01 — Display pyrotechnics
Civic nights, fired clean.
Fairs, festivals, and the holidays a town plans its year around. We design the display, secure the permits, crew the shoot, and leave the grounds the way we found them.
Plan this kind of night
Nights we build for
Fairs & festivals
One Saturday or a run of nights. The show is paced so the midway still works, and the finale lands when the grounds are full.
Fourth of July
The town's display. Musical if you want it, classic if you don't — built around the fallout zone, not a catalog page.
Memorial Day
A measured show. Honor first, spectacle second. The quiet is designed as carefully as the barrage.
Veterans Day
The same discipline. The ceremony leads. The display fits it instead of drowning it.
New Year's Eve
Late, cold, and crowded. We plan the countdown cue, the wind, and a strike that does not drag into the new year.
Other civic nights
Homecomings, anniversaries, riverfronts, grand openings. If the date matters to a crowd, we can build a show for it.
Examples
A few of the pictures a civic show can hold. The fallout zone decides which ones we will actually fire.
01
Cakes
A cake is one unit with a run of shots inside it. We use cakes when the grounds want a sequence in the sky and the site is tighter than a full shell line.
02
Waterfront, from a barge
The crowd stays on shore. Shells are fired from a barge so the fallout is over the water. The tow, the wind, and the shore distances are in the permit before the barge is loaded.
03
Smiley faces
A pattern shell that breaks into a face. It only holds for a moment, so we place it where the sky is clear and the grandstand can read it.
04
Letters
Initials, a class year, or a short word, built from pattern shells. If the wind or the viewing angle will smear the letter, it does not go in the program.
05
Other pattern shells
Rings, hearts, and a musical closer. Same test as the letters: if the shape will not read from where people are standing, we leave it out.
Every show includes
Aerial shells only where the distances work. If the site is tight, we say so before a shell is ever ordered.
- Site survey and safety-distance plan
- Permit filing with your city or county fire marshal
- Show design choreographed to music
- Licensed crew, setup, firing, and rain-date planning
- Post-show site sweep and debris cleanup
- Certificate of insurance naming your municipality
Questions from city planners
Do you handle the fire marshal permit?
Yes. We prepare and file it, and meet the inspector on site.
What happens if it rains?
Light rain won't stop the show. Lightning, high winds, burn bans, or a fire marshal's order will. Safety calls are made by our licensed operator and local fire officials. Every contract includes a rain date, and we'll call you well ahead if the forecast looks doubtful.
Can you respond to our RFP?
Absolutely. Send it to Sales@LagniappePyro.com and we'll respond by your deadline.
How far in advance should we book?
As early as possible. We book up to a year ahead with a contract in place, and July 4th and other major holidays fill fast. Many communities secure their date for years to come with a multi-year contract. Book no later than eight weeks out: permit approval alone takes about six.
For procurement offices
Municipal vendor packet
Everything your office needs to add us as a vendor, in one PDF: W-9, sample certificate of insurance ($2M general liability, higher limits available), license summary, references, and a sample permit application.