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Spectacular light drone shows will entertain evening crowds at Hemsby and Great Yarmouth next week after their sensational display at Great Yarmouth this week when they replaced the weekly fireworks.
Visit Great Yarmouth’s last Big Wednesday of 2026 summer holidays will be a showcase finale featuring the aerial artistry of Lumina’s light drones – but with 400 drones, double the number in this week’s display.
The dazzling and immersive experience specially designed for the seafront venue will bring the six seafront summer events to a close, and to Hemsby’s Big Tuesdays.
Lumina, which performs drone light shows across the UK and Europe, stepped in at the last minute this week performing vivid formations and choreography in the sky over Great Yarmouth beach when the national wildfire alert stopped the usual free fireworks.

A dazzling aerial artistry show by 200 light drones will fill the skies with colour and exciting formations over Great Yarmouth seafront tomorrow night (19th Aug) to replace the weekly fireworks halted by the national wildfire alert.
The show will take place at 10pm as a last-minute replacement for the weekly fireworks.
Visit Great Yarmouth has secured been working with an international drone company to step in at the last minute to make sure this week’s spectacular Big Wednesday event goes ahead to avoid disappointing the weekly crowds that flock to the Golden Mile.
Tomorrow’s show promises an immersive experience by internationally acclaimed Lumina, which performs drone light shows across the UK and Europe.

Visit Great Yarmouth is scrambling to deliver alternative evening seafront entertainment for this week’s Big Wednesdays and has cancelled tomorrow’s Hemsby Big Tuesday while the national fire alert remains in place.
CEO Asa Morrison has stood down the Tuesday firework crew according to government advice not to use fireworks because of the wildfire alert.
“We are currently working hard to find alternatives to entertain people on Great Yarmouth seafront on Wednesday. We know people plan their holidays and weeks around our evening displays and we don’t want to disappoint.
“We hope to announce new plans tomorrow.
“Unfortunately, we couldn’t do the same for Hemsby because we don’t have sufficient time to have the correct permissions in place for alternatives there but will be looking ahead to provide different entertainment at Hemsby next week if the alert is still in place.

Fireworks, a pyro plane, Sumatran tigers, a summer variety show, and a giant inflatable obstacle course are just a few of the bumper activities and attractions for all the family on offer across the Great Yarmouth area this summer.

Big Wednesdays at Great Yarmouth starts this week, with AeroSPARX’s pyro plane lighting up the skies with its 2,000 LED lights.
The choreographed pyrotechnic displays over the sea will see fireworks ignite from the motor glider’s long wings as dusk falls each Wednesday through the summer holidays.
Big Tuesdays at Hemsby also returns tomorrow, keeping the resort buzzing each week with a colourful array of fireworks.
The Hippodrome Circus plays host to new show Pulse,

Up to six people will win free entry to five of Great Yarmouth’s top attractions in Visit Great Yarmouth’s Golden Ticket competition.
Worth £500, the winner and five others will win the ultimate day out in the seafront area with passes to Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach, the Summer Circus at the Hippodrome, Sea Life, the Time and Tide museum and Sara’ Tearooms.
Alex Youngs, chair of Visit Great Yarmouth’s marketing group, said: “This fantastic mix of family fun, entertainment and activities for all ages and tastes reflects what Great Yarmouth is all about.
“We are proud of the experiences our great destination has to offer and love bringing our businesses together through the Golden Ticket to offer a full day out for a family or group,

A pyrotechnics plane will light up the sky over Great Yarmouth seafront with weekly airborne fireworks and aerobatics displays again this summer.
“Even bigger and better” Big Wednesdays promised by pilot who has entertained crowds from the skies at the Dubai World Cup and Lisbon Harbour.
The free fireworks – Big Wednesdays and Big Tuesdays at Hemsby – start next week.
Weekly summer fireworks displays are worth £3.3m a year to Great Yarmouth’s economy – for every £1 spent on fireworks last year £22 spent in businesses on and around the seafronts.

The night sky over Great Yarmouth seafront will light up in dramatic technicolour next week as the airplane that drew thousands of people to Great Yarmouth on Wednesdays last year returns with a “bigger and better” aerobatic and stunt display over the sea.

A popular Norfolk festival has been hailed ‘the best seafront spectacular’ of its kind by visitors.
The Great Yarmouth Wheels Festival celebrated everything with an engine over the weekend, from classic cars to custom bikes lining the whole of the Golden Mile.
Organised by Visit Great Yarmouth, around 75,000 flocked to the seafront to admire novelty vehicles, superbikes and lovingly restored classic cars, alongside the UK’s largest monster truck Big Pete and its racing rival team mate The Grim Reaper.
Each day the Best Club, Club Star and Best in Show were recognised by a panel of judges, with Saturday’s Best Club going to the Essex Petrolheads.
Founder Lee Parkinson, who grew the club from three friends to nearly 9,000 members in three years,

More than 70,000 people are expected to enjoy Great Yarmouth’s Wheels Festival on June 20-21.

Non-stop action by world-class headliners will wow crowds, including new for 2026 signing, the UK’s biggest Monster Truck, Big Pete, and sidekick The Grim Reaper, and returning crowd favourites, the UK’s number one freestyle motocross stunt team Bolddog Lings FMX, the Ken Fox Riders Wall of Death and BMX stunt wizards BMXTRAS.

A massive 1.5km line-up of cars, trucks and motorcycles – from lovingly-restored classics to souped up novelty vehicles, American cars, and emergency vehicles – will fill the seafront.

The free two-day Wheels Festival injects millions of pounds into the Great Yarmouth economy – more than £3.5 million last year,

Tearoom owner has made baking for nearly six decades a piece of cake
When she was a child Sara Smith used to sit on her mum’s kitchen worktop watching her cook.
The simple pleasure ignited a lifelong passion, leading her to a remarkable journey as the proud baker of more than a quarter-of-a-million slices of homemade cake and scones.
“I used to love watching my mum bake and when I was 17, I began working in a specialist bakery producing celebration cakes,” said Sara.
“It then developed into a small business at home where I would make cakes for birthdays, anniversaries and christenings.
“A few years later I was approached by my neighbours,

Cutting VAT on tickets for attractions and children’s meals is a double win for families and businesses at a time when Great Yarmouth needs it, Visit Great Yarmouth said today.
CEO Asa Morrison said the Great British Summer Savings announced by the Chancellor, slashing VAT for entry to attractions for families and children’s meals from 20% to 5% between June 25 and September 1, would help boost summer trade for businesses by making things more affordable for visitors and locals.
“This will make a notable difference, especially for larger families, wanting to enjoy the attractions in Great Yarmouth and around, and also on children’s meals.
The tourism industry had been lobbying for some from of tax break,