Fireworks Show Packages by Budget: Four Pre-Built Lineups With Lightoff Schedules

A Done For You Show Plan

Most people walk into a fireworks store with a vague budget and walk out an hour later with a random pile of cakes, candles, and shells, hoping it adds up to a real show. Then on the night of the 4th, they pull pieces out of the bag in whatever order looks good and accidentally fire their best cake first.

This guide solves both problems. Below are four complete show packages, built from real products in our Crown Point store, each priced at one of four budget tiers. Every package comes with a product list, a total cost, and a timed lightoff schedule that tells you exactly which piece to light and when. Print the schedule, bring it to the show, and run it like a pro.

All prices are online pickup prices and accurate as of the publish date. We do not substitute at the counter. What you reserve is exactly what you pick up. If a key product in a package runs low, the package gets reconfigured or temporarily removed from the site until inventory is back. Reserve early.

Before You Light Anything

Three rules that apply to every package below.

• Set up at least 75 feet from spectators and 100 feet from anything you do not want to catch fire (houses, trees, dry grass, vehicles). For the artillery and compound cake pieces in the larger packages, double those distances.
• Have a bucket of water, a working hose, and a fire extinguisher on hand. Soak any duds for at least 20 minutes before you handle them.
• One person lights. Everyone else watches from the spectator area. No exceptions, no kids in the launch zone, no exceptions for the kid who really wants to light just one.

For the full safety walkthrough, see our Fireworks Safety Guide. For Indiana laws and what you can and cannot use, see our Indiana Fireworks Laws Guide.

Show Running Tips That Apply to Every Package

Set up before sundown, fire after dark

Lay out every piece in the order it will fire, while there is still daylight. Stake roman candles. Place cakes on a flat hard surface. Pre arrange artillery mortars. Once it is dark you do not want to be hunting for the next piece with a flashlight while the audience waits.

Light the fuse, walk away

Use a long stem propane torch or an extended fuse lighter. Light the fuse, immediately turn and walk to the spectator area. Do not stand near a piece while it is firing, even if you think it is "almost done." Cakes can have a delayed final break that fires up to 10 seconds after the visible action stops.

Pace beats volume

A $99 show with good pacing beats a $300 show fired in random order. The most common mistake at every budget level is firing too fast. The pauses between pieces are what make the show feel professional. The audience needs about 30 to 60 seconds between major pieces to reset, and at least 60 to 90 seconds before the finale piece. Use the candles between cakes to keep the sky filled during the pauses.

Save the best for last, always

Whatever your single biggest piece is in the package, that piece fires last. The finale is what people remember. Audio Graffiti is a strong cake, but if you fire it last in the $99 package the show closes weak. The Carolina Reaper finale cake is bigger and more dramatic, so that goes last. Same logic applies all the way up the package tiers. Trump Train is the largest piece in the $999 package, so Trump Train fires last.

Have a misfire plan

If a piece does not light or fizzles partway through, walk away from it for at least 5 minutes. Then approach with a hose or full bucket and douse it. Soak for 20 minutes. Do not relight, ever. The schedules above have natural pacing pauses built in, so a single misfire does not blow up the whole timeline. Just skip to the next piece on the list.