What does a display cost and how long should it last?
We design the show around a budget you are comfortable with, rather than a flat price per minute, and we always guide you on what works best.
Honest pricing, no price-per-minute guesswork, and displays known for having no gaps.
How we price a display
We will always guide you on price and what works best for your type of event, location and audience.
In general all of our displays commence at £999.00 Incl. VAT.
With fireworks displays the cost really does depend on what type of event you are holding and what type of spectacular show you are trying to provide.
In the fireworks industry, many companies will tell you that a display costs anywhere between £100 to £1000 per minute which is simply a quick fire answer with not much thought put into the client’s enquiry.
Firstly, we want you to be comfortable with what you are spending and we want you to have the best display and the best experience with Frontier Fireworks, so we will ask you a variety of questions and this can work in two ways. You can tell us what you want to spend and we will design a display around your requirements or we can ask you a series of questions as set out below:
- What type of event are you organising?
- How many people will attend your event?
- What duration are you looking at for your fireworks display?
- What date is your display on?
- Where is your display being held?
What affects the cost
We like to work with our clients in a friendly and professional manner and as you can see it is not as easy as saying it is £1000.00 per minute, there are many factors to consider. When we complete a site survey this will also help us determine the price as we may be firing from behind tall trees or another tall structure for example and that may force us to exclude certain types of lower level fireworks.
It is not particularly difficult to arrive at a price for a display that works for you once all factors are carefully considered. As a general rule for fireworks displays, the more budget you have for a display, the bigger the fireworks and the more of them will be in your show.
Spending more budget on a display does not necessarily mean that you should extend the duration of a display as we want your display to have a high impact and leave a lasting positive impression.
One of the many excellent parts of our company is that we import our own fireworks, making us highly cost effective compared to companies that do not import.
How long should a display last?
The shortest fireworks display that we have ever performed was for Sony Ericsson at 45 seconds for a special party. The longest we have ever fired was 30 minutes for a council display several years ago.
We think that displays should not be any longer than 20 minutes in duration unless there is a special reason for this to happen. It really also depends on what budget you have available as to what impact can be achieved and what duration the display should be fired over.
Since we have started the business in 1996, we have collated the following statistics to provide you with an idea of the most popular time lengths for certain types of displays:
- Guy Fawkes: 12-20 minutes
- Product Launches: 3-6 minutes
- Weddings & Special Occasions: 4-7 minutes
- Corporate Events: 8-12 minutes
- Christmas Lights & New Years Eve: 5-10 minutes
- Festivals, Balls & Concerts: 5-12 minutes
The key to an amazing display is impact. If a display is drawn out for too long it may look a bit flat compared to shortening a display for the same budget and making the display look more exciting just by reducing the time length.
All of our displays have an enviable reputation for being spectacular, thrilling, exciting, creative and full of fireworks because we get the balance exactly right with duration and budget. We are well known for firing displays with no gaps throughout our performances and many clients say how skilful this is compared to the previous companies they have used.
Let’s price your display
Tell us about your event, your date and roughly what you want to spend, and we will design a display that fits.
Call us on 01323 488 866.
Honest pricing across the UK. On time, every time, since 1996.