Bonfire & Fireworks Night In Kent
Bonfire & Fireworks Night Events In Kent
Discover the top fireworks displays, bonfire burnings and torch-lit processions in 2026 in Kent with our update coming soon. Experience the magic of Guy Fawkes Night in Kent with our ultimate guide to the best fireworks displays. Whether you’re searching for a family-friendly event or a spectacular pyrotechnic show, we’ve got you covered with our guide to the best fireworks displays in Kent. From Canterbury to Dover, Tunbridge Wells to Sevenoaks, and Isle of Sheppey to Maidstone, find a display for you. Don’t miss out on live music, funfairs, and entertainment that make Fireworks Night events in Kent truly unforgettable.
By Julia Roy
Last updated 23rd October 2026
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Bonfire & Fireworks Night In Kent
Events 2026
23rd OCTOBER 2026
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🎇 Hampton Primary School Fireworks
📍 Herne Bay
🗓️ When: 23rd October 2026, 5pm-8pm | Fireworks: 6.30pm
💰 Prices: £6 | Child – 2 years and under: Free. Booking fees will apply. Limited tickets available on the day: From £8.
✨ Highlights: Annual fireworks; there will be food vendors, merchandise stalls and more.
💡 Top Tip: Tickets online and at Hampton School Kiosk, Kids Korner Toy & Fancy Dress Shop and the Little Green Bookshop – cash only.
Full Hampton Primary School Fireworks 2026 details →
24th OCTOBER 2026
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🎇 Penshurst Primary School Bonfire Night
📍 Penshurst, Sevenoaks
🗓️ When: 24th October 2026, 5pm-TBC | Fireworks: 6.30pm
💰 Prices: Adult: £12 | Child: £6 | Children under 4: Free |Family of 4: £30.
✨ Highlights: Annual event with professional fireworks, food, drink and family fun.
Full Penshurst Primary School Bonfire Night 2026 details →
31st OCTOBER 2026
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🎇 Addington Village Cricket Club Halloween & Fireworks Night
📍 West Malling, Tonbridge
🗓️ When: 31st October 2026, 6pm to 11pm | Fireworks: 7.30pm
💰 Prices: Adult: £10 | Child – under 16s: £6 | Child – under 3 years: Free | Family – 2 adults + 2 under-16s: £28 | Halloween Magic Show & Party add-on: £5 per child – ages 5 to 10 years. Booking fees will apply.
✨ Highlights: A Halloween magic show and party for kids, a costume competition with prizes, BBQ and fireworks display.
💡 Top Tip: Take cash, as card machines can’t be guaranteed for the club or the food vendors.
Full Halloween & Fireworks Night at Addington Village Cricket Club 2026 details →
🎇 Halloween Firework Spectacular at Challock Sports Club
📍 Ashford
🗓️ When: 31st October 2026, 6pm to TBC | Fireworks: 7pm
💰 Prices: Adult: £8 | Child – under 6 years: £4 | Family – 2 adults + 2 children under 16 years: £20. Tickets at the gate.
✨ Highlights: A Halloween fireworks event with an outdoor bar, a BBQ, a food truck and fancy dress welcome!
💡 Top Tip: Take cash, as card machines can’t be guaranteed for the club or the food vendors.
Full Halloween Firework Spectacular at Challock Sports Club 2026 details →
1st NOVEMBER 2026
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🎇 Trucks & Fireworks at Brands Hatch
📍 West Kingsdown, Sevenoaks
🗓️ When: 1st November 2026, 8am-TBC | Fireworks: 5.20pm
💰 Prices: Adult £30 | Teen – 13 to 15 years: £20. Weekend (day of racing and DJ set on 31st October) Adult: £43 | Teen – 13 to 15 years: £26. Must book in advance.
✨ Highlights: Enjoy this annual truck parade, a Chase from Paw Patrol meet-and-greet, a funfair (charged separately), go-karting, YoungDrive taster sessions, fireworks, and a free after-party with live music.
