Fireworks at 8pm on Saturday 7 November, gates 5pm, last entry 8pm. Adults £16, families from £40. Road closures from 3.30pm, Blue Badge parking, buses.

Blackheath Fireworks is on Saturday 7 November 2026, and the display itself starts at 8pm. The organiser, Slammin Events, says gates and entertainment open at 5pm, last entry is at 8pm, and the event closes at 10pm. Adults pay £16, ages 11 to 15 pay £10 and under 10s pay £5, and family tickets start at £40. Tickets are on sale at blackheathfireworks.com and See Tickets, and there are no refunds.

Updated 1 November: tickets are still on general sale at unchanged prices, e-tickets go out a week before the night, and the organiser has published Blue Badge parking on Hare and Billet Road (3pm to 11.30pm, booking needed). The People’s Stage acts are still unnamed.

Updated 18 October: the council says 250 free tickets are set aside for low-income residents, handed out by local charities rather than sold, and the People’s Stage line-up will be announced nearer the night. South London Samba has joined the organiser’s line-up.

Updated 3 October: the licence has been granted, unmodified, and the organiser has now published the display time, last entry, the three gates, family prices and the bus diversions.

The premises licence is settled. Licensing Sub Committee C granted it after the 8 September hearing, with “the hours as stated in the application, unmodified” and the conditions the applicant had offered. The written decision notice is dated 18 September.

The rest of this page sets out the times, gates, tickets, line-up and road closures, then what the council decided and why.

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: gates 5pm, fireworks 8pm

The organiser’s FAQs set out the night:

Time
Gates and entertainment open 5pm
Last entry 8pm
Fireworks display 8pm
Event closes 10pm

Last entry and the display are at the same time, so anyone arriving after 8pm will not get in. The council’s event page, published on 9 September, gives the event as 5pm to 10.30pm, which allows for the site emptying after the organiser’s 10pm close. 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? 8pm, per the organiser’s FAQs. Last year’s display was also set to music at about 8pm, according to the council’s event page.

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

The organiser’s own line-up, read on 18 October, also lists South London Samba, a drumming collective.

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”, The council’s 9 October update says the stage is curated with local organisations including Rezon 8 and Alchemy, with family-friendly acts first and DJs later in the evening. The performers have not been named yet: Cllr Skyers said they will be announced “closer to the event”.

The site has also been expanded, with three entrances. The organiser’s travel page names them:

  • Red Gate (south), Blackheath entrance, SE3 0TY
  • Pink Gate (west), Lewisham entrance, SE3 0UA
  • Green Gate (north), Greenwich entrance, SE3 7BN

The council says the extra gates are 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. Fairground rides cost extra on top of the admission ticket; the rest of the entertainment is included.

What the council decided 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, and the decision notice, dated 18 September, grants the licence for music, dance and alcohol sales with the hours applied for, subject to the conditions on pages 142 to 144 of the agenda.

The committee’s reasons, in summary: residents’ inconvenience on “the (up to) two days a year” was not enough to refuse or narrow the licence; last year’s event “was successful with minimal crime and disorder”; and the organiser had moved the site further up the heath, enlarged it and gone from one entrance to three. It added that anyone can ask for a licence review if problems arise on the night. An appeal to the magistrates’ court has to be lodged within 21 days of being notified of the decision.

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.

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 organiser says there is no public parking near the site on the night, and that Greenwich Park car park is not an option: the park closes at 6pm with the gates locked, and cars left inside get a parking ticket and stay locked in until 7am the next day. 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.

The organiser puts Blackheath station seven minutes’ walk from the site and expects it to be very busy, so it suggests Lewisham station (about 20 minutes on foot) as the quieter option, or Maze Hill (also about 20 minutes).

Buses. The 54, 89, 108, 202, 380 and 386 normally run along Royal Parade beside the site, and all are diverted on the night until the crowds disperse. The organiser’s travel page lists the stops to use instead: the 54 diverts from 3pm towards Woolwich and from 4.30pm towards Elmers End, the 386 towards Blackheath Village terminates at Greenwich Park’s Chesterfield Gate, and Lewisham station or Lewisham Centre stops serve the 54, 89, 108 and 380.

Blue Badge parking and the accessible viewing area. The organiser’s FAQs say Blue Badge parking is on Hare and Billet Road, reached from Wat Tyler Road, from 3pm to 11.30pm. It has to be booked in advance through the FAQ page, you show your badge on arrival, and everyone in the car still needs an event ticket. There are no toilets or water in the parking area, cars are parked facing away from the display, and you may have to wait up to 30 minutes after the fireworks while pedestrians clear. The accessible entrance (a blue gate) is about 300 metres away at the end of Talbot Place where it meets Duke Humphrey Road, and leads to an accessible viewing area with seats, wheelchair spaces and toilets. Applications for that viewing area closed at 6pm on 30 October.

What you cannot bring. No food or drink, glass, aerosols, chairs, sparklers, scooters or bikes, and no bag bigger than A4 (21cm by 30cm); there are no lockers. Every under-18 must be with an adult aged 18 or over, and one adult can bring a maximum of four children. ID checks run at the gates. 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. The organiser’s booking page, read on 3 October, lists these general sale prices:

Ticket Price
Adult, 16 and over £16
Youth, 11 to 15 £10
Child, 0 to 10 £5
Family, 2 adults and 2 children under 11 £40
Family, 2 adults and 2 youths aged 11 to 15 £48
Single parent and 2 children under 11 £26
Single parent and 2 youths aged 11 to 15 £34

Those are the only discounted combinations. Klarna is offered at checkout, e-tickets arrive a week before the event, and all sales are final: the organiser says it runs in almost all weathers and does not refund. A free personal assistant ticket is available for disabled visitors who book directly with the organiser rather than through See Tickets and email proof to info@blackheathfireworks.com.

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.
  • 250 free tickets are set aside for residents on low incomes. The council’s 9 October update says they “will be distributed by local charities, including Lewisham Donation Hub, to families they regularly support”. There is no public application form: if you are not already supported by one of those charities, this scheme is unlikely to reach you, so do not wait on it before buying.

What to watch, and when

  • The People’s Stage performers: the council says they will be announced closer to the event. As of 1 November they still had not been named.
  • All Saints Drive has been closed since 28 October for set-up; the council’s event page lists the closure as running to 5 November.
  • E-tickets: the organiser sends them a week before the event, so they should already be in your inbox. If not, contact info@blackheathfireworks.com (or See Tickets, if you bought there).

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 on 13 September; the licence decision, display time, gates, family prices and travel added on 3 October; the free ticket scheme and People’s Stage partners added on 18 October; Blue Badge parking and the accessible viewing area added on 1 November 2026.