Fireworks on the Rec is Saturday 7 November, early bird adults £10 until 1 November. Racecourse 6 November, adults £11; Keynsham 5 to 7 November.

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 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. Early bird prices are the same for both:

  • Adult (16 and over): £10 plus a £1 fee, against a full price of £12
  • Ages 5 to 15: £4.50 plus a 73p fee, against a full price of £6

The early bird tickets are listed as available until 11.59pm on Sunday 1 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. Temporary road closures run from 4pm to 8pm in the city centre, and suspended bus stops are posted at each stop a week before.

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 the park says the event is expected to sell out quickly. At the time of writing the page reads “tickets on sale soon”, so no price is published yet. 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.

Tickets are on sale, now at second release prices:

  • Admission: adult (13 and over) £11, child (4 to 12) £8
  • Roof Garden: adult £21, child £16, with 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 the show expected to start between 17:00 and 17:15 and fairground rides, face painting and food stalls alongside it. Gates and finish times are still listed as TBA. 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 date, unconfirmed venue: Batheaston, Saturday 7 November

The 23rd Bath (Avonvale) Scouts, who have run the Batheaston bonfire night for more than a decade, say they will be back on 7 November 2026, and their own words on the venue are “somewhere in the Batheaston village”, so the field is not settled yet (23rd Bath Scouts).

The event is a lantern glow, a large bonfire, a professional display, a bar and food. The gate prices still on that page are last year’s: child £5, adult £10, family £25 for two adults and up to three children, free for youth group members in uniform. Treat those as a guide until the 2026 page goes up.

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 you are asked to use the two car parks in Batheaston or park on 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 29 September. 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 4pm 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 29 September 2026. Avon Valley’s prices and the Batheaston venue are still to come, and Midsomer Norton is unannounced; this page is updated when they publish.