Editing Fireworks (section)

== Culture ==

=== Competitions ===
{{Main|Fireworks competitions}}

Pyrotechnical competitions are held in many countries. Among them are the [[L'International des Feux Loto-Québec|Montreal Fireworks Festival]], an annual competition held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Le Festival d'Art Pyrotechnique, held in the summer annually at the Bay of Cannes in [[Côte d'Azur]], France; and the [[Philippine International Pyromusical Competition]], held in Manila, Philippines amongst the top fireworks companies in the world.

=== Clubs and organizations ===
Enthusiasts in the United States have formed clubs which unite hobbyists and professionals. The groups provide safety instruction and organize meetings and private "shoots" at remote premises where members shoot commercial fireworks as well as fire pieces of their own manufacture. Clubs secure permission to fire items otherwise banned by state or local ordinances. Competition among members and between clubs, demonstrating everything from single shells to elaborate displays choreographed to music, are held. One of the oldest clubs is Crackerjacks, Inc.,<ref>{{cite web |title=CrackerJacks |url=http://www.crackerjacks.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523155718/http://www.crackerjacks.org/ |archive-date=23 May 2016 |access-date=3 May 2016}}</ref> organized in 1976 in the Eastern Seaboard region.

Though based in the US, membership of the [[Pyrotechnics Guild International]], Inc. (PGI)<ref>{{cite web |title=PGI (Pyrotechnics Guild International) |url=http://www.pgi.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517114343/http://www.pgi.org/ |archive-date=17 May 2016 |access-date=3 May 2016}}</ref> is annual convention founded in 1969, it hosts some the world's biggest fireworks displays occur. Aside from the nightly firework shows, one of the most popular events of the convention is a unique event where individual classes of hand-built fireworks are competitively judged, ranging from simple fireworks rockets to extremely large and complex aerial shells. Some of the biggest, most intricate fireworks displays in the United States take place during the convention week.