Rugby Round Table's fireworks are on Saturday 7 November at Whinfield Park: gates 4.30pm, main display 6.30pm, £5 early bird tickets, then £10 adults.

Rugby’s fireworks are on Saturday 7 November 2026 at Whinfield Park. Rugby Round Table has confirmed the date on its own site and tickets are on sale.

Updated 3 October: Rugby Round Table has confirmed Saturday 7 November and tickets are on sale. After the early-bird window an adult ticket is £10, up from £7.50 in 2025, with a new £5 price for under 14s. The shuttle bus now starts outside Kings Barber on North Street.

The quick answer

  • Date: Saturday 7 November 2026, Rugby Round Table’s 73rd display
  • Where: Whinfield Park, Clifton Road / Butlin Road, Rugby CV21 3SD, entry from Clifton Road only
  • Times: gates 4.30pm, low-noise children’s display 6pm, main display 6.30pm
  • Tickets: £5 early bird up to two weeks before the event, then £10 adults and £5 under 14s; under 3s free. Booked through TicketSource, where the council’s visitor site lists the £5 ticket “+ fee”
  • Parking: none at the park. John Barford car park is free from 4pm to 8pm, with a free shuttle every eight minutes

The Rugby Fireworks Show, Whinfield Park

This is the one people mean by “Rugby fireworks”. It is run by Rugby Round Table, which dates its first display to 5 November 1951 and bills 2026 as Rugby’s 73rd annual Firework Spectacular.

The organisers’ site says the show is held “on the Saturday closest to Guy Fawkes night”. In 2026 that rule and the confirmed date agree: 5 November is a Thursday and Saturday 7 November is two days after it.

The two displays. The 6pm show is designed for toddlers and children who find loud bangs too much: full colour, reduced noise. The main display follows at 6.30pm.

Tickets, and the early-bird deadline

Ticket 2026 2025
Early bird (up to two weeks before) £5 £5
Adult, after the early-bird window £10 £7.50 in the last two weeks, £10 on the gate
Child under 14, after the early-bird window £5 no separate child price published
Under 3s Free Free

Prices from the organisers’ site in each year. The early-bird window closes two weeks before the event, which puts the last early-bird day around Saturday 24 October: after that an adult ticket doubles to £10. The organisers have not said whether tickets will be sold on the gate in 2026.

Getting to Whinfield Park, and where to leave the car

The park has no visitor car park, and this is the single thing most people get wrong. The organisers’ arrangements for 2026:

  • John Barford car park is free from 4pm until 8pm
  • A free shuttle bus runs every eight minutes, starting on North Street outside Kings Barber (in 2025 it started outside Brews and Bites Bistro) and also picking up on Clifton Road outside Alma Supermarket
  • The drop-off point is the corner of Clifton Road and Eastlands Road
  • Coming back, until 8pm, buses set down on Clifton Road outside Lawrence Sheriff School or on North Street outside Greek Zante restaurant
  • The walk from the town centre along Clifton Road takes 20 to 25 minutes

Our parking in Rugby page has the current tariffs for every council car park, and roadworks and travel carries anything closed on the approach roads. No road closures for the night had been published by 3 October.

What you cannot bring, and what to wear

The organisers bar sparklers and fireworks from the park entirely, and bar alcohol and drugs; anyone caught is evicted with no refund. They warn that the ground may be wet and muddy, advise warm, waterproof clothes and footwear that grips, and suggest leaving any pushchair that struggles on wet grass at home. The first aid station is in the centre of the park next to event control; the lost children point is in the changing room building, also next to event control.

The other displays in the borough

Rugby borough usually has four or five smaller displays alongside the Round Table show, spread across the week rather than bunched on the fifth. None had announced a 2026 date by 3 October. Warwickshire World’s round-up of 22 October 2025 recorded these, which is the fullest recent picture:

  • Newbold on Avon RFC, Parkfield Road: Sunday 2 November 2025, gates 4pm, bonfire lit 5.30pm, professional display, funfair. £5 adults, £5 children aged 5 to 16, under-5s free.
  • Old Laurentian RFC, Lime Tree Avenue: Wednesday 5 November 2025, gates 5.30pm. £7 adults, £3 under-16s, parking £2.
  • The Lounge Kitchen and Bar, Clifton: Friday 31 October 2025, gates 5.30pm, fireworks 7.45pm. £5 adults, £2.50 children, cash only.
  • Biker Triker Charity Group at the St Thomas Cross pub, Newton: Saturday 1 November 2025 from 6pm.

We checked both clubs again on 3 October. Newbold on Avon RFC’s events page still lists no events, and Old Laurentian RFC’s events page returns a 404. Neither means the display is cancelled: last year the borough round-up did not appear until 22 October.

The weekend before

Rugby’s free Diwali celebration is on Sunday 1 November, 2pm to 7pm, in Market Place and the Asda car park in front of the Swan Centre, with a lantern procession at 5pm. For half term and Halloween the week before, see our Halloween page.

Sources

  • The Rugby Fireworks Show, Rugby Round Table, checked 3 October 2026 (date, times, 2026 prices, venue, shuttle and park rules), and 5 September 2026 (2025 prices and shuttle)
  • The Rugby Town: Rugby Fireworks, Rugby Borough Council’s visitor site, checked 3 October 2026
  • Warwickshire World, “Where can you enjoy explosive firework action and family fun in Rugby this Bonfire Night”, 22 October 2025 (borough round-up)
  • Old Laurentian RFC and Newbold on Avon RFC club sites, checked 3 October 2026
  • The Rugby Town: Diwali Celebration, checked 3 October 2026