Hi! I'm Mark - a.k.a. "The Great Marko" - a UK-based event professional, with a long-standing passion for fireworks & pyrotechnics!
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The Great Marko
I'm so excited for the British Musical Fireworks Championship in Southport this year!
It takes place on Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th September 2026, and tickets are now on sale!
Here's the teams competing this year:
SATURDAY
✨ Skyburst
✨ Monumental Fireworks
✨ Sonic Fireworks
SUNDAY
✨ Celestial Displays
✨ Star Fireworks
✨ Fire Monkey Pyro
🎟️ Find out more and get your tickets here: www.visitsouthport.com/event/british-musical-firew…
Hope to see you there!!
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For those of you playing along with yesterday's 'where am I?' guessing game, I was in fact in.... #Southport in a meeting for the #2026 #British #Musical #Fireworks #Champions, and I'm delighted to reveal that I'll be part of one of the competing teams in this year's competition!!!!
2 months ago | [YT] | 10
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The Great Marko
... Another clue as to where I am this afternoon... 😉 🎇
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Can anyone guess where I am today?! #fireworks
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Wow! Where did January go?! It's hard to believe that this time last month I was getting ready for my #NYE #fireworks live stream! Did you miss it? You can always catch-up with the replay: youtube.com/live/d7A8ej_Jnvk
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Happy New Year!!! Missed my #NewYearsEve #2026 #fireworks #livestream? I fired this little selection of @riakeofireworks products - catch the replay here: youtube.com/live/d7A8ej_Jnvk
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A little #BehindTheScenes photo of what I'm currently looking at.... my greenhouse is all ready to go for my #Fireworks #Livestream in just a couple of hours time as we see in #2026 together! I hope you'll join me just after 11pm (UK Time) - here's the link: youtube.com/live/d7A8ej_Jnvk
4 months ago | [YT] | 11
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Prep is well underway for tonight's #livestream as we see in #2026 together with some #newyearseve #fireworks in my back garden - Can you guess the brand that I'll be firing tonight from the photo?
Make sure you join me LIVE just after 11pm (UTC) tonight - watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7A8e...
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Happy Christmas everyone!! 🎄 Thanks to everyone who's supported my channel this year - whether you've watched and commented on my videos, watched my live streams and been active in the chat, or supported my channel via Superchats or PayPal - I truly appreciate you all... and don't forget I'll be live on #NYE as we see in #2026 together with some #fireworks! 🎇
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#Free #council #fireworks displays are to return to #Manchester in #2026!!
➡️ Read More: www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnv23g407vyo
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