Bonfire Night in the Wakefield District

Kick off the Bonfire Night celebrations with a Halloween Spooktacular with Fireworks in South Elmsall! Head to Frickley Athletic for funfair rides, live music and a great day out. Expect more rides, more fireworks and more fun! Come hungry as there’ll be plenty of food stalls serving all your traditional bonfire food and treats. Want to dress up? There’ll be prizes for best fancy dress for both adults and kids.

📅 Sunday 27 October
⌚ Rides: 2pm | Live music: 2pm | Fireworks: 6:30pm
💰 Free (excluding rides)
🔥 Bonfire: No

Enjoy a night of fireworks and fun at Featherstone Rovers! Witness a dazzling professional fireworks display, listen to live music, and indulge in mouth-watering street food. Thrill-seekers can hop on funfair rides, while adults can relax in the beer tent. Don’t miss the unveiling of Featherstone Rovers’ new kit, and browse unique treasures at the craft market.

📅 Friday 1 November
⌚ Gates open: 3:30pm | Fireworks: 8:30pm
💰 Adults: £5 | Children: £2
🔥 Bonfire: No
🎟 Book your tickets.

This year’s bonfire party at The Pledwick will be bigger and better than ever! Enjoy professional fireworks, a large real bonfire and stalls serving up delicious food such as hotdogs, burgers and pizza! If that’s not enough there’ll even be a kids entertainer to keep the little ones amused.

📅 Friday 1 November
⌚ Open from: 5pm
💰 Adults: £10 | Children: £5 | Family: £20 (2 adults + 2 children)
🔥 Bonfire: Yes
🎟 Book your tickets.

Grab your tickets early for another showstopper from Ossett United. Hot food and drinks available, along with a traditional bonfire and dazzling firework display.

📅 Friday 1 November
⌚ Gates open: 5:30pm | Fire lighting: 6:30pm | Fireworks: 7:30pm
💰 Adults: £7 | Under 16s: £4 | Under 3s: £1 | Family: £18 (2 adults + 2 children)
🔥 Bonfire: Yes
🎟 Book your tickets.

The Rustic Arms host their annual firework display with live music and entertainment! Kicking off with singer Mickey Johnson from 4-6pm, followed by Taylor Swift Tribute from 6:30-8:30pm, fireworks at 8:30pm and finishing up with North Westlife Tribute from 9pm! Plus there’ll be a magician, a Stitch character appearance and plenty of food and drink available to make a fantastic night.

📅 Saturday 2 November
⌚ Gates open: 3pm | Fireworks: 8:30pm
💰 Adults: £11.25 | Under 12s: £7 | Family: £27.75 (2 adults + 2 children)
🔥 Bonfire: No
🎟 Book your tickets.

There’s no denying the magic of the sights and sounds of fireworks whizzing and bursting into dazzling colour overhead! See the traditional fireworks display at Thornes Park in Wakefield. The evening will feature a low-impact firework display first, for those that don’t enjoy loud noises, before the spectacular main event a little later.

📅 Saturday 2 November
⌚ Gates open: 4:30pm | Low-impact fireworks: 6pm | Main fireworks: 7:30pm
🔥 Bonfire: No
💰 Free

Enjoy Bonfire Night at Ossett’s Prince of Wales! Hot food available, including hotdogs and pie and peas. Get your tickets early as this event is likely to sell out! Please note that this event is cash only.

📅 Saturday 2 November
⌚ Gates open: 5:30pm | Fireworks: 6:30pm
💰 Adults: £5 | Children: £3 | Under 3s: free | Family (2 adults, 2 children): £13
🔥 Bonfire: Yes
🎟 Tickets available from behind the bar, cash only.

Don’s miss out on a night of fireworks, fire and food at Camphill Wakefield’s fantastic family-friendly bonfire night celebration in Chapelthorpe! Tasty food and drink available to purchase on the night. Please note this is an alcohol free event.

📅 Saturday 2 November
⌚ Gates open: 6pm | Fireworks: 8pm
💰 Adults: Advance £3.50 (£5 on the gate) | Children (5 – 17 years old): Advance £2 (£3 on the gate) | Under 5s: free
🔥 Bonfire: Yes
🎟 Tickets can be purchased from Camphill Wakefield on 01924 255281 or events@camphill.ac.uk

Notton bonfire and firework display is back with a bang! Did you know this is one of the largest displays in West Yorkshire?! As well as fantastic firework display and roaring bonfire, you can enjoy funfair rides, bar and hot food – pie and peas anyone? Tickets must be bought in advance. Please note that this is a cash only event.

📅 Saturday 2 November
⌚ Gates open: 5:30pm | Fire lighting: 7pm | Fireworks: 8pm
💰 Adults: £10 | Under 10s: £5 | Under 2s: Free
🔥 Bonfire: Yes
🎟 Ticket only event, book via Eventbrite or purchase from Notton Village Post Office.

Join The Navigation Inn for a fabulous Bonfire Night extravaganza. Expect a huge firework show, live DJ, large bonfire and a kids play area to keep the little ones entertained. Prizes will be given out to the person wearing the most neon outfit – so dig out those legwarmers! Make sure you come hungry, as food will be brought to you by actor Chris Walker’s Walker Kitchen.

📅 Saturday 2 November
⌚ Opens: 6pm
💰 Adults: £7 | Under 12s: free
🔥 Bonfire: Yes
🎟 Tickets can be purchased from behind the bar or by calling 01924 274361.

