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01 Oct

Get It Loud in Libraries – The Orielles

Get It Loud In Libraries is a unique award-winning project designed to give people who love music the chance to see top-notch artists in their local library. The October Halifax indie trio The Orielles headline with support from Rail Replacement Bus Service. Tickets here.

01 Oct

Theatre Heritage Tour – Backstage Secrets

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Discover the Grand Theatre's history, front-of-house grandeur and opulence in this guided tour. This is renowned architect Frank Matcham’s masterpiece theatre, with a long and lively history. The tour includes Stalls, Dress Circle, Walkway, Royal Box, Stage Door, Fly Floor, Gallery, Dressing Rooms, Matcham Court & Stage and ends with delicious cake and tea in the Dress Circle Bar. https://youtu.be/tZheRGPtcos Click here to book.

01 Oct

Theatre Heritage Tour – Grand Opulence

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Discover the Grand Theatre's history, front-of-house grandeur and opulence in this guided tour. This is renowned architect Frank Matcham’s masterpiece theatre, with a long and lively history. The tour includes Stalls, Dress Circle, Walkway, Royal Box & Stage Door. https://youtu.be/tZheRGPtcos Click here to book.

01 Oct

The Nutcracker – Imperial Classical Ballet

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Welcome in cosy season with Imperial Classical Ballet's breathtaking production of The Nutcracker. Set to Tchaikovsky’s timeless score, including the iconic Waltz of the Flowers and the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, The Nutcracker continues to captivate audiences of all ages. It is the perfect introduction to the beauty of ballet while remaining a cherished classic for seasoned enthusiasts.

01 Oct

Heathers the Musical

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Welcome to Westerberg High, where popularity is so very a matter of life and death, and Veronica Sawyer is just another of the nobodies dreaming of a better day. But when she’s unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true. That is, until JD turns up, the mysterious teen rebel who teaches her that it might kill to be a nobody, but it’s murder being a somebody. Based on the iconic movie starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, Heathers the Musical is wickedly funny, deliciously dark…

29 Sep

Stanley Park turns 100, and Blackpool’s young creatives are throwing the party

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As Stanley Park celebrates 100 years this Saturday with a day of fairground rides, food, heritage tours and a drone show, young people will be taking over the Skate Park to launch the Cultural Passport – Blackpool's first app connecting them to the town's creative life. Stanley Park turns 100 this weekend with a full day of celebrations on Saturday 3 October, featuring fairground rides, street food, a makers market, roaming performers and heritage tours, all ending with a spectacular drone show over the park. Blackpool's young people are a huge part of the event, hosting their own youth-led mini…

28 Sep

Roots in the House: a celebration of Black excellence

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Workshops, performance, fashion and food build towards a family-friendly catwalk competition where the audience crowns the winner – Roots in the House, a celebration of Black excellence in Blackpool lands at House of Wingz this Black History Month. House of Wingz is gearing up for its annual celebration of Black culture, creativity, queer joy and community on 10 October. Running from 5pm to 8.30pm, Roots in the House brings together an exciting programme of workshops, performance and participation, building towards a spectacular family-friendly catwalk competition, where the audience gets to decide who takes the crown. Expect the richness and creativity…

26 Sep

Lightpool Festival lights up for it’s 10th birthday

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Thirty artworks, 10 world premieres, the return of Carnival Magic and 10-metre comminity-sewn tapestry – Blackpool's biggest light-art party turns 10 this October half term, running from Wednesday 21 to Saturday 31 October. Ten years ago, Lightpool Festival started as an idea – that Blackpool's illuminated heritage could stretch further than the seafront and that art shouldn't cost anything to enjoy. A decade on, that idea has grown into a regular fixture on our annual cultural calendar,. Lightpool Festival returns for its 10th anniversary edition from Wednesday 21 to Saturday 31 October, transforming venues across Blackpool into an after-dark trail…

24 Sep

Good Grief: four day festival explores loss out loud

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A festival exploring grief, loss and the end of life comes to Blackpool this October, with poetry, pottery, exhibitions, music and talks presented over four days and focussed on one of life’s most universal experiences. A new festival arrives in Blackpool in early October, with four days of talks, workshops, performances and exhibitions taking place in venues across the town, all built around a subject many go out of our way to avoid – grief. Created with local artists, organisations and community groups, the festival is open to anyone interested in exploring grief, loss and what it means to support…

23 Sep

Blackpool Threads: fashion graduate turns forgotten wedding dresses into a love letter to home town

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From a deconstructed charity shop wedding dress to a full exhibition, the founder of fashion brand Luv Me Again talks upcycled bridal wear, circular fashion and why Blackpool's "rough-around-the-edges" charm deserves a catwalk of its own. Blackpool Threads is a new exhibition of upcycled bridal wear from Luv Me Again, the sustainable fashion brand built on giving forgotten garments a second life – starting with wedding dresses. The collection takes old, pre-loved dresses and reworks them into something entirely new, while drawing its inspiration from the character, history and personality of Blackpool itself. The exhibition opens at That Alternative Studio…