Full Trucks & Fireworks at Brands Hatch 2026 details →
🎇 Firework Display at Folkestone Invicta FC
📍 Folkestone
🗓️ When: 1st November 2026, 4pm-TBC | Fireworks: 6.30pm
💰 Prices: Advance Tickets: Adult: £15 | Child – 5 to 15 years: £10 | Child – under 5 years: Free | Family – 2 adults + 2 children – 5 to 15 years: £40.
✨ Highlights: See the South Kent fireworks that the organisers say will be bigger and better this year.
💡 Top Tip: If there is availability at the gate, each ticket will incur a £2 surcharge, and no family tickets are available.
Full Firework Display at Folkestone Invicta FC 2026 details →
4th November 2026
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🎇 Copperfield Academy Fireworks
📍 Gravesham
🗓️ When: 4th November 2026, 4.30pm to 9.30pm | Fireworks: 7.30pm
💰 Prices: Adult: £5 | Child – 5 to 17 years: £2.
✨ Highlights: School display open to the public, with a fun fair and fireworks.
Full Copperfield Academy Fireworks 2026 details →
5th NOVEMBER 2026
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🎇 Kent Cricket’s Fireworks Evening
📍 Canterbury
🗓️ When: 5th November 2026, 5pm-TBC | Fireworks: TBC
💰 Prices: Adults: £16.50 | Child – 4 to 15 years: £6 | Child – under 3 years: Free. Sold out last year
✨ Highlights: Canterbury’s biggest fireworks evening, with live music, a food village and more entertainment to be confirmed.
💡 Top Tip: Only buy tickets from Kent Cricket’s official ticket site, as the club has warned about fake ticket sellers on social media.
Full Kent Cricket Fireworks Evening 2026 details →
🎇 Broadstairs Firework Night
📍 Viking Bay, Broadstairs
🗓️ When: 5th November 2026, 6pm-TBC | Fireworks: 7pm
💰 Prices: FREE
✨ Highlights: Very popular fireworks night; watch the display while enjoying music before and after the rockets start to be lit!
💡 Top Tip: Use public transport where you can – roads closed and parking very limited.
Full Firework Night in Broadstairs 2026 details →
6th NOVEMBER 2026
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🎇 Pembury Fireworks Night
📍Pembury, Tunbridge Wells
🗓️ When: 6th November 2026, 6.30pm-TBC | Fireworks: 7.30pm
💰 Prices: £7| Child – 15 years and under: Free | Child – under 5 years: Free. Booking fees will apply. Must book in advance.
✨ Highlights: A Phoenix Fireworks display set to club classics, with two bars, street food, a sweets truck and light-up toys for sale.
Full Pembury Fireworks Night 2026 details →
🎇 Nizels Golf & Country Club Fireworks Night
📍Tonbridge
🗓️ When: 6th November 2026, 5.30pm-TBC | Fireworks: 7.30pm
💰 Prices: £16 | Child: £11 | . Family – 2 adults + 2 children: £48 | Parking: £10
✨ Highlights: Live entertainment from stilt walkers and face painters, plus a children’s disco and a fireworks display at this family firework event.
💡 Top Tip: Parking must be pre-booked.
Full Fireworks Night at Nizels Golf & Country Club 2026 details →
🎇 Bearsted Fireworks
📍 Elizabeth Harvie Field, Bearsted, Maidstone
🗓️ When: 6th November 2026, 6pm-9pm | Fireworks: 7.30pm
💰 Prices: £11.
✨ Highlights: Fireworks display set to music from the Netflix film K-Pop Demon Hunters.
💡 Top Tip: Ticket-only event. Allow about 15 minutes for the entry queue.
Full Bearsted Fireworks 2026 details →
🎇 Upchurch Cricket Club Fireworks Night
📍Sittingbourne
🗓️ When: 6th November 2026, 6pm-TBC | Fireworks: TBC
💰 Prices: Adult: £13 | Child – 5 to 15 years: £9 | Child – under 5 years: Free | Family – 2 adults + 2 children: £34. Booking fees will apply.