Enjoy fireworks, food and lots of family fun at East Ardsley Cricket Club’s family fireworks night! The Clubhouse is open from 6pm so you can make a night of it and enjoy some fantastic seasonal entertainment. Please note that tickets must be bought in advance – there will be no sales on the gate.

📅 Saturday 2 November
⌚ Open: 6pm | Fireworks: 7pm
💰 Adults: £5 | Children (5-16 year olds): £2 | Under 5: Free (no ticket required)
🔥 Bonfire: Yes
🎟 Book your tickets.

Enjoy a live brass band and fireworks at The Calder Vale Hotel in Horbury! Grange Moor Brass Band is a proper community band who encourage people of all ages to take up an instrument and are sure to put on a great show. If previous years are anything to go by this will be a very popular event, so please wrap up warm and arrive a little earlier than the start times if you want to get a good spot!

📅 Saturday 2 November
⌚ Music: 6pm | Fireworks: 7:30pm
💰 Free, donations greatly received for the Grange Moor Brass Band
🔥 Bonfire: No

Get ready for a bonfire night celebration at Outwood WMC! There’s a kids’ disco to entertain the youngsters before the bonfire lighting and the all-important firework display, plus plenty of food will be available. Please note, tickets for non-members go on sale on 21 October.

📅 Saturday 3 November
⌚ Kids’ disco: 6pm | Fire lit: 7pm | Fireworks: 8pm
💰 Adults: £6 | Children: £1
🔥 Bonfire: Yes
🎟 Tickets can be purchased from the bar at Outwood WMC.

Come and join the 12th Wakefield Scout Group for the 12th Wakefield Bonfire and Fireworks 2024 event! Get ready for an evening filled with excitement, as the sky is lit up with dazzling fireworks, enjoy the warmth of a crackling bonfire, and have loads of fun with a range of fun activities. Bring your family and friends for a night to remember, food and drink will be available throughout the evening of spectacular lights and sounds! Please note: There is no parking available on site, attendees are advised to walk to the event wherever possible.

📅 Sunday 3 November
⌚ Opens: 5pm
💰 Adults: £10 | Children: £5 | Family: £20
🔥 Bonfire: Yes
🎟 Book your tickets.

The Cobbler, Pontefract host their annual free firework display! Fancy making a full day of it? The carvery will be served from 12 until 4pm, followed by delicious traditional bonfire food from 4:30pm until 6:30pm.

📅 Tuesday 5 November
⌚ Food served from: 4:30pm | Fireworks: 5:30pm
💰 Free
🔥 Bonfire: No

Celebrate bonfire night in Castleford with The Rising Sun. Enjoy a traditional bonfire and fantastic firework display, while you treat yourself to tasty hot food and drinks from the bar.

📅 Tuesday 5 November
⌚ Gates open: 5pm | Fire lighting: 6:30pm | Fireworks: 7:30pm
💰 Adults: £4 | Under 14s: Free (must be accompanied by an adult)
🔥 Bonfire: Yes
🎟 Book your tickets.

Celebrate bonfire night in style at Ossett Cricket Club! With fantastic live music, fairground rides, delicious hot and cold food and a fully stocked bar!

📅 Tuesday 5 November
⌚ Gates open: 5:30pm | Fireworks: 7pm
💰 Adults: £7 | Under 16s: £4 | Under 3s: Free | Family: £17.50 (2 adults + 2 children)
🔥 Bonfire: No
🎟 Tickets can be purchased from the main bar at Ossett Cricket Club.

South Kirkby and Moorthorpe Town Council present their free firework spectacular! Pop in to the Miners’ Welfare Club (Cricket Club) and pick up some refreshments before riding the funfair rides and then setting your eyes skywards for the fantastic firework display.

📅 Tuesday 5 November
⌚ Fireworks: 6:30pm
🔥 Bonfire: No
💰 Free

Ossett Trinity Tigers are one again holding their annual bonfire night celebrations, sure to be a great family night out. Enjoy a traditional bonfire, fireworks and delicious food, with a bar open ’til late! Sip on warm drinks and revel in the cosy glow of the roaring fire.

📅 Friday 8 November
⌚ Fire lit: 6pm | Fireworks: 7:30pm
🔥 Bonfire: No
💰 Free

Enjoy a fun-filled fireworks display with Ackworth Cricket Club and their annual firework extravaganza. With funfair for all ages, fully stocked bar and plenty of food available, you’ll be there all night! Please note that there is no parking available for this event.

📅 Friday 8 November
⌚ Gates open: 5:30pm
💰 General admission: £5 | Under 4s: free
🔥 Bonfire: No
🎟 Tickets can only be purchased from the bar at Ackworth Cricket Club.

Round off the Bonfire Night celebrations with a fun-filled fireworks display at Darrington Field! With plenty of tasty food available (including BBQ and pie and peas!), mulled wine, hot chocolate, kids rides and gingerbread decoration. Please note that this is a cash only event and there is no on site parking facilities.

📅 Saturday 9 November
⌚ Gates open: 5pm
💰 Advance tickets (over 12s): £5 | Limited tickets on the gate (over 12s): £8
🔥 Bonfire: Yes
🎟 Tickets can be purchased from Darrington Hotel Pub, Reading Room Monday Mornings or the Darrington Village Shop.