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This year’s night time parade will be lit by more than just the moon as the Battle of Flowers welcome back aeroSPARX, a world-renowned team of air gliders with wingtip pyrotechnics.
The air display of flying with fireworks will take place over St Aubin’s Bay thanks to a sponsorship agreement with the Ports of Jersey.
This is the second time aeroSPARX has performed in Jersey’s skies and the Battle of Flowers team are looking forward to welcome them back to the island.
Events Director for Jersey Battle of Flowers, Jackie Donald, says: “We are delighted to welcome the return of aeroSPARX to this year’s Moonlight Parade. They last performed for us in 2016 as part of the finale and anyone who was lucky enough to see them will no doubt agree that the team bring a real ‘wow’ factor and are a guaranteed crowd pleaser. As always, we are grateful to Ports of Jersey for their continuing support in securing this fantastic element to the show."
Commenting on the news that aeroSPARX are returning for this year’s Moonlight Parade, Airport Director Stephen Driscoll said: “I have seen aeroSPARX perform on a number of occasions and each time they deliver an exciting and memorable aerobatic performance.
WATCH: The aeroSPARX team's official promotional video (Youtube/aeroSPARX).
“Since they last performed in Jersey the display has performed around the world at various major events and therefore, we are pleased that despite their increasingly busy schedule we have managed to secure such a unique aviation spectacle as part of this year’s Jersey Battle of Flowers Moonlight Parade finale”.
Wingtip pyrotechnics is a venture that has taken a number of years to develop and the team at aeroSPARX claim to “paint with light” in their displays which have toured as far as New Zealand.
The 2018 Jersey Battle of Flowers takes place on 09 and 10 August and tickets are available online or by calling 01534 639000. The aeroSPARX team will be performing on 10 August and their appearance will be subject to suitable weather conditions.
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