The Montreal Fireworks Festival (), is the largest

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competition in the world. It has been held yearly in La Ronde over the Dolphin Lake since 1985 and is named after its main sponsor, Loto-Québec. It hosts an estimated 3 million spectators each year, with approximately 6,000 fireworks set off during each show. Each summer, eight or nine pyrotechnical companies from different countries present a 30-minute-long ''pyromusical'' show, competing for the Gold, Silver and Bronze Jupiters or trophies. For the 20th anniversary in 2004, eight of the previous top competitors (all of whom had won the Gold Jupiter) were invited to fight for the unique Platinum Jupiter in June and July 2004, which was won in the end by the German company WECO. The competition takes the form of a series of biweekly fireworks shows usually beginning in late June and ending in late July. The fireworks are synchronized to music which is also broadcast over a provincial

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(

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in 2005,

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2006-onwards). Spectators can purchase tickets to have reserved seats in La Ronde: they can buy them on site, on-line or through the Admission group to obtain an exceptional view of the lower altitude display and the whole perspective. However, tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of people watch the fireworks for free from nearby locations. In 2009 and 2010, the shows were held on Saturday nights only, from June to August; however, in 2011 shows were again held on Wednesdays and Saturdays beginning end of June until end of July.

Jupiter winners

''*'' Not awarded. ''**'' 1985 & 1986 Pyromusical Category Winners ''***'' 1985 & 1986 Traditional Category Winners

Gold Jupiter winning teams

*2024: (Arteventia) *2023: Finland (Joho Pyro) *2022:

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(Pyrotex Fireworx) *2021: DID NOT TAKE PLACE DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC. However, throughout the summer of 2021, the event returned following its 2020 cancellation in a miniature, competition-free format where pop-up fireworks shows of five minutes in length would take place at parks in different boroughs and suburbs of Montreal. In compliance with public health measures set forth by the Government of Quebec, organizers would only reveal the boroughs in which the shows would happen on the morning of each day that a show was scheduled to take place, and the exact venue as to where the fireworks would be shot was kept top secret from the public. The mini shows were a lead-up to a 30-minute finale on September 4 that festival organizers hoped to have at La Ronde that would honor essential workers throughout the pandemic. However, Quebec public health did not give festival organizers the green light to have the show on that day, citing concerns about gatherings, and the show was canceled. The communities that hosted the mini fireworks shows were as follows: *2020: DID NOT TAKE PLACE DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC *2019: Portugal ( Groupo Luso Pirotecnica.) *2018:

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(Dragon Fireworks Inc.) *2017:

(Jubilee Fireworks Ltd.) *2016:

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(Ricasa) *2015:

(Jubilee Fireworks Ltd.) *2014:

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(Fireworks Spectaculars and Royal Pyrotechnie Colab ) *2013:

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(PyroEmotions & PyrodigiT Team) *2012:

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(Atlas Pyrovision Productions) *2011:

(Pirotecnica Morsani SRL) *2010:

(Fireworks Spectaculars) *2009:

(Royal Pyrotechnie) *2008:

( Pyrotecnico

*2007:

(Pains Fireworks

*2006:

(Melrose Pyrotechnics) *2005:

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(Fuegos Artificiales Júpiter) *2004:

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- Platinum Jupiter (WECO) *2003:

(Royal Pyrotechnie) *2002:

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(Société Lacroix-Ruggieri) *2001:

(Pirotècnia Igual) *2000:

(Weco Pyrotechnische Fabrik) *1999:

(Performance Pyrotechnic Associates) *1998:

(Performance Pyrotechnic Associates) *1997:

(Ipon s.r.l.) *1996:

(Performance Pyrotechnic Associates) *1995:

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(JNS Pyrotechniek) *1994:

(Performance Pyrotechnic Associates) *1993:

(Pirotecnia Caballer) *1992:

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(Sunny International) *1991:

(Pyrotechnology Inc.) *1990:

(Société Étienne Lacroix) *1989:

(Lünig Feuerwerk Stuttgart) *1988:

(Pirotècnia Igual) *1987:

(Austin Fireworks, Inc.) *1986:

(Pirotecnia Caballer)** &

(Dongguan Fireworks)*** *1985:

(Société Étienne Lacroix)** &

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(Marutamaya Ogatsu)*** ** Winners of the 1985 & 1986 Pyromusical Category *** Winners of the 1985 & 1986 Traditional Category

Viewing locations

Although the fireworks are fired from La Ronde on

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, they can easily be seen from many points in the Montreal area: elsewhere on Saint Helen's Island;

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; on the

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, which is closed to traffic from around 8 p.m. until the end of the show; the

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; or locations along the side or on a boat on the

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References

External links

Official websiteEnthusiast websiteAll about the competition
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Jupiter winners

Gold Jupiter winning teams

Viewing locations

See also

References

External links