Bath Fireworks 2026: Avon Valley 5 Nov, The Rec 7 Nov £12

Bonfire Night 2026 falls on Thursday 5 November. Four displays in the Bath and Keynsham area now have confirmed dates: the Rotary Club’s Fireworks on the Rec on Saturday 7 November, Bath Racecourse on Friday 6 November, Avon Valley in Keynsham on 5, 6 and 7 November and the Batheaston scouts’ bonfire on 7 November. The Round Table display at Midsomer Norton has still not announced a 2026 date.

Updated 3 November: the Rotary early bird has ended, so Fireworks on the Rec is now £12 an adult and £6 for ages 5 to 15, plus booking fees, on sale until 6pm on the night. The council’s road closure order for the Rec is out (4pm or 4.30pm to 8pm). At the racecourse, the Roof Garden and Royal Crescent Restaurant tickets are marked sold out; general admission is still on sale.

Updated 27 October: the Batheaston scouts have now named their bonfire site, the top of Seven Acres Lane, with gates at 6pm on 7 November. The Rotary early bird on the Rec is still on sale until 1 November, and Midsomer Norton has still not announced a 2026 display.

Updated 20 October: Bath Racecourse has moved to higher prices for 6 November: admission is now £12 for adults and £10 for children (was £11 and £8), and the Roof Garden £22 and £17. The Rotary early bird on the Rec still ends on 1 November, and Midsomer Norton has still not announced a 2026 display.

Updated 13 October: Avon Valley’s Keynsham display is now on sale, £12.99 a person plus £4.99 to park, with babes in arms free. The Rotary early bird prices on the Rec still run to 1 November. The racecourse’s Rudolph drone show on 21 November is now sold out.

Updated 29 September: the Rotary display on the Rec is confirmed for 7 November with early bird tickets on sale, and Bath Racecourse has moved its gates to 5pm and its fireworks to 7.30pm, with admission from £11.

Confirmed: Fireworks on the Rec, Saturday 7 November

The Rotary Club of Bath’s Charity Fireworks Fiesta is on Saturday 7 November 2026 at the Recreation Ground, Pulteney Mews, Bathwick. Gates open at 4.30pm, live entertainment with Jamma de Samba starts at 5pm, the fireworks launch at around 6pm and the event ends at 7pm (Rotary Club of Bath).

There are two areas, and you cannot move between them on the night: seats in the west (Riverside) stand of the rugby stadium, or standing in the open area in front of the small pavilion. The early bird offer closed at midnight on 1 November, and the full prices are the same for both areas:

• Adult (16 and over): £12, which comes to £13.10 with the booking fee
• Ages 5 to 15: £6, or £6.80 with the fee

The ticket page lists them as on sale until 6pm on Saturday 7 November. Proceeds go to The Glasshouse Academy and the Bath Rugby Foundation.

The rules that catch people out: no tickets on the gate, only advance sales (which run up to the start if any are left); no parking on site and no disabled parking; no dogs except guide and support animals; no sparklers; and food and drink stalls take cards only. Suspended bus stops are posted at each stop a week before.

The council’s traffic order for the display (reference THTSC1017, published 22 October) closes these roads on 7 November:

• 4pm to 8pm: Cheap Street
• 4.30pm to 8pm: Northgate Street (New Bond Street to High Street), High Street (Northgate Street to Orange Grove), Orange Grove, Grand Parade, Bridge Street, and Argyle Street as far as Grove Street
• Pierrepont Street is closed at York Street, North Parade becomes one way eastbound, and North Parade Road is open only for the leisure centre and the cricket club
• Traffic on Upper Borough Walls can only turn left into Northgate Street and leaves via Broad Street

Confirmed: Avon Valley, Keynsham, 5, 6 and 7 November

Avon Valley Adventure Park on Pixash Lane, Keynsham runs its Firework Spectacular on Thursday 5, Friday 6 and Saturday 7 November 2026, 5pm to 9pm each night. This year’s show is called “Generation Re-Mix: 00s Pop vs K-Pop”, choreographed with fireworks, flames and lasers by Aardvark FX (Avon Valley).

Arrival is in timed intakes, which matters if you are driving:

• Intake 1: 17:30 to 17:50
• Intake 2: 17:50 to 18:10
• Intake 3: 18:10 to 18:30
• Intake 4: 18:30 to 18:50

The park aims to launch the fireworks at 7pm each night, though it says the pyrotechnicians make the final call on the evening based on safety.

