During the Celebration of Light festival, Bard on the Beach hosts special nights of entertainment that include a show, dessert and a viewing of the fireworks.
In 2024 the fireworks events took place on the evenings of July 20th, 24th and 27th. This year’s participants were Portugal shooting fireworks on Saturday, July 20th, followed by Malaysia on Wednesday, July 24th, and finally the United Kingdom on Saturday July 27th.
For full details about the festival and its various special events, including Bard Fireworks Nights, visit bardonthebeach.org.
This article includes the following information about Bard Fireworks Nights:
Admission Rates | 2024 Bard Fireworks Schedule | Other Information
Vancouver’s Bard Fireworks Nights in 2024
The Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival is one of the premier summertime events in Vancouver. It takes place from June until September each year and includes three or four shows that play at various times. In 2024 the productions Twelfth Night, Hamlet, The Comedy of Errors and Measure for Measure were staged from June 11th to September 21st.
Also during the summer is the Honda Celebration of Light which is a massive fireworks festival that happens over English Bay. Hundreds of thousands of people go each night to watch the fireworks explode high in the sky in professional displays.
If you want to watch the fireworks show but don’t want to do it at crowded English Bay Beach, one option is to attend a Bard Fireworks Night in Vanier Park. Each night that there are fireworks, Bard on the Beach hosts a special event where you can buy a ticket not just for the evening’s play, but also for a dessert buffet and exclusive viewing of the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks. There are also picnic bundles available at an additional cost.
Special events at Bard on the Beach this year included Talkback Tuesdays which featured question and answer sessions with Bard on the Beach cast members on Tuesdays in July and August of 2024. There was also Wine Wednesdays for adults who could enjoy wine tastings and savoury bites before shows. These special events took place on June 26th, July 10th and August 14th, 2024.
2024 dates for the fireworks and the Bard Fireworks Nights were July 20th, 24th and 27th.
For tickets and full details, see the Bard on the Beach website.
Admission Rates
To attend the Bard Fireworks Night event you need to buy a ticket to that evening’s performance. The 2024 mainstage productions were Twelfth Night and Hamlet and those played on each of the fireworks nights this year.
Regular tickets range from about $95 to $163, depending on your age and where you sit. Tickets include the dessert buffet and fireworks. Family picnics for four people cost an additional $120. There are also individual picnic options for $35 and $45 per person.
Bard on the Beach shows are popular on their own, so make sure to not wait too long to buy tickets if you want to go to a special event night. Fireworks Nights at Bard are tremendously popular!
2024 Bard Fireworks Schedule
The 2024 Bard Fireworks Nights were on the Saturday, Wednesday and Saturday of July 20th, 24th and 27th. On each of those days the performances began at 6:00 pm.
This year’s dessert buffet menu featured both a cookie sandwich bar and a donut station. Picnic bundles, on the other hand, came with multi-course meals.
The fireworks show starts at 10:00 pm where they are watched from a designated outdoor viewing area. This year, there was also a drone show each night at about 9:50 pm. Bard Village is only about a kilometre away from English Bay Beach with a view directly over the water to where the fireworks take off from. The view of the fireworks from Vanier Park is exceptional!
For tickets and full details, see the Bard on the Beach website.
Other Information
For tickets and full details about the event, see the Bard on the Beach website.
Click Bard on the Beach for more information about this Shakespearean festival. To learn more about the fireworks show itself check out our articles on the Honda Celebration of Light.
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