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14 Oct

Sandgrown Song Cycle: Six Blackpool choirs to give voice to LGBTQ+ stories

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Where We Belong, performed for the first time on 8 November, turns the experiences of local people into six original songs. Six choirs will sing six new songs at Blackpool Grand Theatre next month, each created from the experiences of LGBTQ+ people in the town. Where We Belong – Sandgrown Song Cycle will be performed on Sunday 8 November, the first time the music has been heard in public. The songs grew out of conversations and creative work with LGBTQ+ people, community groups and organisations across Blackpool and explore identity, resilience, pride and the search for somewhere to belong. BMS…

12 Oct

HISTORY GETS HORRIBLE AT THE GRAND

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Horrible Histories Live on Stage rolls into Blackpool Grand Theatre this week, with double gruesome helping of Terrible Tudors and Awful Egyptians landing across four days of performances. Packed with outrageous facts, larger-than-life characters and the show's signature eye-popping 3D effects, it's history as you were never taught it at school. Writer and director Neal Foster tells us why, after more than 20 years on the road, it's still packing theatres out from the West End to the Sydney Opera House. Horrible Histories has now been delighting theatre audiences for more than 20 years. Did you ever imagine it would…

11 Oct

Gig Review: Willie J Healey

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A four-venue run, a new EP and a room hushed to near silence – Amber Archer went along to Willie J Healey’s return to Bootleg Social to find an intimate songwriter’s set transformed into something bigger without losing its heart. Many a band has returned to Bootleg Social after their debut gig in Blackpool, however Friday night was extra special as Willie J Healey returned as part of a four-venue run to trial his new EP, 143. We went in blind, having not listened to the new EP, and we were hooked – with S’all Good standing out as a…

11 Oct

Creative Callout: opportunities & commissions for October 2026

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From community commissions in Revoe and Claremont and a £20,000 music fund to screening grants, open calls and submission windows for writers, October brings a busy run of opportunities for creatives across the Fylde Coast. Here's our round-up of open calls, commissions, training and funding. TRAINING An Introduction to Working with People in Probation Online Event: Thursday 8 October, 10-11am Part of INCUBATE. An introduction to Tipp's participatory arts programme working with people in the probation system. Find Out More BURSARY LANDS Assembly Artist Bursaries Arts Lancashire x LANDS | LICA, Lancaster University Application Deadline: 5pm, Friday 9 October Arts…

07 Oct

Crafty Dreams: Kids Creative Workshop

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Abingdon Street Market’s handmade stationary shop, The Crafty Dreams, is hosting a fun workshop for crafty kids to create and design their very own junk journal and notebook. Suitable for ages 7-12 with just five spots available. Date: Saturday 10th October Time 1.30-3.30pm Price: £8 per child Email: [email protected] or DM: @thecraftydreams on Instagram to book.

07 Oct

Rogues’ Gallery: Black Liver give voice to art history’s overlooked women

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Award-winning comedy duo Black Liver are heading out on tour with their feminist two-hander made in collaboration with the community. Ask people to name an artist and you might get a few obvious answers – Monet? Van Gogh? Picasso? Then ask them to name a female artist. It is that silence that comedy and performance duo Black Liver have set out to fill with Rogues' Gallery, a show about the women history has written out. Ruth Cockburn, from Blackpool, and Keith Carter, from Liverpool, say the project, which they began touring this week, started with a simple idea. "There's so…

06 Oct

Giant hay creatures to guard Mereside meadow as Lightpool turns 10

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A wildflower field on disused land will be occupied by giant creatures and lit up after dark for Welcoming Winter, a free evening of art, light and seasonal spectacle. A family of three-metre-tall creatures made from hay will emerge from the darkness of a Mereside meadow this month, as part of celebrations for Lightpool's 10th anniversary. Welcoming Winter, on Friday 23 October, will bring the Field of Dreams to life after dark. The event is free and everyone is welcome. The Field of Dreams is a seven-acre stretch of disused land that LeftCoast, the Creative People and Places programme for…

01 Oct

Murmurations: Blackpool’s women make room to create

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Inspired by the starlings of North Pier and the mill women of Wakes Weeks, the Grand Theatre's Murmurations group is back for autumn. Three sessions remain, taking in Shakespeare, a story chest and art as activism. Every autumn, as the light drops over North Pier, the starlings come in to roost. Swirling across the sky forming elegant shapes, it was this sight that stopped a visiting playwright in his tracks when he was visiting Blackpool as part of a commission for the Grand Theatre. The birds echoed the holidaymakers who arrive and leave in their thousands, and the women from…

01 Oct

Film Vault Presents

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Manchester's indie film night is coming to Blackpool as part of its 10th birthday celebrations! Short films from filmmakers from Blackpool, Manchester and beyond will be screened with filmmakers joining the celebrations to talk about their work. Tickets here.

01 Oct

Beneath The Silence – A Healing Sound Journey

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Slow down, soften, and rest deeply with an immersive sound journey from electroacoustic musician and producer James Fariclough. Beneath The Silence began as a personal project, created to support his wife Katie's healing. The effect was immediate and profound, and it has since grown into a series of journeys using electronic sound, frequency, and intention to support nervous system regulation, deep rest, and inner clarity. Get comfortable lying down or seated, wrapped in blankets if you like. There's no talking, no movement, and nothing to do. Carefully crafted soundscapes help your body move out of fight-or-flight and into a state…