Hosting a DIY firework display at home can be an exciting way to celebrate with friends and family. To make your event both safe and visually impressive, planning and preparation are essential. Showtime Fireworks provides high-quality fireworks and expert advice to help you put on a show that everyone will remember for the right reasons.
Planning Your DIY Firework Display
Proper planning sets the foundation for a smooth and safe firework event. Begin by considering your audience, available space, and the type of fireworks you want to use. Showtime Fireworks offers a wide selection of products to match every setting, whether it’s a small garden display or a larger open-area show. Preparation is the key to an enjoyable, accident-free night.
Choosing the Right Location
Choosing a suitable location is one of the most important parts of planning a firework display. You should ensure the area is open, flat, and free from buildings, trees, or overhead cables. Always check local regulations before lighting fireworks. Showtime Fireworks recommends keeping spectators at a safe distance and having an emergency plan ready just in case.
Check Local Safety Regulations and Space Requirements
Creating a Display Layout Plan
Arrange Fireworks for Timing, Safety, and Visual Effect
Selecting Quality Fireworks for Your Display
Why Buy from Trusted UK Firework Retailers
Showtime Fireworks Offers Premium Brands for Home Displays
Our online shop features well-known brands that produce reliable and stunning effects. Whether you’re looking for vibrant colours or crackling bursts, our curated range guarantees quality. Visit Showtime Fireworks Shop to explore our full product range.
Understanding Different Firework Types
Cakes, Rockets, and Fountains – What Works Best Together
Cakes are perfect for the main part of your display, while rockets offer height and impressive bursts. Fountains add sparkle at ground level and are great for starting the show. Showtime Fireworks recommends combining all three for a complete experience that builds up to a memorable finale.
Clash of the Titans by Caractacus Potts
Clash of the Titans – The Ultimate Barrage Pack
Light up the night with the "Clash of the Titans", featuring 14 premium barrages and 2 rocket packs for an unforgettable fireworks display.
Highlights include 9 barrages from "War of the Gods," 3 exclusive new 2024 items, and the colossal Zeus finale with 1kg of gunpowder. With over 40kg of firepower, this is your ultimate solution for an epic celebration.
Exclusively available in London at Showtime Fireworks—order now and make your night unforgettable!
Sky Vandal XL 632 shots By Vivid Fireworks
Sky Vandal XL by Vivid Fireworks delivers an incredible 632 shots over an amazing 5-minute display, packed with colourful bursts, glittering brocades, crackling effects, and rapid-fire action 💥🎆
Featuring 632 shots, approximately 5 minutes duration, 3999g powder weight, 20mm tubes, mixed firing pattern, 1.3G hazard classification, 25 metre safety distance, and a huge 10/10 noise level, this premium one-light compound creates a complete fireworks display from a single fuse.
Wave after wave of colourful effects, strobing palms, brocades, crackles, and sky-filling bursts keep spectators entertained from start to finish.
Perfect for Bonfire Night, Diwali, New Year's Eve, weddings, birthdays, and large celebrations.
RAGE 224 shot Compound by Pyroworx Fireworks
Packed with 224 shots and 30mm tubes, this powerhouse firework contains just under 4 kg of explosive powder. Perfect for a stunning finale, it offers vibrant colours, impressive effects, and unique firing formations. Designed to be the highlight of any display, the Rage promises a show-stopping performance that will leave your audience speechless.
Master Class 300 Shots By Pyroworx Fireworks
Master Class 300 shot compound by Pyroworx delivers a huge, sky-filling display from just one fuse 💥
With a massive 3891g NEC, 25mm tubes, and around 110 seconds of duration, it fires bold reds, blues, greens, golds, and silvers high into the sky. As a result, you get instant impact right from the start.
Then, as the display builds, it introduces crackling effects, glittering trails, and wide fanned bursts that spread across the sky. Because of this, the show feels bigger, fuller, and more exciting with every sequence.
Each of the 300 shots is fired in a fast-paced rhythm, keeping the energy high from start to finish. At the same time, the mix of colour, sound, and effects creates a balanced but powerful display. Finally, it builds into a strong, hard-hitting finale that leaves a lasting impression.
Perking Opera 3 X – Compound By Riakeo Fireworks
Get ready to be amazed by the Peking Opera 3 X, a 243-shot compound firework featuring 20/25/30mm tubes. This 100-second display begins with a fanned sequence of red glitter mines and dazzling blue and green bursts, swiftly followed by vibrant dahlias in colours like red, lime, purple, and blue.
The show intensifies with massive blue star mines and electric blue dahlias, creating a stunning visual. The grand finale features spiraling gold tourbillion tails, vibrant bursts, and golden crackles, ensuring an unforgettable finish for any event.
Witch Doctor 218 Shots By Vivid
Witch Doctor by Vivid Fireworks is a powerful 218-shot F3 compound, delivering around 105 seconds of action through large 30mm tubes with a huge 3974g NEC.
