Hay-on-Fire

HAY ON FIRE, SATURDAY OCTOBER 27TH

Tickets are available online and by phone from Ticketweb until 10 am Saturday morning. After that please use the vendors in town, but do hurry they are selling quickly!

The fabulous, the fantastic, the eagerly-awaited spectacular fire show to end all fire shows that is Hay on Fire kicks off this year at 7.30 at the Warren, Hay on Wye, with spectacular theatricals, fire trails, fire sculptures, fire dragons, fireworks, and general fiery fantasy following a magnificent procession of thousands through the town.

Come for the show, but come early and join in the whole day's fun and frolics. All events are free throughout the day apart from the fire show itself and the final gig.

Tickets for the show are available in Hay on Wye before the day at Dai's newsagent and Tom's records, or on line (see tickets page) and on the day from the Market Square in Hay and other well signed ticket points. All pre-booked tickets must be exchanged on the day for wristbands from one of Hay's ticket points.

Programme for the day

• from 12pm: School Dragon Parade

  Leaving from Kilvert’s

  A procession of dragons made by local schools, children and families will wend its way through Hay led by minstrels and accompanied by cheering crowds.

• 6.00pm: Lantern Procession

  Hay Market Square, LANTERN PROCESSION

  Gather at the Market Square for the legendary Hay-on-Fire. A procession of a thousand lanterns, masked revellers, itinerant dragons, wild music and dancing will wend its way through the town towards the Warren. You’ll follow a massed Samba band and dancers, join cross-dressing Morris dancers, experience theatre-on-the-run, dance to African rhythms, follow massed music and bands down to the Warren for a Fiery Fire Spectacular.

   

• 7.30pm HAY-ON-FIRE SHOW

  The Warren

  A fabulous fiery mix of magic, madness and mayhem including battle re-enactment, Mad Rebecca Morris, Crashing stock car dragons, Merlin, 30 foot towers of flame, blazing fire trails, giant fire sculptures and spectacular fireworks.

  Tickets for the Grand Finale only: £5 Adults, £1.50 Under 16s, Under 5s Free

  

  

   

   

   

  Wheelchair Access

  We can accommodate 4,000 people at the Hay-on-Fire Show on the Warren on Saturday 27th. We are expecting to sell-out. Accessibility to the Warren field is not good for wheelchairs as the procession must travel down a green lane with many potholes on the last leg of its journey. Hay and District Dial-a-Ride have kindly agreed to provide a free service for people with wheelchairs - for which we thank them profusely. Please call them on 01497 821616 between 09.00 – 12.00 Monday to Friday to arrange with them your needs.

  Once on the Warren, a section of the site will be reserved for people in wheelchairs, and Dial-a-Ride will arrange to bring you back up! There is also an ambulance on site.

  Please wear warm and waterproof clothing, you are likely to be exposed to the elements for up to three and a half hours - depending upon arrangements. The show goes on whatever the weather - and perhaps the best show we have ever done happened in the worst weather - and did not deter the audience!

  Please do not arrive in Hay without having made arrangements with our Dial-a-Ride Service, as there is a limit to the number of people they can accommodate, nor without having purchased a ticket (you can do this online via this site). People in wheelchairs will NOT have to exchange their tickets for armbands, but should present their ticket (or proof of purchase) to the Dial-a-Ride driver.

  Many thanks - and enjoy the show!

   

• 9.00pm - 10.00pm: Samba Tawe

  Market Square

  Keep your energy flowing after the finale by dancing and prancing with 70 strong Samba Tawe in the Market Square.

• 9.00pm - 1.00am: The Fireman's Ball

  Kilvert’s

  Our local band With Flying Colours followed by High Energy Disco Rock from Super Pumped with Mally Powell and Rob Robinson. A crazy night to celebrate Hay-on-Fire, rock until you drop.

  Tickets for the ball are £10