The festival website states that there will be live musicians, including Mudmen, Burning Bridges, Revive the Rose, One in the Chamber, and Side Street Band. Photo Credit: Adobe Stock Images.
A fireworks festival called Pyro Fest is coming to Hamilton for the first time on Saturday, Aug. 17.
The festival was started in Lindsay, Ontario three years ago by Supernova Fireworks, a company which says it is “Ontario’s leader in consumer fireworks.”
Supernova reportedly sells over 520 fireworks products, but their main focus is on their display fireworks shows.
In 2017, for Canada 150 celebrations, Supernova says they serviced over 40 shows across Ontario.
They will be holding the third annual Kawartha Pyro Fest at the Lindsay Fairgrounds in Lindsay, Ontario on Saturday, Aug. 3, before bringing the event to the Ancaster Fairgrounds in Hamilton for the first time two weeks later.
Both events run from 5 p.m. until 11p.m. on their respective days, with gates opening at 4 p.m.
The festival website states that there will be live musicians, including Mudmen, Burning Bridges, Revive the Rose, One in the Chamber, and Side Street Band.
Entertainment will include bouncy castles, games, face painting, and balloon twisting in addition to live entertainment.
Food and drink vendors include Lemon Heaven, Gangster Cheese, Cosmic Ice Cream, and Tea & Cinnamon.
A 30-minute fireworks display, choreographed to music, caps off the event.
Tickets for the Hamilton event, which can be purchased online, cost $35 per person for adults, $15 for kids aged 5 to 12, and are free for kids aged 4 and under.
They are available online on Eventbrite, which is accessible via www.pyrofest.ca.
Tickets will also be available at the gates for $5 more per person.
A Pyro Fest unlimited pass is also available online and will give customers access to both the event in Lindsay and the one in Hamilton.
Those passes cost $50 per person for adults and $20 per person for kids aged 5 to 12.
The introduction of the show to Hamilton follows a motion that was brought forward by Councillor Nrinder Nann (Ward 3 – East Hamilton Centre) in 2023 and debated by Council to direct City of Hamilton staff to study the feasibility of replacing the city’s Canada Day fireworks event with a “laser light show” or “drone show.”
The motion, entitled “Celebrating Canada Day in a New Climate Change Reality,” was seconded by Councillor Tammy Hwang (Ward 4 – Hamilton East) and was approved by Council’s General Issues Committee in a 9-5 vote.
Although the motion only pertains to the city’s official Canada Day event and not fireworks launched privately, Nann also told Council that she hopes the city will also institute a “blanket ban on fireworks” in the future.
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