✨ Highlights: Family event with food trucks, an outside bar, music and the promise of the club’s biggest display yet.
Full Upchurch Cricket Club Fireworks Night 2026 details →
🎇 Swanley Recreation Ground Fireworks
📍Swanley
🗓️ When: 6th November 2026, 5pm-9pm | Fireworks: 7.30pm
💰 Prices: FREE
✨ Highlights: The fireworks return to the rec for another year of music, food stalls, bar and bonfire lighting!
Full Swanley Recreation Ground Fireworks 2026 details →
🎇 Farthingloe Fireworks
📍Great Farthingloe Farm, Dover
🗓️ When: 6th November 2026, 4pm-TBC | Fireworks: 6pm and 8pm
💰 Prices: Adult: £12 | Child – under 16 years: £6 | Child – 2 years and under: Free | Family – 2 adults + 2 children: £30 | Carer: Free | Barn Party: £3. Booking fees will apply.
✨ Highlights: Enjoy 2 displays, one quieter one, plus fire dancers, live music and fairground rides, and an after-party in the barn.
💡 Top Tip: Tickets are selling fast.
Full Farthingloe Fireworks 2026 details →
6th & 7th NOVEMBER 2026
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🎇 Fireworks Spectacular at Kent Life
📍 Maidstone
🗓️ When: 6th November 2026, 4pm-TBC | Fireworks: 8.30pm
7th November 2026: 7th November 2026 Gates open: 3pm-TBC | Fireworks: 6.30pm
💰 Prices: Adult: £18 | Child – 2 to 15 years: £15 | Child – under years: Free | Family – 2 adults + 2 children: £60 | Fairground rides: Pay on the night – cash only.
Members get 15% off.
✨ Highlights: A display set to music; there’s plenty of great fun with children’s fairground rides, glow sticks, a licensed bar and food concessions.
💡 Top Tip: Parking is not guaranteed at the venue for everyone; additional parking is available nearby at Cobtree Park, about 15-minutes walk.
Full Fireworks Spectacular at Kent Life 2026 details →
7th NOVEMBER 2026
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🎇 Edenbridge Bonfire & Fireworks Extravaganza
📍 Edenbridge, Sevenoaks
🗓️ When: 7th November 2026, 6.30pm to TBC: Fireworks: 8.30pm
💰 Prices: In Advance | *At Gate – Adult: £9 | £10 | Child – 5 to 15 years: £4 | £5 | Child – under 5 years: Free | Family – 2 adults + 2 children: £24 | £27.
Tickets will be on sale in local shops before the event.
✨ Highlights: A torchlit procession, 11-metre effigies and fireworks. Who will this year’s celebrity effigy be?
💡 Top Tips: The procession is free to watch. Tickets at the gate only at the Main and Bridge entrances.
Full Edenbridge Bonfire & Fireworks Extravaganza 2026 details →
🎇 Cornwallis Academy
📍 Linton, Maidstone
🗓️ When: 7th November 2026, 2pm to 7.30pm: Fireworks: 6pm
💰 Prices: Adult: £15 | Child – Under 4 years: Free | Concession: £7.50 | Family – 1 adult + 2 concessions: £25 | Family – 2 adults + 2 concessions: £35. Booking fees apply.
✨ Highlights: Enjoy the afternoon with food stalls, a fully stocked bar, fairground rides and entertainment for all ages before the main fireworks display as night falls.
Full Cornwallis Fireworks Spectacular 2026 details →
🎇 Paddock Wood Family Fireworks
📍 Leigh Academy, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge
🗓️ When: 7th November 2026, 4pm-6.30pm: Fireworks: 5.30pm
💰 Prices: £6.50 | Child – under 1 year: Free, but they still need a ticket.
✨ Highlights: Along with the fireworks, there will be live music, a bar, hot food, hot and cold drinks, candy floss, popcorn, glow products, tombolas and a raffle.
