Fawkes Festivities

Ingliston's Royal Highland Centre hosts a night of flames, fireworks and family memories under the autumn sky this November

- DANIELLA THEIS

FIREWORKS displays have long been a beloved tradition in Scotland.

In recent years, however, many events have faced difficulties, due to previous pandemic restrictions, lack of funding available or bad weather (as was the case for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay party last year).

Perhaps, then, it is not surprising that a new event, promising to be Scotland's ultimate fireworks spectacle, is returning to much fanfare.

Fawkes Festival, held at the Royal Highland Centre in Ingliston, just outside of Edinburgh, and which drew around 15,000 people to its first event in 2024, is returning to the same location on November 2.

“Our first year was such a major success,” says Callum Ridley, event co-ordinator for Fawkes Festival. “So many families left with such great memories and such happy feelings that we've taken feedback from last year’s event and implemented that into our 2025 programme.