It fills the sky with red, blue, green, purple, gold and silver-white, combining bright comet tails and coloured mines with huge star bursts. Glittering strobes, loud crackles, gold brocades and beautiful hanging willow effects keep the display constantly changing.
The intensity continues to build before Witch Doctor finishes with a big closing volley of bright colours, crackles and powerful bursts, making it an impressive centrepiece or finale.
Best of all, Witch Doctor is exclusive to only a small number of UK retailers, with Showtime Fireworks the only London firework shop stocking it.
NIGHT STALKER Compound By Riakeo Fireworks
Sky Vandal 404 shots By Vivid Fireworks
Dreadnought 296 shot Compound by Hallmark
Dreadnought by Hallmark Fireworks delivers 296 shots of premium colours, crackling effects, gold crowns, and nonstop action over an incredible two-minute display.
Featuring 296 shots, approximately 126 seconds duration, 25mm tubes, 3708.8g powder weight, mixed firing pattern, 1.3G hazard classification, 30 metre height, 25 metre safety distance, and a massive 10/10 noise level, this premium compound is built to impress.
From elegant red-tailed comets and gold crowns to crackling spiders, blue stars, silver glitter, and huge fan-firing volleys, Dreadnought keeps the sky alive with colour and excitement.
Perfect for Bonfire Night, Diwali, New Year's Eve, weddings, birthdays, and large celebrations.
Delirium Compound Barrage By Vivid Fireworks
Delirium by Vivid Fireworks delivers 154 spectacular shots packed with huge 30mm bursts, stunning Fire Fly effects, gold dragons, colourful stars, and an unforgettable finale 💥🔥
Featuring 154 shots, approximately 143 seconds duration, 30mm tubes, 3682g powder weight, mixed firing pattern, 1.3G hazard classification, 25 metre safety distance, and a massive 10/10 noise level, this premium one-light compound creates a professional-style display from a single fuse.
Huge colourful bursts, sparkling Fire Fly effects, shimmering gold dragons, and rising chrysanthemum mines combine to create one of the most exciting compounds in the Vivid Fireworks range.
Perfect for Bonfire Night, Diwali, New Year's Eve, weddings, birthdays, and large celebrations.
Relentless 228 shot Compound by Hallmark Fireworks
Relentless by Hallmark Fireworks delivers 228 shots of non-stop colour, noise, and excitement over an incredible two-minute display
Featuring 228 shots, approximately 120 seconds duration, 3468.4g powder weight, 25mm tubes, mixed firing pattern, 30 metre height, 25 metre safety distance, and a massive 10/10 noise level, this premium compound barrage is built to impress.
From ignition, colourful bursts and powerful effects fill the sky with wave after wave of action.
Perfect for Bonfire Night, Diwali, New Year's Eve, weddings, birthdays, and large celebrations
Armed To The Teeth Pack By Pyroworx Fireworks
Armed To The Teeth by Pyroworx Fireworks is a complete fireworks package featuring 30 fireworks, over 475 shots, rockets, fountains, barrages, candles, and sparklers.
Featuring approximately 475 shots, 10–15 minutes duration, 3000g powder weight, 25mm and 30mm tubes, mixed firing patterns, 40 metre height, 25 metre safety distance, and a massive 10/10 noise level, this huge firework pack is built to impress.
Packed with powerful barrages, colourful fountains, soaring rockets, Roman candles, sparklers, and handheld effects, Armed To The Teeth delivers everything needed for a complete fireworks display.
Perfect for Bonfire Night, Diwali, New Year's Eve, weddings, birthdays, and large family celebrations.
Alpha Rampage 145 Shots by Pyroworx Fireworks
Alpha Rampage 145 Shots by Pyroworx doesn’t just turn up to your display—it kicks the door down, takes control of the sky, and makes sure every other firework knows who’s in charge 💥
Built with high-grade Gunpowder, this powerhouse fires fast-rising shots into bold reds and greens, before opening into wide fanned palms and flowing comet effects. As a result, the sky fills fast and stays full.
With 145 shots and a huge 2596.5g NEC, it delivers around 90 seconds of non-stop action. Then, just to remind you who’s boss, it finishes with a hard-hitting titanium-style finale that refuses to go quietly.
Ballistic 150 Shots By Pyroworx Fireworks
Ballistic 150 Shots by Pyroworx is a high-impact compound firework UK designed for a full display from one fuse 💥
Featuring 150 shots, 1986g NEC, and large 25mm & 30mm tubes, it delivers around 90 seconds of non-stop action. From fast-rising bursts to bold reds, greens, and golds, it quickly fills the sky. Then, wide fanned shots and crackling effects take over, creating huge coverage and constant variation.
As a result, you get a loud, powerful firework with professional-style performance, perfect for Bonfire Night, Diwali, and New Year's Eve. If you’re searching for the best compound fireworks UK, Ballistic delivers serious value, maximum impact, and a finale that hits hard.