💡 Top Tips: Limited tickets available, and sold online only until midday on Saturday 7th November.
Full Paddock Wood Family Fireworks 2026 details →
🎇 Dartford Lions Fireworks
📍 Central Park, Dartford
🗓️ When: 7th November 2026, 5pm to TBC: Fireworks: 8pm
💰 Prices: Adult: £8 | Child – 5 to 15 years: £5
✨ Highlights: A fair, bonfire lighting, a show from The Sideshow Dolls, and the display!
💡 Top Tips: Tickets are available online and from Craft Frames on West Hill, Dartford.
Full Dartford Lions Fireworks 2026 details →
🎇 All Saints Whistable Fireworks
📍 Whitstable
🗓️ When: 7th November 2026, 6.30pm to TBC: Fireworks: TBC
💰 Prices: Adult: £7 | Child – 3 to 15 years: £4
✨ Highlights: A Popular event family fun event.
💡 Top Tips: Tickets sell out fast; only available at the church office at selected times. Cash preferred- available from 24th October 2026.
Full All Saints Whistable Fireworks 2026 details →
🎇 Warden House Primary School Fireworks Display
📍 Deal
🗓️ When: 7th November 2026, 5.30pm to 7.30pm: Fireworks: 7pm
💰 Prices: Advance | Gate: Adult £7 | £8 | Child: £5 | £6 | Child – 3 years and under: Free | Advance only: Family – 2 adults + 2 children: £22. Booking fees will apply
✨ Highlights: Back with a bang, says the school, with a BBQ and display, with proceeds going back to the school.
💡 Top Tip: There’s no parking on site and the area gets very busy
Full Warden House Primary School Fireworks Displays 2026 details →
🎇 Sheppey RFC 2026 Fireworks Night
📍 Minster, Isle of Sheppey
🗓️ When: 7th November 2026, 6pm-11pm| Fireworks: 8pm
💰 Prices: £5 | Child – 9 years and under*: Free | Car pass: £20 | Booking fees will apply
✨ Highlights: Annual display returns with fairground rides, glow stick stalls and lots of family fun.
💡 Top Tip: Parking pass must be collected before 7th November 2026 – no pass no access.
Full Sheppey RFC 2026 Fireworks Night 2026 details →
🎇 Dunorlan Park Charity Fireworks
📍 Tunbridge Wells
🗓️ When: 7th November 2026, 5.30pm to 7.30pm: Fireworks: 7pm
💰 Prices: Adult: £11 | Child – 5 to 15 years: £7 | Child – under 5 years: Free | Family – 2 adults + 1 child, or 1 adult + 2 children: £24 | Family – 2 adults + 2 children: £30 | Carers: Free
⚠️ Please Note: These are advance prices until midnight on Friday 30th October; after which prices will rise.
✨ Highlights: For the first time, the event will be a movie-themed pyromusical by the lake, with live music, food stalls and a licensed bar.
💡 Top Tip: The entrances are on Pembury Road and Bayhall Road (opposite Camden Park).
Full Dunorlan Park Charity Firework 2026 details →
🎇 Fireworks Spectacular at Maidstone Grammar School
📍 Maidstone
🗓️ When: 7th November 2026, 4pm to 7pm: Fireworks: 6pm
💰 Prices: Adult: £12 | Student/child over 5 years: £8 | Family – 2 adults + up to 3 children: £25 | Unlimited fairground rides wristband: £15 per child.
✨ Highlights: Fairground rides, sounds from the Joe Cox Band and a 25–30-minute display set to music at 6pm! Family firework fun that promises to be bigger and better this year.
💡 Top Tip: Free parking is provided at Mote Park Leisure Centre.
Full Fireworks Spectacular at Maidstone Grammar School 2026 details →
🎇 Fireworks & Bonfire Night Party at Shipbourne School
📍 Tonbridge
🗓️ When: 7th November 2026, 4.15pm-6pm: Fireworks: TBC
💰 Prices: £7 | Family – 4 family members: £25 | Child – 2 years and under: Free. Booking fees will apply.
