Tickets for the 7 November display are on sale: adults £16, ages 11 to 15 £10, under 10s £5. The times, the line-up, and the licence decision still unpublished.

Tickets for Blackheath Fireworks 2026 are on sale. The event is planned for Saturday 7 November, running 5pm to 10.30pm, and Lewisham Council announced general ticket sales on Tuesday 8 September. Adults pay £16, ages 11 to 15 pay £10 and under 10s pay £5, with family ticket options including for single-parent families. The council says last year’s event sold out within weeks.

One piece of paperwork is still outstanding. The premises licence application was heard by Licensing Sub Committee C at 7pm on 8 September, the evening of the same day ticket sales opened, and the committee’s written decision had still not been published when we checked on 13 September. Either side can appeal a licensing decision to the magistrates’ court within 21 days. This page will be updated the day the decision lands.

The rest of this page sets out what is on the public record: the date and hours, the 2026 line-up, who is running it, what the council was asked to decide, and the road closures used last year.

The date, and the licence behind it

The application was submitted on 14 July 2026 by Radioactive Clothing Ltd, trading as Slammin Events, for a new premises licence at “Blackheath Fireworks, Blackheath Common, London SE3 0TY”. Lewisham’s committee report quotes the application directly:

“A two day weekend event to be held annually between the last week of October and the second week of November each year. This will be either the Friday & Saturday or the Saturday & Sunday. The applicant proposes a one day event in 2026 on Saturday 7 November.”

Two things follow from that wording, and both matter if you are planning around it.

  • The licence being sought is not for one night. It is a standing annual permission for a two-day weekend, with the exact dates “agreed with Lewisham Licensing in advance each year”.
  • 2026 is the exception, not the template: the applicant is proposing a single Saturday this year.

The capacity applied for is 39,999 people.

Times: 5pm to 10.30pm

The council’s event page, updated on 9 September, gives the 2026 event as 5pm to 10.30pm, with the entertainment programme running until 10pm. Around 40,000 people are expected. The licence application asked for slightly wider hours; Saturday is the row that matters for 2026.

Friday Saturday Sunday
Site open to the public 17:00 to 22:30 16:00 to 22:30 16:00 to 22:00
Live and recorded music, dance 17:00 to 22:30 16:00 to 22:30 16:00 to 22:00
Alcohol, on the premises 17:00 to 22:15 16:00 to 22:15 16:00 to 21:45

The application adds one line under the opening hours: “The bars will close 15 minutes before the show closes on each day.”

So the licence application would allow a 4pm opening, while the advertised event starts at 5pm and closes at 10.30pm. Plan around the advertised times.

What time are the fireworks? Not published for 2026. Lewisham’s own event page says last year’s display was set to music “at about 8pm”. Treat 8pm as the pattern, not a promise.

The 2026 line-up

The council’s announcement names the entertainment booked around the display, all of it organised by Slammin Events:

  • UK garage duo DJ Luck & MC Neat and club DJ Brandon Block in the Big Top
  • Massaoke, the mass singalong act, returning after 2025
  • the Lords of Lightning electrical arc show
  • the Big Belly Comedy Club
  • a fairground, and a Street Food Village the council says has more local vendors and more bars than last year

New for 2026 is the People’s Stage, a platform for local performers that the council describes as a precursor to the return of People’s Day in 2027. Cllr Rotimi Skyers, Cabinet Member for Children, SEND, Youth Empowerment and Culture, said it is “a chance to celebrate the creativity, talent and community that makes Lewisham such a special place”, and the council says opportunities for local performers to get involved will follow.

The site has also been expanded, with three main entrances: Blackheath Gate, Lewisham Gate and Greenwich Gate. The council says this is to help the site handle a bigger crowd; entry and exit arrangements were one of the main things residents objected about at the licence hearing, as set out below.

What the council was asked to decide on 8 September

Licensing Sub Committee C met at 7pm on Tuesday 8 September 2026, on Microsoft Teams, with Blackheath Fireworks as item 5. The agenda is published in full; the written decision is not yet on the meeting page.

Where things stood going in:

  • 17 members of the public made representations. Officers record that they were received in time and are not “vexatious or frivolous”, so they must be heard.
  • The police did not object. The report says they consider the conditions and event management plans sufficient.
  • The council’s own licensing authority did object, asking for two extra conditions. Those were agreed and its objection has been withdrawn.

