About the performances
Flame Oz
Explosive fire dancing at its finest. Flame Oz’s multi-award winning performers bring their favourite fire-toys to Rochdale. With flaming hula hoops, fire juggling and spinning sticks plus trademark special effects, this will be a pyrotechnic party not to miss.
Flame Oz: a multi award-winning circus entertainment show bursting with energy.
Bring the Fire Project
A collective of fire dancers and circus skills teachers, founded in 2012 by passionate fire artist Szymon Mamys. You’re guaranteed jaw dropping entertainment. A mind blowing performance incorporating fire and dance, harnessing the beauty of the dangerous element, into symmetry of patterns.
Bring the Fire Project: a mind blowing performance incorporating fire and dance, harnessing the beauty of dangerous into symmetry of patterns.
Travelling Light Circus
Returning to Ignite for the second time with an amazing new fire show and awesome street entertainment featuring jugglers, torch spinning and dance. A multi-sensory mesmerising experience.
Travelling Light Circus: returning to Ignite for the second time with an amazing new fire show.
Astro Aliens
A trio of quirky cosmic beings, Astro Aliens are presently visiting the earth and orbiting new spaces and places, with their unique sense of enquiry, discovery and physicality. They’ll be landing at Ignite to discover and respond to fire.
Astro Aliens: a trio of quirky cosmic beings presently visiting the earth and orbiting new spaces and places.
The Fire Man Dave
A versatile juggler, circus performer and entertainer, this is a freestyle show set to music, with a unique combination of fire equipment. Watch your children’s faces light up as they enjoy this amazingly unique artist.
The Fire Man Dave: A versatile juggler, circus performer and entertainer.
Drum Machine
Back for 2024 is this 20-strong drumming collective, a festival favourite across the UK, bringing their techno-infused beats to the event. An audio and visual experience not to be missed.
Drum Machine: a festival favourite across the UK, bringing their techno-infused beats to the event.
Skylight Circus Arts
This popular Rochdale group of awe inspiring performers will be appearing with some of their adult and youth members. Their first act each evening features ‘Fireflies,’ their new community fire spinning group, made up of 12 adult beginners trained by Travelling Light Circus. Their second performance will showcase some of their Teen Youth Circus, performing their newly acquired fire spinning circus skills. This project has been supported by Rochdale's Culture Co-op.
Walk the Plank
Fiery displays, blazing sculptures and illuminated installations created by artists and pyro technicians from multi-award winning outdoor arts specialists Walk the Plank will be open to walk through from 5pm to 8pm each evening.
Ignite will be transforming the gardens opposite Rochdale Town Hall with 3 free night-time spectacular shows delivering a magical trail of fire and fun.
Event sponsor
Ignite - Fire Festival and Rochdale Christmas Lights Switch-On is sponsored by The Trade Centre UK, the region’s largest car supermarket.
