Ferryhill Town Council is urging residents to purchase their tickets for this years Fireworks Display, to avoid disappointment. The event which will be taking place on Friday, 5th November 2021 at Dean Bank Recreation Park promises to be a great night out for all the family. The event will include professional singers live on stage, with the event being compered by Steppin’ Out DJ Keith Martin, and Fireworks choreographed to music, taking on a Bond theme.
Entrance fees for the Fireworks display are:
£2.00 per ticket for residents of Ferryhill
£3.00 per ticket for residents of other Towns & Villages
Children under 3 years of age will be permitted entry free of charge.
Tickets for the event will remain on sale at Ferryhill Town Hall until 3.30pm on the day of the event.
This year’s event will comprise show rides and a range of street food catering vehicles as well as performances by stage acts. The full programme for the event is as follows:
5.00pm – Gates Open for show rides and street food caterers with music compered by DJ Keith Martin. Keith a DJ since 1979 is a resident DJ on Steppin’ Out, which is broadcast live, every Thursday Night on Pride Radio from 7.00pm – Midnight (previously, on the Magic Network 2004 – 2018). Playing everything Soulful, Stepping Out includes the Glitterbox Radio Show. Keith is also resident at Colonel Porters (Newcastle) on Friday’s and is regularly booked to play at events across the UK & Abroad to play his own collection.
5.40 – 5.50pm – Poppy & Charlie
Poppy and Charlie are a young brother and sister acoustic duo with a love for rock music and power pop, but also cover a wide range of genres and popular, upbeat tunes from across the decades.
With a music background of singing and playing guitar from a very young age, the pair formed as a duo in 2018, just before entering the Unstoppable UK Talent Competition, where they won performance of the year. With further support and encouragement from North East singer Channy (and founder of Unstoppable UK) they have never looked back.
6.00 – 6.10pm – Teah McCafferty a singer/songwriter for 14 years is based in
Durham/Glasgow. Previous performances include SEC Armadillo Glasgow and O2 Arena London. Teah is also part of Unstoppable UK, ran by Channy.
6.15 – 7.00pm Music compered by DJ Keith Martin with build up to the Fireworks
7.00pm – Fireworks Display
Town Mayor, Councillor David Farry said ‘I would like to say a huge thank you to Stanley Events for running our Fireworks Display this year, they did an amazing job in 2018 and 2019, and I can’t wait to see the event return again this year. After what has been a very difficult 18 months I am especially looking forward to seeing the community coming together to enjoy what promises to be a fantastic evening with show rides, street food caterers, singers and music compered by the fantastic DJ Keith Martin, culminating in a Bond themed Fireworks Extravaganza.’
For more information about this year’s Fireworks Display please contact:
Karen Younghusband at Ferryhill Town Hall on telephone: 01740 652157 or Email: kyounghusband@ferryhill.gov.uk