Showtime Firework By Jonathan’s Fireworks
Unleash Firework Brilliance with This Stunning Compound Cake
Experience a professional-grade fireworks display with this 184-shot compound cake, lasting an incredible 2 minutes 30 seconds! Packed with effects like crossettes, brocades, willows, bombettes, and an intense gold brocade finale, this firework is a true show-stopper.
With five cakes fused into one, it delivers a seamless, breathtaking display—all with the simplicity of lighting just one fuse. Perfect for creating unforgettable moments! Order now and elevate your celebration.
Pyro Fighter – (4) Barrage Pack by Pyroworx
The Pyro Fighter Barrage Pack ensures a thrilling and captivating show that will make your celebration memorable. This set includes four powerful 30mm shot cakes, each loaded with 720g of high-quality gunpowder, totalling an impressive 2880g of explosive power. Ignite these spectacular cakes and watch the night sky come alive with breathtaking fireworks.
Monas Jakarta By Riakeo Fireworks
The Monas Jakarta by Riakeo Fireworks is a powerful F3 compound with 108 shots of 30mm calibre effects. Firing in rapid succession for 55 seconds, it produces thick gold comet tails, blue horsetails, silver strobes, golden brocades, and unique angled V and Z firing patterns with colourful comets.
With a stunning finale of colour and power, Monas Jakarta is designed for medium to large gardens. It’s perfect for weddings, Bonfire Night, and New Year’s Eve celebrations.
At Showtime Fireworks, we stock Riakeo alongside Funke, Vivid, Celtic, and Pyroworx, with free West London delivery and nationwide courier shipping.
Vendetta – Barrage By Riakeo Fireworks
No Mercy 107 shot By Pyroworx Fireworks
Get ready for an unforgettable display with this incredible barrage from Pyroworx Fireworks. With 107 shots from 25mm and 30mm tubes, it delivers a dazzling mix of vibrant effects and colours that will captivate your audience. This firework has a duration of just under 2 minutes, making it the perfect choice for creating a lasting impression at any event. Its breathtaking performance guarantees excitement and awe with every explosion.
Air Boss X-Treme 144 Shots by Pyroworx Fireworks
Meet the boss of the sky… and trust us, this one doesn’t take orders—it gives them 💥
Air Boss X-Treme is a full-on aerial takeover packed into one fuse. From the moment you light it, this compound gets straight to business, firing out bold colours, crackling chaos, and huge sky-filling bursts that don’t hold back. With 144 shots of pure authority, it builds, spreads wide across the sky, and keeps the pressure on right through to a powerful finale.
Expect a long-lasting performance with premium effects, quality materials, and that signature Pyroworx punch—because when the Air Boss is in charge, it’s not a quiet night… it’s a full-scale display.
Perfect for Bonfire Night, Diwali, weddings, or any party where you want one firework to do it all—just light once, step back, and let the boss handle the rest.
Storm 208 shot – Compound Firework by Pyroworx
The amazing STORM Pyroworx Fireworks 208 Shot Big Boy Compound—is a must-have for any grand finale! This incredible firework features a stunning mix of effects, including alternating banks of purple, red, pink, and green shooting stars, straight-firing red and green peonies, and mesmerising fan formations with golden waterfall effects.
Perking Opera 6 – Compound By Riakeo Fireworks
Neon King – Iskra By Funke Fireworks
This incredible 188-shot, 113-second firework showbox offers a stunning mix of shapes, colours, and effects. Loaded with almost 2000g of powder, it guarantees a captivating display that keeps you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. The breathtaking sequence of vibrant peonies, golden willows, and dazzling strobe effects fills the sky with a mesmerising array of colours. Expect bursts of lemon, violet, green, red, and more, creating a spectacle you won’t forget.
1 UP – Compound By Pyroworx Fireworks
Unveil the magic of 1 UP By Pyroworx Fireworks compound barrage featuring 137 shots from 25/30 mm bore-sized tubes. With a mesmerising multi-angled firing sequence, this spectacular firework is perfect for any display.
Experience breathtaking golden mine lifts transitioning into stunning blue peonies, followed by W-formation golden brocades with vibrant stars and crackling effects. As silver swirling tails lead to massive silver peonies, the visual spectacle is nothing short of magnificent. Elevate your event with this remarkable compound!
Setting Up Your Display Safely
Secure Firing Positions and Launch Pads
Using Sand Buckets, Stakes, and Protective Barriers
Protecting Yourself and Spectators
Safe Distances, Safety Gear, and Fire Extinguisher Readiness
Tips for a Perfect DIY Firework Show
Timing and Sequencing for Maximum Impact
Coordinating Colours and Effects for a Smooth Display
Clean-Up and Post-Show Safety
Handling Used Fireworks Responsibly
Safe Disposal Methods and Fire Checks After the Show
Before leaving the area, check for hot embers or debris that could cause fires. Showtime Fireworks recommends keeping safety equipment handy until you’re sure everything is fully extinguished. This final step ensures a safe ending to your celebration.