Tickets are advance only, and they are now on sale: the park’s booking page lists a person ticket at £12.99, a car parking ticket at £4.99 and a free babes in arms ticket (Avon Valley bookings). The park says the event is expected to sell out quickly. If you are driving, the car parking ticket has to be bought at the same time as the event ticket, and the park asks people not to block Pixash Lane or the railway bridge instead. Other things it states plainly: card payments only on site, no cash; boots or wellies, because the display is on open farmland; no sparklers, bangers or fireworks brought in; no alcohol bought outside; and funfair rides from Kids World Funfair carry an extra charge. There is no bonfire, which the park says is deliberate, to avoid harming hedgehogs and other wildlife.

Confirmed: Bath Racecourse, Friday 6 November

Bath Racecourse on Lansdown, BA1 9BU, holds its Fireworks Night on Friday 6 November 2026. Gates open at 5pm, hot air balloons go up at 6.45pm, the fireworks start at 7.30pm and the night ends at 9pm (Bath Racecourse). Those times replace the ones the racecourse listed earlier in September, which had the gates at 2pm and the finish at 6.30pm.

This year’s theme is traditional, with hot air balloons rising over the course before the main display. What the racecourse actually lists on the night is “traditional street food, hot drinks and a full bar”, not a funfair. The display can be watched from the grounds or from the rooftop garden, and hospitality packages with a private indoor space will be sold separately.

Prices are as the racecourse listed them on 20 October. On 3 November the Roof Garden and Royal Crescent Restaurant tickets were marked sold out; general admission, Fizz, Fire and Feast (flagged “limited availability”), the VIP suite and private suites were still on sale:

• Admission: adult (13 and over) £12, child (4 to 12) £10
• Roof Garden: adult £22, child £17, with free tea, coffee and hot chocolate, outdoor seating, a private bar and a separate viewing area on the grandstand steps
• Fizz, Fire and Feast (admission, a hot dog and a drink): adult £17, child £15, family of two adults and two children £49
• Wicked Views VIP Suite: adult £32, child £25
• Royal Crescent Restaurant: adult £40, child £20
• Private suite: £47 a head, for 12 to 20 people

For infants aged 0 to 3, the racecourse asks you to reply to your confirmation email to arrange a ticket.

The racecourse has a second night sky event a fortnight later. A Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer drone light show is booked for Saturday 21 November 2026, flying 600 drones, with fairground rides, face painting and food stalls alongside it. The event description now gives doors at 2pm, the drone show at 5pm and a finish at 6.30pm, although the key information box still reads TBA, and the ticket options are marked sold out. Drone shows are weather-sensitive, so the racecourse has already named 22 and 23 November as contingency dates, and says tickets are non-refundable if it moves, with holders told by text and email (Bath Racecourse).

Confirmed: Batheaston, Saturday 7 November

The 23rd Bath (Avonvale) Scouts, who have run the Batheaston bonfire night for 14 years, are back on 7 November 2026 “at the top of Seven Acres Lane”, which they now give as the venue (23rd Bath Scouts).

The event is a lantern glow, a large bonfire, a professional display, a bar and locally produced hot dogs. The scouts’ own Q&A says the gates open at 6pm, the bonfire is lit at about 6.10pm and the fireworks generally go up at 7pm, held back until the gates are clear. You can pay on the gate or request tickets by making a donation online up to midnight on Friday 6 November. The gate prices listed are child £5, adult £10 and family £25 (two adults and up to three children), with youth group members in uniform free; the same Q&A still carries last year’s date line, so treat them as a guide.

The parking instruction on that page is worth reading before you set off: there is no parking in Northend village, marshals on the main road turn non-residents away from the Batch, and the online ticket form makes you confirm there is no car access: use the Batheaston High Street car parks or London Road and walk about ten minutes.

Not yet announced: Midsomer Norton

The Mendip and District Round Table Fireworks Spectacular at Midsomer Norton Cricket Club, Withies Lane, Radstock BA3 2JE has not published a 2026 date: its Eventbrite listings and the Midsomer Norton event searches still show nothing for this year when checked on 3 November. Its 2025 event ran on Saturday 8 November 2025 from 6pm to 9pm (Eventbrite listing). It is fireworks only, with no bonfire lit, and the club states there is no parking at the venue.

Getting there and back

None of the Bath displays is easy by car. The Rec has no parking at all and sits inside the 4.30pm to 8pm closures, so walk in from the centre. The racecourse sits at the top of Lansdown, and Avon Valley is on the Bath Road out of Keynsham with a timed arrival system that punishes late arrival. Our parking in Bath page has the council tariffs and the free first hour at Royal Victoria Park and Alexandra Park, and Bath roadworks and travel carries current closures.

Every date, time and price above was checked on the organiser’s own page on 3 November 2026. Midsomer Norton is still unannounced; this page is updated if it publishes.