Both Dulwich fireworks displays for 2026 were held, on 31 October and 7 November, and both sold out. No 2027 dates yet; 2026 tickets went on sale 3 August.
Both Dulwich fireworks displays for 2026 have now been held: the Herne Hill Velodrome’s Halloween Fireworks on Saturday 31 October and the Dulwich Firework Display at Dulwich Sports Club, Giant Arches Road, SE24 9HP, on Saturday 7 November. Both had sold out weeks before. The Sports Club’s Eventbrite listing still showed the night as scheduled, with no cancellation, when we checked at 10pm on 7 November.
Every big display near Dulwich is now over: Battersea Park’s second night, on Sunday 8 November, was the last. Neither Dulwich organiser has named a 2027 date. What happens next.
Last checked 9 November 2026.
Updated 9 November: Battersea Park’s Sunday night has passed, so there are no displays left nearby this year.
Updated 7 November: the Sports Club display has been held, so this page now covers what is left nearby, and keeps the Dulwich details for reference and for next year.
Updated 2 November: still sold out on Eventbrite, still no resale tickets listed on Tixel, and the waitlist has grown from 25+ to 85+ in a day. The Met Office now gives a cloudy, dry, almost windless evening, 9°C at gates and 8°C for the fireworks. What is left now.
Updated 1 November: Eventbrite still shows the Sports Club display as sold out, and Tixel had no resale tickets listed and more than 25 people on its waitlist. The Met Office’s first hourly forecast for the night is dry and nearly still. What is left now.
Updated 24 October: Dulwich Sports Club’s Eventbrite listing now reads “SOLD OUT!! This event is now sold out” and points buyers to resale on Tixel. What you can still do.
Updated 17 October: the Friends of Herne Hill Velodrome’s Halloween Fireworks on Saturday 31 October sold out, with a waiting list.
Dulwich fireworks: what happens next
Battersea Park’s Sunday 8 November display was the last big one nearby this year. It was Wandsworth Council’s show, run by Enable; its Saturday night had sold out, and on the evening of 7 November its site said Sunday tickets were “running low” (Battersea Park Fireworks, read 7 November 2026).
Dulwich’s next display is a year away. Neither the Sports Club nor the Friends of Herne Hill Velodrome has announced a 2027 date. As a guide to timing, the Sports Club’s 2026 tickets went on sale on 3 August and sold out between 19 and 24 October; the velodrome’s had gone by 17 October. Both sell in advance only, so next year’s buyers need to move in the autumn, not the week before.
Dulwich fireworks 2026 tickets: both displays sold out
We checked both ticket pages on 17 and 19 October 2026, again on Saturday 24 October, and the Sports Club’s again on 1, 2 and 7 November.
| Display | Date | Ticket status | What you can do |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herne Hill Velodrome Halloween Fireworks | Sat 31 October | Taken place (sold out) | Nothing: the display was on 31 October |
| Dulwich Firework Display, Dulwich Sports Club | Sat 7 November | Taken place (sold out) | Nothing: the display was on 7 November |
The velodrome has gone. Its Ticket Tailor page now heads the listing “FHHV Halloween Fireworks - SOLD OUT” and says: “The event is now sold out. Please join the waiting list if you want to be notified if tickets become available.” A velodrome ticket can be transferred to someone else, so the waiting list is the only legitimate route in; the Friends sell nothing at the gate.
The Sports Club sold out a week later. On 17 and 19 October Eventbrite’s data for the listing still read “on_sale”. On 24 October the page carries a “Tickets Sold Out” bar, its sales status reads “sold_out”, and the club has rewritten the top of the description: “SOLD OUT!! This event is now sold out.” It adds: “There are No Tickets available on the door, please DO NOT attend if you dont have a ticket.”
Resale was the only route in for 7 November. The club links to a resale listing on Tixel, which it calls its official resale partner, and asks people who cannot go to pass tickets to friends or family or resell them there. It also asks that nobody contacts the club about tickets. Buy only through that link: tickets offered on social media or by the street sellers the club warns about on Burbage and Turney Roads are not checked, and every ticket is scanned once at the gate.
If you already have Sports Club tickets and cannot go, there is no refund unless no fireworks are set off. The club says to pass them on to friends or family, or resell through Tixel, Eventbrite’s official resale partner, which it sets up a month before the event. The name on the ticket does not have to match the person who uses it: “as long as there is one ticket per person. They will only scan once.”
Prices
The club’s own Eventbrite listing gives three face values:
- Full price £13
- Juniors £8
- Kids under 12, £1, the “kid for a quid” ticket
Under-12s still need a ticket even at a pound. The club explains why in a footnote: it is “to enable tracking of total numbers in attendance”. Eventbrite adds a booking fee on top, and the highest price shown in the listing data is £14.49, so budget about £1.49 a head above the face value.
Refunds are narrow. The club’s policy is that “refunds will only be given in the event that no fireworks are set off”. Bring the ticket on your phone (the club’s preference) or printed, because every ticket is scanned at the entrance. If you cannot go, it points you at Tixel, its official resale partner, which it sets up a month before the event.
