of the natural world to Blackpool’s famous lights.
• Lusch Puppy by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen brings some canine couture to the Illuminations. These tongue-in-cheek portraits reimagine pampered pooches as regal icons in silks, frills and gilded attire. 
• LOVE by Jason Wilsher-Mills MBE is a six-panel illuminated roadway section inspired by the artist’s childhood memories of Blackpool in 1978. The section tells the story of two characters, from strangers on the beach to a lifetime of dancing in The Blackpool Tower Ballroom. The story is brought to life in his own way through patterns and local motifs. Wilsher-Mills, who has used a wheelchair since contracting chickenpox at age 11, is an award-winning creator whose work celebrates disability, northern working-class heritage and popular culture.
• HUG by internationally acclaimed street artist, My Dog Sighs, makes its debut in the Illuminations. This new roadway feature presents twelve unique versions of the artist’s Everyman character, each set against a vivid backdrop. Over the years, Everyman has become a global symbol of connection, helping to raise tens of thousands for charity and even being minted onto a coin. Now, this much-loved character is brought to life in light.
• Space Canopy is a light installation that stands 11.2 metres tall and uses 350 metres of luminescent wire. Inspired by the bright trails of stars and satellites moving across the night sky, this artwork celebrates the idea of protection and movement. The installation will be available to view towards the end of October.

For more information on Blackpool events, head to visitblackpool.com