The first drone display was presented in June 2012 in
Cannes, France; Marshmallow Laser Feast presented
Meet Your Creator at the ''Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors' Showcase'' for the
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Intel has produced the
Shooting Star, a type of drone used in light shows. The drones were used during the
2018 Winter Olympics, a
Super Bowl halftime show in 2017, and a 2018
Fourth of July celebration. In the 2020s, some cities in the United States replaced
Independence Day fireworks displays with drone or laser light shows, to reduce fire risk, air pollution, and the disturbance of dogs and people with
PTSD. Concerns about safety have also emerged in response to malfunctioning of public drone light displays, such as prior to a match in the
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, 350 of the 500 performing drones plunged into the water due to a glitch. In December 2024, a missing flight path information led to some of drones to collide into each other in a 500-drone
Orlando, Florida show. Many drones fell; one of them landed on a seven-year-old boy, causing heart damage that required an open-heart surgery. ==Drone displays==