Getting there, because there is no parking
The Sports Club display took place on Saturday 7 November. The details below are kept for reference and for next year.
The club is blunt about this: “There is no parking available onsite on the night.” It asks people to walk, cycle or use public transport.
- Trains: a 10 minute walk from Herne Hill, North Dulwich and West Dulwich.
- Buses: the 3 and 201 to Croxted Road / Turney Road, the 37 to Half Moon Lane / Burbage Road.
- Entrances: two access and exit points, via Giant Arches onto Burbage Road and onto Turney Road. Regulars should note the Turney Road route, which is a change from the old single entrance.
- Step-free access is via the tarmac road on Giant Arches off Burbage Road.
The club also warns about “illegal street sellers operating on Burbage & Turney Roads”, which are nothing to do with the event. In an emergency a third exit via Old Alleyns is also used. The event is wheelchair accessible, but the club asks you to contact the organisers in advance: questions go to manager@dulwichsports.co.uk, copying fireworks@eventis-sports.com.
The rules that catch people out
- No sparklers. They will not be allowed on site.
- No alcohol brought in. There are bars, including mulled wine and real ale.
- Under-16s must be with a responsible adult and supervised throughout.
- Buggies must be left in the buggy parks at the entrances, one by the clubhouse and one on the tennis courts near the Turney Road gate. No buggies in the pavilion or the main spectator area.
- Dogs are discouraged rather than banned. The club cites RSPCA advice on fireworks noise. Assistance dogs are the exception.
- Toilets are on the cricket field, near the cricket nets.
Food and drink runs to burgers, BBQ, Indian, pizza, a kids’ bar, mulled wine and real ale. The music is headlined by Matthew Lynch, playing crowd favourites and children’s songs from 5.30pm to 7pm. The club’s listing now says the display is “Powered by The Fireworks Firm” (it named Brilliant Fireworks earlier in the autumn), and the event is promoted by Irvin Leisure.
Herne Hill Velodrome, Saturday 31 October
This display took place on Saturday 31 October. The details are kept here for reference and for next year.
The Friends of Herne Hill Velodrome put on Halloween Fireworks at the velodrome, 104 Burbage Road, SE24 9HD, on Saturday 31 October 2026. It is a few minutes’ walk down Burbage Road from the Sports Club, and a week earlier. The Friends’ event page gives the running order:
| Time | What happens |
|---|---|
| 5.00pm | Gates open |
| 5.45pm | Fancy dress competition |
| 6.00pm | Bonfire lit |
| 6.20pm | Fire eaters |
| 7.00pm | Fireworks display |
| 7.20pm | LED dance show |
| 9.30pm | Event closes |
Tickets are £13 for adults, £8 for 12 to 16 year olds and £1 for under-12s, who must come with an adult. Each ticket carries its own booking fee (£1, 75p and 50p). It sold out before 17 October, and the Friends now run a waiting list instead; nothing is sold on the night.
Two small differences between the Friends’ pages are worth knowing. Their own event page and the ticket listing’s header give a 9.30pm close, but the running order on the ticket listing says the event closes at 9pm. And the ticket listing gives the postcode as SE24 9HE, where the velodrome’s own site says SE24 9HD; both point to 104 Burbage Road.
The rules are the Friends’ own: no alcohol, glass or food brought in (there are food and drink stalls), refunds only if the event is cancelled, and a ticket can be transferred if you cannot go. The event is wheelchair accessible, but the Friends ask you to contact them first on friends@hhvt.org. The lost child point is the ambulance on the right as you come in.
There is no parking at the velodrome “and parking in the local area is limited”. The transport advice is the same as for the Sports Club: Herne Hill, North Dulwich and West Dulwich stations, the 3 and 201 to Croxted Road / Turney Road, the 37 to Half Moon Lane / Burbage Road. The Friends say the money raised supports the velodrome and community cycling.
Dulwich fireworks 2026 against the big south London displays
The two Dulwich displays are small, local and cheap for children. The big ones nearby are a different kind of night, and two of them landed on the same Saturday as the Sports Club.
| Display | Date and fireworks time | Adult ticket | Under-12s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herne Hill Velodrome, SE24 | Sat 31 October, 7pm | Taken place | Taken place |
| Dulwich Sports Club, SE24 | Sat 7 November, about 7pm | Taken place | Taken place |
| Blackheath Common, Lewisham | Sat 7 November, event 5pm to 10pm | Taken place | Taken place |
| Battersea Park, Wandsworth | Sat 7 and Sun 8 November | Taken place | Taken place |
Blackheath is Lewisham Council’s display, run by Slammin Events, with 40,000 people expected on Blackheath Common from 5pm to 10pm on Saturday 7 November. General sale opened on 8 September, and the council says last year’s event sold out within weeks. Prices start at £16 for adults, £10 for 11 to 15 year olds and £5 for under-10s, with family tickets including single-parent options. Its ticket site blocks automated checks, so we could not confirm on 24 October how many are left. The site has three entrances this year, Blackheath Gate, Lewisham Gate and Greenwich Gate (Lewisham Council).
