Organised by Cambridge Live on behalf of Cambridge City Council, Bonfire Night begins with the Thurston Fun Fair at 6pm and a variety of food stalls including hog roasts, candyfloss and toffee apples and other local food and drinks vendors. The fireworks display will happen at 7.30pm and the bonfire will be lit straight after. The Fun Fair continues until 10pm.
Alongside the event, Cambridge Live is working with a local storyteller, Chip Colquhoun from local storytelling company Snail Tales, to run a Spooky Creative Writing Contest. Children up to the age of 14 from schools and community centres in and around Cambridge can enter a poem of 10 - 40 lines.
Bonfire Night’s Business Champion, RealVNC, has played a vital role in securing the future of the event, gathering support from businesses across the city. This year there are over 30 local businesses supporting the event and still opportunities to get involved. Despite this generous business support, the event relies on individual donations. To give £3 to support Bonfire Night, members of the public can text BANG to 70500.
Members of the public are urged to view the fireworks only from the official viewing areas of Midsummer Common and Jesus Green. Bonfire Night is likely to be extremely busy, with road closures all around Midsummer Common, so please allow plenty of time for the journey and read the travel advice page at www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/city-events. Fireworks and sparklers are not allowed at the event.
Steve Bagnall, Managing Director of Cambridge Live, said “Following a successful summer season working with Cambridge City Council to deliver the City Events, we are looking forward to another memorable event. Cambridge Live is particularly grateful to RealVNC for their incredible support.”
Cllr Richard Johnson, Executive Councillor for Communities, said “Bonfire Night on Midsummer Common is an event which brings the people of Cambridge together. I am grateful for the continued strong support from the local business community in helping us stage this much-loved event. I also hope attendees will consider making a voluntary donation to help keep the event free for all. Bonfire Night will be an excellent event and I am sure everyone will enjoy the occasion."
Safety, travel and event information
Bonfire Night is a Cambridge City Council event organised by Cambridge Live. For more detailed information visit: www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/city-events/bonfire-night.
The event is made possible by generous support from: RealVNC, Adcock, Amino, Anglia Ruskin University, ARM Ltd, Barclays Commercial Bank Eastern, Bidwells, Birketts LLP, Boldfield, Brewin Dolphin, Cambridge Assessment, Cambridge Building Society, Cambridge News, Cambridge Water, Eversheds LLP, Grosvenor, Hewitsons, Hill, Howard Group, Irwin Mitchell, Marshall of Cambridge, Microsoft Research, Napp Pharmaceuticals Limited, Mundipharma, Price Bailey, Ridgeons, Samsung, Santander, Stagecoach Cambridge, Taylor Vinters, TTP Group, University of Cambridge and the colleges.
Media partner: BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Spooky Creative Writing Contest
Cambridge Live is encouraging children from schools and youth organisations around Cambridge to enter the Spooky Creative Writing Contest! For more information, visit: https://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/city-events/bonfire-night
Text donation T&Cs
Cambridge Live (registered charity number 1159593) will receive 100% of your donation. You may be charged for one text message at your network’s standard or charity rate. Always get the bill payer’s permission. We’d like to contact you with news and information about other campaigns, but if you'd rather we did not contact you again then please include the words NO INFO at the end of your message i.e. BANG NO INFO. Charity text service provider Vir2 helpline 0330 660 0425.
Image: Fireworks. Credit: www.freeimages.co.uk
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Contacts
Business contact: Matt Deacon – Head of Development, Cambridge Live
[email protected] | 01223 457507
Press contact: Flo Carr – Press & Marketing Manager, Cambridge Live
[email protected] | 01223 457528
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