A successful heritage festival leaves a lasting mark on a community’s memory. Celesta designs and produces custom shows that make these events strong, readable, and unifying moments, from grand fireworks displays to drone light shows. You control your territory’s story; our teams handle artistic design, technical execution, safety, and regulatory procedures.
A heritage festival show is a visual and audio creation designed to celebrate the history, architecture, or identity of a venue during a national day, a commemoration, a town anniversary, or a seasonal cultural event. It brings together one or more disciplines: concerts, fireworks displays, drone light shows, video mapping, scenic special effects, light, and sound. France counts 34,875 municipalities as of January 1, 2025, according to INSEE, and each seeks to add meaning to its collective highlights. Celesta addresses town halls, communities of municipalities, departments, and regions that want a show matching their heritage without carrying the technical and administrative complexity alone.
A highlight of municipal festivities, the fireworks display is written as a visual story, synchronized to an original soundtrack or one linked to your territory. Celesta’s pyrotechnicians adapt the format to each scale, from intimate village displays to grand metropolitan fireworks, highlighting each site. Certified to level 2, they operate under Decree No. 2010-580 of May 31, 2010.
Use of category F4 pyrotechnic products, in compliance with Decree No. 2010-455 of May 4, 2010, by an operator holding the F4-T2 certificate.
Silent and precise, the drone light show respects both wildlife and residents. The swarm draws emblems, monuments, and stories of local history in the night sky, including in sensitive historical venues where pyrotechnics require large perimeters. The drone light show combines with fireworks displays for your end-of-year show: an aerial light opening followed by a pyrotechnic final.
Framed by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/en/947 of May 24, 2019, applicable since December 31, 2020.
Among the composed scenarios: a fireworks display synchronized with a drone ballet, extended by monumental mapping; a nocturnal show mixing performers, scenic flames, and video projections; a spectacular narrative telling your city’s history, readable by all generations. Each system adjusts to the budget, site, and heritage, from local scales to regional productions for end-of-year festivities.
Each setup complies with fire safety regulations for ERP (establishments open to the public) and is validated with competent services.
Scenic special effects, dancers, acrobats, fire artists, flames, cold sparks, light, and sound systems: these disciplines enrich pyrotechnics and drone light shows during your community’s end-of-year festivals. Celesta designs, stagings, and coordinates the whole so that each effect serves your territory’s narrative and builds a coherent and captivating show.
Celesta, the pyrotechnic service provider for end-of-year festivities for French and international municipalities.
We set the intent, site, and budget.
The show’s dramaturgy takes shape.
Technical design and declarations in the prefecture.
Everything is adjusted before the display.
The control room synchronizes pyrotechnics, drones, sound, and light to time-code.
We wrap up the production and prepare the following edition.
Celesta’s strength lies in its ability to combine these disciplines into a single show, clear and emotionally right, without stacking contractors. Each element serves a common narrative. A single contact pilots creation, technique, and safety, reducing coordination friction on the day of the event and simplifying dialogue with municipality event services.
Risk analysis, controlled perimeters, compliance with current regulations, and prefectural guidelines: Celesta handles the entire regulatory framework. A single team manages creation, production, the control room, and administrative declarations, for a seamless mission.
A show that strengthens the tourist appeal and cultural image of your community, and gathers all generations around the same event. Present in Île-de-France from Aigremont (Yvelines) and in Normandy, Celesta operates across the entire French territory and internationally.
Are you preparing a national day, a town anniversary, or a heritage celebration? Contact Celesta to discuss your project. Together, we write a show matching your territory and ambitions.
Ideally plan three to six months for a major project, leaving time for writing, validations, and prefectural permits. A simple format can be set up quicker. The more sensitive the site, the more early planning matters.
No. The two combine very well. Drones are suited for dense town centers and zones where pyrotechnics are constrained. Fireworks keep a strong emotional power. Our teams advise you according to your site and goals.
Yes. We prepare the safety file, declarations, and permit requests to the prefectures, as well as drone declarations to the Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGAC).
Our pyrotechnicians hold the level 2 qualification certificate, which authorizes displaying all categories of fireworks under Decree No. 2010-580 of May 31, 2010.
Yes. We calibrate each format according to your budget and public. An intimate municipal celebration receives the same design standards as a major regional event.
The drone show produces little noise and limits ground fallout. It is particularly suitable near heritage buildings or nesting zones. The choice is discussed case-by-case with your services.