FIREWORKS 14 JULY. Thursday July 14, 2022, France celebrates its National Day. Fireworks will be set off in Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux… The pyrotechnic show in Paris begins at 11 p.m., at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.
[Mis à jour le 14 juillet 2022 à 18h04] On the occasion of the National Day, Thursday July 14, 2022, several cities have planned to shoot fireworks. Pyrotechnic shows are often appreciated by the French. In some departments such as Gard, Bouches-du-Rhône or Vendée, fireworks are canceled due to heat and drought, which increase the risk of fire. Hundreds of fireworks are however maintained in Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, but also Paris, where it will be fired from the Eiffel Tower. Find the program of the evening, city by city.
The Paris fireworks display is one of the most anticipated. Drawn each year at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, it is preceded by a symphonic concert given on the Champ-de-Mars. Thursday, July 14, 2022, the pyrotechnic show begins at 11 p.m. and should last thirty minutes. The National Day goes back to its origins, since this fireworks display, on the theme of freedom, celebrates the Federation Day of July 14, 1790. This took place to commemorate the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille. , which occurred a year earlier.
The most spectacular of the July 14 fireworks is of course taking place in Paris, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, bringing together more than 500,000 people. In the program ? A half-hour show that begins at 11 p.m. on the Champ-de-Mars, on the theme of “freedom”. This 10th edition of the July 14 fireworks display is preceded by a free symphony concert without reservation at 9:15 p.m., by the Orchester National de France, conducted by Cristian Măcelaru, the Radio France choir and the Maîtrise de Radio France. The concert and the fireworks are broadcast live on television on France 2but also on the radio and on the internet, by France Inter. While waiting for the images of this flamboyant fireworks display, a look back at last year’s:
If the biggest fireworks are fired from the Eiffel Tower and never deviate from the rule, Covid or not, there are also very beautiful ones in other major cities in France such as Marseille, Bordeaux, Lyon, Rennes or Toulouse. In some municipalities in the departments of Gard or Bouches-du-Rhône, the risk of fire due to the heat wave dissuaded the mayors of several municipalities from maintaining the fireworks display on July 14. We take stock, below, of the most impressive fireworks maintained and those which are canceled in the major cities of France on the occasion of July 14. You can also use the summary above.
The fireworks of July 14 are fired from the hill of Fourvière in Lyon in the 5th arrondissement. On the theme “pure artifice”, the sequences are shot around 10:30 p.m., lasting 21 minutes in 5 acts composed of 152 scenes for 14 sequences and four interludes. The fireworks can be admired from the banks of the Saône on the Presqu’île side.
The July 14 fireworks are fired from the Garonne Quai Louis XIV at 10:25 p.m. It can be observed from the water mirror, the stone bridge, the Chaban-Delmas bridge, the Cité du Vin, the Parc de l’Ermitage, the right bank of the Garonne or aboard the Sardane (a cruise ship on the Garonne for a price of 21 euros).
When and where does the July 14 fireworks take place in Marseille?
The appointment is given at 10:30 p.m. The fireworks are fired from 16 pontoons on the lake of the Old Port and from Fort d’Entrecasteaux. The pyrotechnic show generally lasts about thirty minutes with music. The best place to see the fireworks is of course the Old Port but also the Quai de la Mairie or the Esplanade de la Tourette. The Pharo garden is open to the public to admire the pyrotechnic show.
The big fireworks are fired at 10:30 p.m. from 24 rafts and barges in the middle of the Garonne by the Lacroix-Ruggieri company. Called “Toulouse head in the stars, from dream to reality”, it is accompanied by music from films (Interstellar) and series (Doctor Who). It can be observed from the Pont Neuf, the Saint-Michel bridge, the quai de Tounis and the Daurade.
Strasbourg residents will be able to admire the fireworks from 10:30 p.m. on July 14. Fired from the Parc de l’Etoile, the pyrotechnic show is scheduled to last just over 11 minutes. The fireworks are placed under the sign of Europe since the opening of the painting pays homage to Ukraine and the highlight of the show is in European and French colors.
