Introducing Ready-to-Go Shows™

Have you ever wanted to shoot an incredible backyard fireworks show, but didn’t know where to begin? Today, we’re introducing an amazing new solution to help you overcome that intimidating blank canvas and start filling the sky with fireworks: Ready-to-Go Shows™.

What Are Ready-to-Go Shows™?

Ready-to-Go Shows™ are pre-designed fireworks shows prepared by our team using the Superior Fireworks Show Builder with the IGNITE Firing System integration. We’re leveraging our product knowledge, experience shooting our own shows, and passion for fireworks to create awesome fireworks shows we know you’ll love!

Each show is available on our website as a single product you can purchase that includes all the fireworks you’ll need. You’ll also be able preview each show in the Show Builder, where you’ll find an IGNITE module report with instructions for connecting everything at your shoot site.

The IGNITE modules and igniters are sold separately, giving you flexibility to use the equipment you already own.*

*If your IGNITE modules are not the same as the model assigned for the show, you can substitute an i36 module in place of an i18, but will otherwise have to edit the show settings with your specific hardware so it can update the cue assignments. This will also require printing an updated module report from the Show Builder.

Who Are They For?

Our goal is to design a variety of shows that appeal to beginners and enthusiasts alike. Whether you simply don’t have the time, or frankly, the desire to script your own show, this gives you a great option to still pull off an amazing display.

This can be incredibly valuable in a variety of situations:

• You need some inspiration to get started with your own show design, so you check out what we’re doing and use some of those ideas in your own show.
• You don’t have time to design a show from scratch, but you find one of our Ready-to-Go Shows™ that you want to modify to get it just the way you like.
• You would rather have someone design a complete show for you, so you pick one of our awesome shows and shoot it exactly the way we designed it.
• You start shopping on our website, ready to plan the perfect show, but then find one of our shows and think, “That’s friggin’ amazing, so why on earth would I mess with perfection?” and you just buy and shoot the thing! You just saved sooo much time this spring.

What Firing Systems Are Supported?

We leverage the IGNITE integration within the Superior Fireworks Show Builder to generate an IGNITE Show Code that you can import directly into your IGNITE app for a seamless experience.

Not using IGNITE? No problem! Although you won’t be able to leverage the direct IGNITE integration, you can still use the Show Details report from the Show Builder as a reference for creating the same show in any system you prefer. We will make COBRA script files available for download as well.

How Closely Do the Real-Life Shows Match the Show Builder Visualization?

As of this writing, our team has designed, built, and shot six shows using this exact process end-to-end to confirm that what you get in the field matches the expectations set by the Show Builder. Here’s what to expect:

• Live fireworks performance will not precisely match the visualization. This would also be true if you were designing a fireworks show using product videos as a reference. Consumer fireworks are simply not manufactured with the tight tolerances necessary to be 100% consistent from one batch to the next, or even from one worker to the next within the same batch.
• In particular, individual item durations will almost never exactly match the visualization, but are mostly within five seconds. Longer-duration items and higher-shot-count items are more prone to timing drifts.
• Ultimately, we’ve been extremely pleased with the outcomes and are confident that you will be too!

You can see more about our experience shooting shows designed in the Show Builder here:

How Do I Get Started?

We’ve designed two different collections of shows: one for wholesale customers, and another for customers shopping at our retail store in Orange Park, Florida.

Wholesale shows are generally larger and designed to meet our wholesale minimum while using full cases of each item. For smaller shows, we also take advantage of mixed-case sets and cases with low quantities to provide a great mix of effects.

Retail shows have been designed with value and variety in mind, giving you incredible options that don’t have to break the bank.

Our team has been working toward this for almost a year now, and we’re extremely excited to make this available. Let us know what you think and what you’d love to see in future Ready-to-Go Shows™!