On September 22, the nation’s first-ever fireworks competition will rock the night sky over Cincinnati, Ohio’s historic Coney Island Amusement Park in the inaugural “Fire Up The Night” international fireworks challenge.
The event will pit teams from the USA, Canada and Mexico against each other in a best-of-the-best fireworks’ extravaganza for international bragging rights. The aerial barrage is being produced by Cincinnati-based fireworks legend Rozzi Famous Fireworks.
Spectacular palm bursts, spiders, whizzers, screechers, brocades and splitting comets – and much more – will fire up the night over Coney Island, with a 5-judge panel and the public evaluating the presentations and selecting a winner. Each show will be judged on things such as presentation, structure and scale, colors, originality, and music synchronization.
Competitors in the world-class event are: Alonzo Fireworks (Mechanicville, New York, USA), Sirius Pyrotechnics (Quebec, Canada) and Lux Pirotecnia (Mexico City, Mexico). Following the international competition, Rozzi Famous Fireworks will fire up the night in a thundering finale not to be missed.
In addition to the fireworks competition you can also enjoy “Party IN the Pool” where visitors can enjoy the fun of the fireworks event inside Coney Island’s gigantic, emptied Sunlite Pool, where they can party with family and friends beginning at 5:00 p.m. The pool area will give patrons a fantastic vantage point of the fireworks displays, blasting off at 9:00 p.m.
The evening celebration will feature The Sunburners steel drum party band, and the Incendium Arts Fire Troupe, presenting a fully choreographed group fire show. There is also a Craft Beer Festival (5:00 – 7:00 p.m.) featuring craft beers from across the nation. And for the kids, there is even a Dr. Pepper tasting event!
Admission for Fire Up the Night International Fireworks Competition is only $20 a carload and includes parking, Coney’s classic rides, live stage entertainment, and more. Park gates open at 5 p.m.
Coney Island is located at 6201 Kellogg Ave., exit 72 off I-275, 10 miles east of downtown Cincinnati. More information call (513) 232-8230.
Giveaway:
We have two free car passes to give away! Two winners will each receive one car pass which will admit a standard car load to the event (includes parking).
Enter to Win:
Here’s how to enter:
Simply leave a comment (on this page – below) with the answer to this question:
What is your favorite thing to do at Coney Island?
We will choose two separate winners (at random using Random.org) on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. This particular prize is a car pass for Fire Up the Night at Coney Island (Sept. 22, 2012).
Pesky details: Each pass will admit one standard car load of people (large passenger vans and RV’s are not included). We will email the winner at the email address provided. The winner will have 12 hours to get back to us to claim the prize. If we don’t hear back from the winner within 12 hours we will choose a new winner. The tickets will be mailed to the winner after the winner emails us back to claim his/her prize. No purchase is necessary.
My kids and I love the sunlite pool!
Watch my grandson ride the kiddie rides this year!
Swimming at Sunlite Pool
Float around in the pool on a inner tube!
I enjoy the scrambler and the ferris wheel and the paddle boats.
Eat the yummy food…
Sunlite Pool! Either relaxing or conquering the slides
Love the Falloween celebration
I’ve never been!!
My kids would love to see the fireworks. My favorite thing to do at Coney is to see my kids having fun riding the rides.
It’s about time something like this has happened… it’s a shame Rozzi’s isn’t competing… but then again they are the best so is there really a competion?
My favorite thing at Coney is the pool!! Hopefully, soon it will be the fireworks
The paddle boats!!
The Rides!!
My favorite is definitely the bumper boats!!
This event sounds like so much fun.
I’ve not been to coney island yet but am looking forward to joining in on all the fun very soon!
None yet. Have yet to go to Coney.
My favorite thing is the paddle boats! And watching my daughter have a fun time on all the rides!
My favorite thing to do at Coney is watch Fireworks!!!
This is the first I’ve heard of this and it sounds great! I NEED to go!
Swim and ride the roller coaster with the family!!
