The internationally renowned British Fireworks Championships will be blazing a trail from Plymouth’s waterfront today and tomorrow evening (13 and 14 August)

British Firework Championships all set to illuminate Plymouth's skies

The internationally renowned British Firework Championships will once again be blazing a trail from Plymouth’s waterfront today and tomorrow evening (13 and 14 August).

The event returns with six professional firework companies battling it out to be the 'Champion of Champions'.

Delivered in partnership with the Event Services Association (TESA), the event celebrates its 17th anniversary in 2013. The British Firework Championships is one of the biggest annual displays put on by professional firework companies anywhere in the UK.

The 'Champion of Champions' competition - held over from 2012 due to last year's poor weather conditions - looks set to be one of the best yet as the last six winners go head-to-head to win the exclusive crown.

Overall, more than four tonnes of fireworks will light up the skies as the country’s top pyrotechnics companies battle it out for the coveted national title.

View more details and highlights of last year's event at www.visitplymouth.co.uk.

Entertainment

Entertainment will be starting on the performance stage from 6.30pm each evening, courtesy of Heart Radio, with performances by local covers band Joker on the Tuesday and Rockafella on Wednesday.

There will also be fairground rides and refreshment stalls which will open at 2pm daily.

Competitors

Over the two-day championships, three teams will compete each evening:

Tuesday 13 August