Daventry Town Council's free display is at Parker E-ACT Academy on Saturday 31 October 2026. Gates 6pm, last entry 7.15pm, fireworks 7.30pm. No parking on site.

Daventry’s free fireworks display is on Saturday 31 October 2026 at the Parker E-ACT Academy on Ashby Road. Gates open at 6pm, the last entry is at 7.15pm and the fireworks start at 7.30pm. Daventry Town Council, which funds and runs it, set the date out on its Fireworks Spectacular page, last updated on 8 September 2026.

The quick answer

  • When: Saturday 31 October 2026. Gates 6pm, last entry 7.15pm, fireworks 7.30pm, food and drink until 9pm.
  • Where: The Parker E-ACT Academy, Ashby Road, Daventry, NN11 0QF. Free, no ticket needed.
  • Parking: none on site. Use the free town car parks at Old Gasworks (Brook Street) or Chaucer Way and walk.

Why it is on Halloween this year

The council has moved the display a week earlier than usual so that it does not clash with Remembrance Sunday on 8 November. It has made a feature of the date: the show is billed as a “spooky spectacular” and the council is asking children and adults to come in Halloween costume. The display itself is by MLE Pyrotechnics, a Northamptonshire firm, and is set to music the council describes as “golden oldies and the latest hits”.

For the last two years the display was on the first Saturday in November: 1 November in 2025 and 2 November in 2024, according to the council’s own announcements (2025, 2024). Same venue, same 6pm gates and 7.30pm start on both nights.

Bonfire Night itself, Thursday 5 November, has no organised display in Daventry.

What to expect on the night

There is a bag check at the entry gate, so the council asks people to allow time to get in before the 7.15pm cut-off. Hot food and drink stalls run from 6pm to 9pm: burgers, hot dogs, cakes and candy floss, plus hot drinks. The stalls are on hard standing and are wheelchair accessible. The general viewing area is the school’s grass field, so boots are a better bet than trainers.

The school site rules, as published by the council:

  • no sparklers and no fireworks of your own
  • no smoking or vaping
  • no alcohol
  • no dogs, apart from registered assistance dogs
  • no large bags

Parking and getting there

There is no parking at the school. The council asks visitors to use the free public car parks in town and to walk in, and not to park in the residential streets around Ashby Road. Its two suggestions:

Car park Address Walk to the event Council’s note
Old Gasworks Brook Street, NN11 9HN 9 minutes spaces usually available
Chaucer Way Chaucer Way, NN11 9DD 8 minutes gets very busy early on

A handful of disabled parking spaces are available on site, first come first served, and only by booking through the council’s online form, which goes live at 10am on Monday 12 October. The conditions are strict: check in with the door supervisor at the Ashby Road entrance, show your Blue Badge and display it on the dashboard, and accept that you cannot move the car until the crowd has left the site on foot, because the vehicle exit crosses the pedestrian route. There is a hard-standing disabled viewing area inside.

Anything longer-running on the roads into Daventry is on our roadworks and travel page.

The rest of the season in Daventry

  • Remembrance Sunday, 8 November: the parade steps off at 10.30am from the High Street. Details on our Remembrance Sunday page.
  • Daventry Christmas Market, Saturday 21 November: 10am to 3pm on the High Street, Bowen Square, Foundry Walk and Sheaf Street, with Santa in his sleigh. Details on our Christmas markets page.
  • Northampton’s own display is on the Racecourse on Sunday 1 November: see our Northampton fireworks page. Brackley’s is on the same night as Daventry’s: Brackley fireworks.

Still to be confirmed

The council’s page carries the standard line that “entertainment, activities, stalls and products are subject to change without prior notice”. The disabled parking form is not live until 12 October. Any late change will be posted on the council’s Facebook event page and we will update this page.

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