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Croatia, India to compete against home team in 2019 Celebration of Light

Teams from Canada, India and Croatia will all be showing off their pyrotechnical skills in Vancouver during this year's Celebration of Light fireworks festival.

Vancouver's annual fireworks festival runs July 27-Aug. 3

Fireworks light up the night sky, with hundreds of people visible in the foreground attempting to take pictures and videos.
This is the 29th year for Vancouver's Celebration of Light fireworks competition. (Gian-Paolo Mendoza/CBC)

Teams from Canada, Croatia and India will be showing off their pyrotechnical skills in Vancouver during this year's Honda Celebration of Light fireworks festival.

The competing countries and schedule for the festival's 29th year were announced Tuesday.

The annual competition begins on July 27 at English Bay, with a show from Amir Morani Fireworks from India.

Canada's Firemaster Productions is scheduled for July 31 and Croatia's Mirnovec Fireworks for Aug. 3.

For 2019, there are five different options for paid seating by English Bay. Tickets go on sale on Friday.

South Korea won last year's competition.