The Vanuatu Fire Show
The Vanuatu fire show in Port Vila: Friday nights at The Beach Bar, Mele, seating from 5:30 pm, the show at about 7-7:30 pm, free entry, table bookings and transfers.
The Vanuatu fire show most visitors mean is the Friday night show at The Beach Bar, on the beach at Mele Bay, north-west of Port Vila. The Beach Bar’s own page gives it as every Friday, with Saturday shows too in busy seasons such as the school holidays: seating from 5:30 pm, and the show “approximately 7-7.30pm”, once all the meals are out. Entry is free, donations go to the performers, and table bookings are essential (checked 13 November 2026). Book your table first, then sort out the ride. Yumi Tours & Transfers Vanuatu sells a shared transfer from your hotel lobby to the show and back, A$22.37 per adult with two adults minimum (checked November 2026).
The night, as the venue gives it
- When: every Friday night; Saturday shows as well in busy periods such as school holidays.
- Seating: from 5:30 pm. The Vanuatu Tourism Office’s listing of the show puts a sunset happy hour from 5 to 6 pm before it.
- Show time: about 7 to 7:30 pm, once the meals have been served.
- Price: free entrance; cash donations go to the performers for training and new shows.
- Tables: bookings are essential, by email through The Beach Bar’s website.
The Tourism Office’s listing agrees on the essentials: every Friday night, free, donations welcome (both pages checked 13 November 2026). Food and drinks are on the bar’s menu and are not part of any transfer.
Getting there
The Beach Bar is on the Mele side of the bay, so from a Port Vila hotel you need a ride there and back after dark.
A shared transfer: Yumi Tours & Transfers Vanuatu’s Return Transfers for Fire Show at Mele Beach Bar collects you from your hotel lobby, the driver holding a sign with the lead traveller’s name, and brings you back. Two adults minimum per booking; drinks and food are at your own expense. It has two reviews so far.
A taxi: the Vanuatu Tourism Office’s advice is that Port Vila taxis carry a T plate and have no meters, so agree the fare before you set off, and agree the return pickup too (checked 13 November 2026).
A daytime tour with a fire show
On Fridays, pete’s Tour & Transfer runs a Tanna Coffee, Hideaway Island & Fire Show Tour: the Tanna Coffee factory, an afternoon on Hideaway Island with the boat and entry included, and a Melanesian fire show with music and dancing to finish. It starts at 8:00 AM and lasts four and a half hours. The tour does not say where the fire show takes place, so do not book it expecting The Beach Bar’s evening show. It costs A$100 per adult with four adults minimum, A$400 for four, and has no reviews yet (checked November 2026).
Two ways to make the fire show part of your trip:
Return Transfers for Fire Show at Mele Beach Bar
Yumi Tours & Transfers Vanuatu: a shared shuttle from your hotel lobby to The Beach Bar's Friday show and back. Book your table with the bar first.
See on Viator →Port Vila: Tanna Coffee, Hideaway Island & Fire Show Tour
pete's Tour & Transfer: Tanna Coffee, Hideaway Island and a fire show in four and a half hours from 8:00 AM. Venue of the show not stated. Four adults minimum.
Check dates →Prices from the listings (Viator checked November 2026; GetYourGuide checked November 2026). Treat them as the shape of the market, not a quote: the price that counts is the one on the calendar when you book.
Staying for the evening
The show starts at about 7 to 7:30 pm. If you would rather not ride back from Mele late, plan where you sleep first: the Port Vila hotels page compares the areas.
Earlier the same day, Mele Cascades and Hideaway Island are on the same stretch of coast as The Beach Bar.
A Ride to the Friday Fire Show
Yumi Tours & Transfers Vanuatu's shared door-to-door transfer from your hotel to The Beach Bar in Mele and back. Two adults minimum; food and drinks are yours to pay.
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