In Lille, the big fireworks will be held at 11 p.m. on the Champ de Mars. In Hellemmes, it takes place at Place Hentgès at 11 p.m., as in downtown Tourcoing.
Explosions, sound, light, smoke… Cap d’Agde offers fireworks from 11 p.m. on July 14, 2022, visible from the Old Port, Richelieu, and from the Cliffs.
For the festivities of July 14, 2022, the Sud-Bassin d’Arcachon is launching seven fireworks at different locations: at 10.30 p.m. on the Thiers jetty and at the port of Teich, at 10.45 p.m. on the esplanade de la Jetée in Andernos, at 11 p.m. at Lac de Cazaux in La Teste, place du Jumelage in Audenge and place Walter Reinhardt in Lège-Cap-Ferret and at 11.30 p.m. at the port of Larros in Gujan-Mestras. The city of Arcachon is even organizing a second on Friday July 15 at 10:30 p.m. on the Thiers jetty.
The July 14 fireworks are fired from the Pâquier esplanade at 10:15 p.m. in Annecy-le-Vieux. In Talloires, the fireworks are fired in the bay at 10 p.m. In Alby-sur-Chéran, the fireworks are set off at 10:30 p.m.
Pornic sets off its fireworks from the castle footbridge at 11 p.m. at the end of the mussel festival organized for the national holiday, with the program, mussels and fries, popular ball and concerts from 6 p.m.
Preceded by a musette ball on the Saint-Vincent esplanade in Saint-Malo, the July 14 fireworks display by the Jacques Couturier company is fired from the Môle des Noires, near the ramparts, at 11:10 p.m. On the theme “the Fox and the corsairs”, the fireworks promise to be “dynamic and varied. He will transcribe the story of the old rig “baptized the Fox, a replica of the last boat fitted out in 1812 by the Saint-Malo corsair Robert Surcouf, according to the elected officials. A fest-noz with the bagad Quic- en-Groigne, on the Saint-Vincent esplanade.
As part of the Cannes Pyrotechnic Art Festival, the bay of Cannes lights up at 10 p.m. on July 14, on the science fiction theme “Aquarêve”. The pyrotechnicians perform a fresco full of emotions, accompanied by famous or singular melodies (Daft Punk, Muse, Eric Serra, The Piano Guys, Baltic House Orchestra, John Williams & London Symphony Orchestra, Junkie XL, M83, Daft Punk).
The July 14 fireworks are fired at 11 p.m. from the Rocher de la Vierge and the lighthouse, lasting 15 minutes, at nearly 240 meters in height.
The fireworks will be fired at 11 p.m. from the Anne-de-Bretagne bridge, with the theme of the “cultural route through the City of Nantes”. It is visible around the bridges and banks of the Loire.
The July 14 fireworks are fired at Georges Charpak Park in the Port Marianne district after the concert of the Montpellier Occitanie National Orchestra conducted by Pierre Dumoussaud on Place Georges Frêche.
The July 14 fireworks display is canceled in Nîmes due to the risk of fire linked to the heat wave. “The current circumstances, with the major risk of new outbreaks of fire, force us to be cautious and responsible and I know that the people of Nîmes, who are very attached to this festive event, will easily understand this” explained the mayor of Nîmes. Jean-Paul Fournier (LR).
Some fireworks on July 14, 2022 are cancelled. A sad news that the municipalities concerned explain by the risks of seeing fire starts or worse fires triggered by the fireworks. The drought that affects several departments of France coupled with the heat wave period increases these risks. It is mainly in the south of France that the cities have given up on fireworks for safety. In Nîmes in the Gard, a department plagued by fires in recent days, or in the municipalities of Allauch, Charleval, Meyreuil and Aubagne in the Bouches-du-Rhône for example. The July 14 fireworks display has also been canceled in several cities or departments on the Atlantic coast, as recently in Vendée. Other cancellations may occur until the launches of the pyrotechnic shows, so it is advisable to inquire with the town halls to ensure that the fireworks are maintained.