HUNDREDS of people are hoping their evening will go off with a bang as the venues for bonfire night festivities are announced.


Communities will come together to celebrate the colourful occasion as sports clubs, church gardens and Kendal castle prepare to welcome excited revellers from across the Lake District.


The venues are as follows:
WINDERMERE Rugby Union Football Club are hosting a family fireworks and bonfire evening at the club house, Dawes Meadow, on November 5, with the bonfire being lit at 6.30pm and the firework display at 7pm. There will be food and mulled wine available.


BURTON Sports committee will be holding the annual bonfire and fireworks display on Thursday, November 5. Bonfire will be lit at 6.30pm, with fireworks at 7pm.


HOLME display will take place on Thursday, November 5, in the church gardens. Donations for the village event are still being taken and can be handed to Tom at the Smithy Inn.


KIRKBY LONSDALE Bonfire Night at Underley Park, the home of Kirkby Lonsdale Rugby Club, increases in popularity each year with fantastic fireworks, entertainment and hot food. The bonfire is usually lit at 7pm with the fireworks starting around 7:30pm, once the flames have died down a little.


KENDAL's display - with support from local businesses, organisations and Kendal Town Council and organised by the Kendal South Westmorland Rotary Club - will be held at Kendal Castle on Thursday, November 5. The display starts at 7.30pm on the Castle Grove side of the castle which gives the best view. There is no admission charge but a collection bucket to raise funds for the 2016 event will be passed around. Burger vans and refreshments will be available on site.


The Guy Fawkes Night Party at the Beech Hill Hotel in WINDERMERE takes place on Friday, November 6, and features a three course dinner, fire performers and grand firework display over the lake.
Mulled cider and a three course dinner in the Beech Hill's Burlington's Restaurant is on offer, which will be offering traditional bonfire fayre with a twist.
The cost is £45 per person including food - to book call 0844 502 7587.


CARTMEL FELL is celebrating by putting-on a procession leaving from the Parish Hall on Thursday, November 5, at 6pm.
Tickets are £8 for adults and £4 for children.


DALTON is hosting their own event too at Dalton United FC, Beckside Road, from 6.30pm.


On what is sure to be a great night, Cumbria Fire Service have issued a list of bonfire night does and don'ts:
- Keep fireworks in a closed metal box and take them out one at a time.
- Follow the manufacturers' instructions on each firework. Read them by torchlight - never by naked flame.
- Light fireworks at arm's length using a safety firework lighter or fuse wick.
- Stand back after lighting.
- Never go back to a firework once lit - it may go off in your face.
- Used fireworks should be collected after the display with care. Douse with water, bury or place in a metal container.
- Keep children under control.
- Keep pets indoors.
- For an emergency keep buckets of water, the garden hose or a fire extinguisher ready.
- Site bonfires well away from houses, garages, sheds, fences, overhead cables, trees and shrubs and always away from fireworks.
- Before lighting the fire, check that no pets or children are hiding inside it.
- Build the stack so that it is stable and will not collapse outwards or to one side.
- Never use flammable liquids - paraffin or petrol - to light the fire.
- Don't burn foam-filled furniture, aerosols, tins of paint or bottles.