The two conditions it asked for are a capacity cap of 39,999, and a requirement that the holder surrender an existing premises licence, PL1667, within seven days of the new one being granted.

The sub committee has four options under the Licensing Act 2003: grant as applied for, grant with modified conditions, refuse to specify the designated premises supervisor, or refuse outright. Either side can appeal to the magistrates’ court within 21 days.

What the objectors are arguing

The published representations are mostly from people living at the Talbot Place end of the heath, and they cluster around four things.

  • The gates. Objectors say entry and exit gates at either end of Talbot Place funnel tens of thousands of people through a narrow residential road that also has to stay clear for ambulances.
  • Damage to the heath. One objection describes a sinkhole opening on Duke Humphrey Road after last year’s event and taking several months to fill, with mud on the paths “for most of the winter”.
  • A standing annual permission. Several object to the principle rather than the event: a licence that renews each year removes the yearly chance to comment.
  • The absence of toilets on the walking routes to and from the site, and the effect of fireworks on pets.

One objector asks for any licence to be limited to a single day, with no on-site alcohol sales, on a one-year trial.

Road closures: the 2026 list is published

Lewisham’s Blackheath fireworks page, updated on 9 September, publishes the closures for 7 November 2026. They match last year’s arrangements.

Roads closed from 3.30pm on the day

  • Blackheath Village, between Montpelier Vale and Lee Road
  • Duke Humphrey Road, whole road
  • Goffers Road, whole road
  • Hare and Billet Road, whole road
  • Lee Road, between Blackheath Village and Lee Terrace
  • Montpelier Row, between South Row and Montpelier Vale
  • Montpelier Vale, between Montpelier Row and Blackheath Village
  • Prince Charles Road, between Shooters Hill Road and Montpelier Row
  • Royal Parade, whole road
  • Talbot Place, whole road
  • Tranquil Vale, whole road

Parking, loading and unloading restrictions are expected from 10am on all of the above, plus Lee Road as far as Priory Park, Lee Terrace between Lee Road and Quentin Road, and South Row.

The one that catches people out is All Saints Drive, closed as a whole road from 28 October to 5 November for set-up and removal. The disruption there starts more than a week before the display.

Our Lewisham roadworks and travel page carries the borough’s live closures nearer the time.

Getting there and parking

Do not drive to this. The closure list above takes out most of the roads that ring the site, and residents’ bays across Blackheath are suspended from mid-morning. Our parking in Lewisham page covers the borough’s controlled zones and charges, but on the night the practical answer is the train.

Blackheath station is a short walk from the common, with Southeastern services from London Bridge, Charing Cross, Cannon Street and Lewisham. Lewisham, Greenwich and Westcombe Park are all within walking distance of the wider heath if Blackheath itself is crowded. Our trains and travel page has the line detail, and it is worth checking for engineering work before you set out.

Tickets and prices for 2026

General ticket sales opened on Tuesday 8 September, via the official site at blackheathfireworks.com. Per the council’s announcement, prices start at:

  • Adults, £16
  • Ages 11 to 15, £10
  • Under 10s, £5
  • Family ticket options are available, including for single-parent families; the council has not published those prices

Those match last year’s headline bands, when Time Out reported family tickets at £40 for two adults and two under 10s, and £48 for two adults and two 11 to 15s. Confirm family prices on the ticket site before budgeting; we could not read it directly because it sits behind a bot challenge.

Two things worth knowing before you decide when to buy:

  • The council says last year’s event sold out within weeks and organisers are urging people to book early.
  • A number of tickets are being reserved for local families on low incomes, with the council saying more details will follow. If £16 a head is a stretch, it may be worth waiting for that scheme before buying at full price.

What to watch, and when

  • The written licensing decision from the 8 September hearing, still unpublished when we checked on 13 September. The council is selling tickets, so it plainly expects the event to proceed, but the decision and any conditions attached to it are not yet on the record.
  • The low-income ticket scheme: the council says details of tickets reserved for local families on low incomes will follow.
  • 28 October: the All Saints Drive set-up closure begins, more than a week before the display.

We covered the licence application itself in August, including the hours applied for and how to make a representation. That window has closed.

Sources

Licence papers checked on 3 September 2026; ticket, price and line-up details added, and the meeting page re-checked for the written decision, on 13 September 2026.