Battersea Park is Wandsworth Council’s, run by Enable, over two nights. On Saturday gates open at 6pm and close at 8pm, with fireworks at about 8.30pm; on Sunday gates open at 4.30pm, close at 6.30pm, and the fireworks start at 7pm. Tickets are advance only, non-refundable and non-transferable, with no resale or waiting list for sold-out nights (Battersea Park Fireworks).
All four displays have now been held. In 2026 Battersea’s tickets ran from £10.60 to £18.10 for over-16s by release, with under-5s free and 5 to 15s £11.50.
Is there a Southwark Council display? No, and there will not be
If you are looking for the old Southwark Park display, it is gone, and the council has said so plainly. In a statement dated 5 October 2022, Southwark Council confirmed “that the firework display in Southwark Park will not be taking place this year, with no plans for its return going forward”. Cllr Catherine Rose, then cabinet member for leisure, parks, streets and clean air, gave the reason as the cost of living crisis and the fallout from Covid: “We will be using our resources for this, and to support our parks all year round.”
Nothing has changed since. There is no fireworks event in Southwark’s Southwark Presents listings for this autumn, and no council display at Peckham Rye, Burgess Park or Southwark Park. In this borough, bonfire night is now something clubs and volunteers put on, which is exactly what Dulwich Sports Club and the Friends of Herne Hill Velodrome are doing.
Frequently asked questions
When are the Dulwich fireworks in 2026?
There were two, and both have been held. The Friends of Herne Hill Velodrome’s Halloween Fireworks was on Saturday 31 October, and the Dulwich Firework Display at Dulwich Sports Club on Saturday 7 November, gates 5pm, fireworks at about 7pm. No 2027 dates have been announced.
Are the Dulwich fireworks sold out?
Both sold out and both have now taken place. The Herne Hill Velodrome Halloween Fireworks on 31 October sold out by 17 October, and the Dulwich Sports Club display on 7 November by 24 October.
Are there any fireworks left near Dulwich this year?
No. Battersea Park’s second night, on Sunday 8 November, was the last big display nearby, and there is no free public display in Southwark.
When do Dulwich fireworks tickets go on sale?
No 2027 date has been announced. In 2026 the Sports Club’s tickets went on sale on 3 August and sold out in the second half of October, and the velodrome’s were gone by 17 October.
How much are tickets?
£13 for adults and £8 for juniors at both. Under-12s are £1, the Sports Club’s “kid for a quid” ticket, and they still need a ticket. Booking fees are extra.
Is there parking?
No. Neither the Sports Club nor the velodrome has parking on the night. Herne Hill, North Dulwich and West Dulwich stations are about 10 minutes’ walk, and the 3, 201 and 37 buses stop close by.
Can I bring sparklers or a dog?
Sparklers are banned at the Sports Club. Dogs are discouraged there rather than banned, on RSPCA advice about firework noise, and assistance dogs are welcome.
Is there a council fireworks display in Southwark?
No. Southwark Council ended the Southwark Park display in 2022 with no plans to bring it back. The nearest council-backed displays are Blackheath (Lewisham) and Battersea Park (Wandsworth), both held on 7 and 8 November.
Related
- Parking in Dulwich: the zone hours, in case you were thinking of driving anyway.
- Dulwich roadworks and travel: what is closed on the routes in.
- Things to do in Dulwich: the rest of the autumn what’s-on.
Sources
- Friends of Herne Hill Velodrome, Halloween Fireworks, read 28 September and 17 October 2026, for the date, running order, prices, rules and transport, and its Ticket Tailor listing, read 17, 19 and 24 October 2026, for the sold-out notice and waiting list. The address is from Herne Hill Velodrome.
- Dulwich Sports Club’s event listing, read 5 September 2026 and rechecked 28 September, 17 October, 19 October and 24 October, and on the evening of 7 November, when its structured data still read “EventScheduled”, for the date, times, prices, rules, transport, entrances, refunds and FAQs. The listing’s structured data gives a top price of £14.49 and sales opening 3 August 2026; it showed stock available on 19 October and “sold_out” on 24 October, when the description named Tixel as the resale route.
- Tixel resale listing, read 1 and 2 November 2026, for the absence of listed tickets, the waitlist count, recent activity and face-value ticket prices; the Eventbrite listing was rechecked the same day.
- Met Office forecast for Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, issued 12.59pm on 1 November 2026 and updated 10.02pm on 2 November 2026, and the Met Office UK long range outlook for 6 to 15 November.
- Irvin Leisure, the promoter, for the date, venue and the “no tickets on the night” warning.
- Dulwich Sports Club, for the club and ground.
- Southwark Council, “Southwark Fireworks 2022 update”, 5 October 2022, archived copy, for the decision to end the Southwark Park display.
- Southwark Presents, checked 5 September 2026, for the absence of any council fireworks event.
- Lewisham Council, Tickets now on sale for Blackheath Fireworks 2026, 8 September 2026, read 2 and 24 October, for the date, entrances and ticket prices.
- Battersea Park Fireworks (Enable for Wandsworth Council), timings and ticket prices, read 2 October 2026, and its home page and info page, read 7 November 2026, for the Saturday sell-out, Sunday ticket status, last entry times and the Albert Bridge closure.
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