✨ Highlights: Family disco marquee, BBQ, a licensed bar, glow face painting and lots more.
💡 Top Tip: Tickets must be printed to be accepted at the gate, as phone signal is poor at the event.
Full Edenbridge Bonfire & Fireworks Extravaganza 2026 details →
🎇 5 Nations British Rallycross & Fireworks at Lydden Hill
📍Canterbury
🗓️ When: 7th November 2026, 7.30am to TBC: Fireworks: 5.45pm
💰 Prices: Saturday: Adult: £25.99 (pre-booked only) | Adult fireworks only, 3pm entry: £15.99 | Child – 13 years and under: Free – must be pre-booked for Saturday Pre-booking only Weekend: Adult: £39.99 | Child – 13 years and under: Free – must be pre-booked
✨ Highlights: Weekend of two days of racing and entertainment, but only one night with fireworks!
💡 Top Tip: Free parking for all spectators all weekend.
Full 5 Nations British Rallycross & Fireworks Fireworks 2026 details →
🎇 Ryarsh PTFA Fireworks Night
📍West Malling, Tonbrige
🗓️ When: 7th November 2026, 3.30pm-6.15pm: Fireworks: 6pm
💰 Prices: Adult: £10 | Child – 2 to 16 years: £5 | Child – under 2 years: Free – need ticket | Family – 2 adults + 2 children: £2 discount. Booking fee will apply.
✨ Highlights: Display by Phoenix Fireworks, plus food, bar, and fairground fun.
Full Ryarsh PTFA Fireworks Night 2026 details →
🎇 Medway Yacht Club Fireworks Night
📍Upnor, Rochester
🗓️ When: 7th November 2026, 5.30pm-10pm: Fireworks: 7.30pm
💰 Prices: Adult: £13 | Child – 12 years and under: £7. Booking fees may apply.
✨ Highlights: Bar, good food, bonfire and fireworks.
Full Medway Yacht Club Fireworks Night 2026 details →
🎇 Speldhurst Primary School PTA Fireworks
📍Tunbridge Wells
🗓️ When: 7th November 2026, 4.30pm-6.30pm: Fireworks: TBC
💰 Prices: TBC
✨ Highlights: Date confirmed, more details to follow
Full Speldhurst Primary School PTA Fireworks 2026 details →
FIREWORKS CANCELLATION
The Riverhead Fireworks at Scouts 3rd Sevenoaks, on 7th November, has been cancelled – the organisers say if you have already bought tickets, you will be refunded in full.
Full details →
7th & 8th NOVEMBER 2026
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🎇 Leeds Castle Fireworks Spectacular
📍 Maidstone
🗓️ When: 7th & 8th November 2026, 2pm-TBC: Fireworks: 5.30pm
💰 Prices: Adult: £29 | Child – 3 to 15 yeas: £20 | Child – under 3 years: Free | Carer: Free
✨ Highlights: One of the biggest South East England fireworks displays. This year’s theme celebrates songs about Time choreographed with the display. Plus, arrive early and enjoy the castle’s attractions, see a bird of prey centre display, and enjoy funfair rides, food and drink stalls and live music.
💡 Top Tip: Some attractions, such as adventure golf and the funfair, incur additional fees.
Full Leeds Castle Fireworks Spectacular 2026 details →
🎇 Benenden Bonfire & Fireworks Night
📍 Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells
🗓️ When: 7th November 2026, 5.30pm-TBC | Fireworks: 7pm
💰 Prices: Adults: £8 | Child – 15 years and under: £4 | Child – under 5 years: Free. Booking fees will apply.
✨ Highlights: Enjoy a barbecue, a licensed bar with real ale and soft drinks, a traditional bonfire and a dazzling fireworks display.
Full Benenden Bonfire & Fireworks Night 2026 details →
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Picture Credit: © top to bottom Thomas M. Evans and Sam Mathews, at unsplash.com
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