FIREWORKS AUGUST 15. Time for the fireworks on August 15! But be careful, this year, because of the Olympic Games, some fireworks have had to be canceled. Here is the list of cities where it is canceled, and the program for this evening in Cannes, Biarritz, Royan, Toulon, etc.
[Mis à jour le 27 juillet 2024 à 9h34] Like every year, fireworks take place on August 15th all over France. But this year, there is a small peculiarity: several cities and towns have reluctantly had to cancel the event. The reason? The Olympic Games, which mobilize the police. For security reasons, many summer events have therefore been canceled.
But good news, many fireworks were maintained on August 15, and many cities will be able to celebrate fireworks, to the great delight of vacationers and residents. This summer spectacle has nothing to envy the fireworks fired during the National Day. The entertainment can even be more impressive than those of the July 14th. Here is all the information regarding the fireworks on August 15 in France.
On the theme “On the water’s edge, on the skin’s edge”, the bay of Cannes offers a pyrotechnic and musical journey with tracks by Billie Eilish, Nina Simone or even Ludovico Enaudi, which “explores the contrasts and paradoxes that inhabit the human soul, moving from ardent passion to deep melancholy, from frustration to liberation”. The fireworks on August 15, 2022 are fired at 10 p.m. as part of the “Cannes Pyrotechnic Art Festival“, a free event.
As every year, a fireworks display is set off on August 15 at 10 p.m. from Fort Saint Louis. The fireworks show has the theme “Party Night” with hits from the 1960s as music.
Thursday, August 15, 2024, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Landing in Provence, the municipality of Lavandou organizes a memorial ceremony at 11 a.m. at the Square des Héros, then a reception at noon on the Parvis de l’Hôtel de Ville. The fireworks are fired at 10:30 p.m., followed by a popular ball.
There city of Biarritz lights up the sky with pyrotechnic creations by Ruggieri on August 15, 2024 from 10:45 p.m. on the theme “Biarritz under the stars”. Meet on the Grande Plage to watch the fireworks from the Rocher du Basta and the Grande Plage on the Hôtel du Palais side.
On the Port of Herbaudière in Noirmoutier-en-l’Île, a fireworks is drawn at 10:30 p.m. on August 15, 2024, preceded by a popular ball on the Loveboat and followed by a concert.
For August 15, 2024, the Touquet fireworks will be fired from the seafront, and not at the Ypres Garden as usual due to the drought, at 10:30 p.m.
In Royan, like every year, a Atlantic Arc Grand Fireworks takes place on August 15 at 10:30 p.m. from the Grande Conche in Royan. This year, 2024, its theme is “HEROES, the pyro-melodic Superheroes”: a celebration of audacity, courage and greatness.
The Cassis fireworks, scheduled for August 15, will be set off at 10 p.m. from the port. It will be followed by the traditional August 15 ball at 10:30 p.m. on Place Baragnon.
Arras may not be by the sea, but the city of Pas-de-Calais is still entitled to its fireworks display on Thursday, August 15, 2024. It will be fired from the Grandes Prairies leisure center at around 11 p.m. More information.