 Outdoor events and festivals are held including the annual British Firework Championships in August , which attracts tens of thousands of people across the waterfront . In August 2006 the world record for the most amount of simultaneous fireworks was surpassed , by Roy Lowry of the University of Plymouth , over Plymouth Sound . Since 1992 the Music of the Night has been performed in the Royal Citadel by the 29 Commando Regiment and local performers to raise money for local and military charities . 
