Flamborough Fireballs
Viking Torchlight Procession
Music and Drums
Ragnar’s Encampment & Mead Hall
Battle for Flamborough
Strongest Viking Challenge
Viking Costume Competition
and a Fireworks spectacular!
Come in your Viking Costume
Don’t forget to pick up a Valhalla Hotdog or Odin Hamburger!
Everyone is welcome
Bring all your friends and family.
Festival Programme
This year the Festival has an online Ticket Booking page.
They advise all visitors attending the Festival to book their tickets online before the event to avoid disappointment.
To book your tickets please click on the below link
As in previous Festivals we are, once again, welcoming all children 15 years and under and all Adults, in Full Viking Costume to the Festival for Free!
The Flamborough Fire Festival is held to raise much needed funds for the Festival’s official local community groups and charities. Please see our charities page.
This year’s Festival promises to be one of the best ever!.. with the addition of 1,200 Viking Torches, Flamborough Fireballs, Strongest Viking, Viking Longship Parade, Battle for Flamborough and Fireworks Spectacular it’s going to be a fantastic evening for all the family.
See the; Flamborough Fireballs, Invasion by the Great Viking God Thor!, Fireworks Spectacular, Flaming Torches and a magnificent Torchlight Procession, of 1,200 torches in which everyone can take part!
The Festival Arena, at Mereside, Flamborough, will be festooned with coloured lights and burning torches with the, Viking Longship pulled around the village green.
The invasion drums will resound around the Arena when the Festival will be besieged by handsome looking Viking invaders, led by King Canute wielding his Fire Sword and leading the Battle of Flamborough along with the Great God, Thor, with his mighty hammer!
The Flamborough Fireballs will also be in action – with more fireballs than ever! The local Vikings swing balls of fire around their heads as part of their New Year celebrations as they believe, in the days when Flamborough was a Viking stronghold, the community took to the streets with fire, to cleanse the air of the old year’s spirits and welcome in the new! The sight of all the fireballs burning in the evening air is absolutely amazing and one that has never been seen in England before!
The Festival welcomes everyone and encourages all children, friends and families to dress up in their Viking Costumes and take part in the Viking Longship Parade and Viking Costume Competition with prizes awarded to the best dressed Vikings – children and adults.
The Flamborough Fire Festival is one of the most unique events in the UK taking place on New Year’s Eve with approximately 2,000 visitors attending, from all over the country, who love the spirit of the occasion and the amazing Festival atmosphere! The Festival is a wonderful way of celebrating the New Year with all your friends and family!
Jane Emmerson, the Festival Organiser, said “this year’s Flamborough Festival is going to be a wonderful occasion after such a long time when such special events were unable to take place due to covid19 restrictions. So, it will be marvellous to be back with everyone taking part in all the celebrations. This year the team are planning to have a Viking village, Viking Torches, Mead Stalls and more than thirty Flamborough Fireballs in action! Also, with an amazing Fireworks Spectacular I am proud to say Flamborough will be hosting one of the best New Year’s Eve celebrations in Yorkshire.
The Viking Longship will be pulled around the Village Green followed by the Viking Torchlight Procession. It’s going to be an amazing evening in Flamborough and we hope everyone will come along and join in the Torchlight Procession and Viking Longship Parade. Flamborough welcomes everyone to this magnificent Festival of fire!”
The Festival starts at 8pm in the Festival Arena at Mereside, Flamborough. So come and see the magic, soak up the atmosphere, join in all the fun and celebrate the New Year with a fantastic show of fireworks!
This year the Festival is making available tickets prior to the event which you can book online. This is due to the popularity of the event.
Please ensure you book your Festival tickets, online, prior to the event to avoid disappointment.