Paddle boats!
Seeing my daughter trying to reach her goal of riding the tilt-a-whirl 100 times!
Swim, catch some rays and talk to friends!
I am new to Cincinnati and haven’t made it to Coney Island yet. I love fireworks, steel drums, pools, festivals, and events so I think coney Island will have a draw for me and my family and visiting friends really want to venture out to coney Island this sounds like it will be a blast!
Summerfair!!
We love taking the kids to coney to ride the rides and we especially love it at Halloween time. My 3 and 5 year old love to make their own pies and go trick or treating! Cannot wait to go in a few weeks, but would love to go see the fireworks also!
My favorite thing to do at Coney Island has to be the twisted slides. I love being able to race my son!!
Sunlite Pool and Flying Bobs get my vote!
The Ferris Wheel!
My favorite thing to do at Coney is rock the springboard diving boards.
I love to just walk around and remember the “way back when” days I used to come out there for the P&G Dividend Day Family Picnics. Extremely good memories!
I love to play putt putt with my boys!
We have been to Fall-O-Ween at Coney in previous years and had a good time! My son, who is scared to go on roller coasters, has a lot more fun at Coney because their rides are more “tame” and he has more choices than at Kings Island. We went this past weekend and rode the ferris wheel for the 1st time and it went around really fast!
I love visiting Sunlite Pool. I have great childhood memories of the slide in the middle. So much fun!
Paddle boats!
Watching my kids jump off “the island”; swimming and splashing!
Just relaxing on a lounge chair…doesn’t get any better…well maybe with a cold beverage in my hand
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Everything! The whole adventure starts as you walk thru the gates and keeps getting better as the day goes on.
Soaking in the sun!
My favorite thing at coney island is the water slides! I feel like a kid again everytime I ride one of them!!!
The bumper boats!
My favorite thing to do at Coney Island is watch the kids ride the Merry Go Round!
the pool
We love sunlite pool anf the ballon glow
My favorite thing to do at Coney is to enjoy the outdoor rides with family
I love the water slides and the carnival rides!!!
Everything! Mostly the pool though
Walk around and remember all the fun times there as a kid !! Taking the ferry, riding the train, etc.
My favorite thing to do at Coney Island is to go to my husband’s work picnic!
Truthfully, when I’m at Coney, I like watching the river – reminds me of my mom who enjoyed the same thing.
My favorite thing to do at Coney is play and lounge around the pool!
The Sunlite pool is the best part of Coney Island of course!
Definitely the pool! Grew up going there every summer
the paddle boats
I love all the great events at Coney- SummerFair, Walk for Kids, etc!
the paddle boats
I love spending time with friends and family at Coney Island. The best is seeing my kids’ faces after they conquer the slides.
My favorite thing to do at Coney Island is everything! From the paddle boat pond to the water slides this place is great! Can’t wait to see the firework festival on the 22nd!!!
I love watching my kids splash in the pool, but my FAVORITE thing at Coney is the Balloon Glow!!!
I love to watch my kids splash in the pool, but my FAVORITE thing at Coney is Balloon Glow!!!
Coney island is the best way to cool off in the heat of the summer. Get a tan, and enjoy time with family in friends. Balloon glow and fireworks in July are always a hit.
This sounds awesome. I haven’t been to Coney Island yet – This seems like the perfect time to check it out
In need of some wow and this sounds like wow!
Swim!
Mine and my kids favorite thing to do is the bumper boats!!!
I love everything about Coney Island because it brings back many fond memories of the times I spent there as a teenager with my friends and also the times I spent there as a young parent with my children. I’m too old to go on the rides now, but I can still walk around and reminise about happy tims there. Would love to see the fireworks.
Haven’t had a chance to go since I was a kid, but my daughter’s family loves it! All of it!
i absolutely love the bumper boats! no other place around that has them. one of a kind place Coney Island is.
We just moved to Cincinnati so I’m looking for to experiencing with with my fiance and our nephews!