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10 Oct

Winter Gardens receives lifeline grant from government’s Cultural Recovery Fund

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsHeritage, Local Newscoronavirus, covid, Covid-19, Cultural Recovery fund, funding, heritage, Winter Gardens

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Almost 450 heritage organisations in England, including Winter Gardens Blackpool have been awarded cash from the first round of the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. Grants of up to £1 million will deliver a lifeline for the heritage sector in England with further support to follow and larger grants for capital projects awarded through the Heritage Stimulus Fund This is the first major round of funding from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund. The Winter Gardens Blackpool is one of 445 heritage organisations across the country set to receive a lifesaving financial boost from the government thanks to…

09 Oct

Linda Hampton and The Art Worms on Imagination Street

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken Word, Local NewsArt, book, childrens books

In these times where creatives are urged to look for more viable options. Blackpool based Actor and Writer Linda Hampton chats about her collaboration with long term friend artist and illustrator Francis Charlton and their forthcoming book: The Art Worms on Imagination Street. The Art Worms on Imagination Street is a unique work about art, artists, and creativity. Author Linda Hampton has taken well-known artists and reimagined them, as her unique invention-namely Art Worms - in a quirky and absurdist style. She has collaborated with artist Francis Charlton who has designed and created 18 full colour eccentric original illustrations. This…

09 Oct

Paradise Coast: Blackpool Welcomes its First Tiki Bar

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsFood and Drinkbar, dirty blondes, nightlife

With nightlife and bars under pressure with lockdown measures and much of Blackpool's entertainment industry in a critical condition due to lockdown, Abby caught up with Jake at Dirty Blondes to chat about their forthcoming Tiki Bar and their belief in Blackpool as a place for alternative hospitality options. Abby: I don’t imagine many bars are choosing to expand on the back of lockdown: What’s made you decide to open a new bar? Jake: We’ve had upstairs in the pipeline since we opened. The plan was to wait a few months and then open, but with lockdown looming, I didn’t…

05 Oct

Funding boost for Fleetwood’s historic town centre

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsHeritage, Local Newsfleetwood, funding, heritage, history, town centre

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Fleetwood’s historic high street is one of 14 across the North West set to receive funding for its revitalisation project. The high street project will improve historic shop fronts and draw visitors from the market to the town centre Wyre Council and a consortium of partners will work with Historic England to develop and deliver a plan that will transform and restore disused and dilapidated buildings into new homes, shops, work places and community spaces, restoring local historic character and improving public spaces. Government funding of £1,792,362 has been confirmed and the project fully worked up for Fleetwood high street,…

02 Oct

Ruth Cockburn asks “What Does The Future of Performance Look Like?”

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsColumns & Opinion, Theatre, Dance & PerformanceComedy, performance, Ruth Cockburn

I am currently writing a show that is to tour next year. It’s called Miss Nobodies in case you’d missed me banging on about it. It's a live theatre show with audience interaction, touring the North of England, commissioned by Spot On Lancashire & Super Slow Way. However, I have started to wonder what the future will hold for live performance, and how I might be able to bring my performances to the public at large. As theatres are struggling to stay afloat, large organisations are going bust and freelancers are struggling to cling onto fragile careers, what does our…

26 Sep

‘Saying hello to the world through music’ with Buzz Bury.’

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsMusic & Gigsfestival, Music

Blackpool based Creative Meddler Buzz Bury describes himself as an occasional DJ, an audio mood maker at Soundavan central, whilst also a youth worker and international trainer. Buzz introduces his regular feature about international music, lockdown and spreads some sunshine inspired musical recommendations. In 2016 Buzz launched Small Corner of the World Festival a boutique and intercultural music festival in rural Lancashire. In the following years, the Small Corner experience joined other festivals to embrace musical multi-culturalism and celebrate diversity through the audio experience. He is a regular contributor and reviewer for Songlines. Festivals Past Festivals Future The world,…

22 Sep

Boston Manor – Live at the Top of the Tower

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsMusic & Gigs, Theatre, Dance & PerformanceBlackpooltower, Music

Blackpool five-piece pop punk band Boston Manor are performing the show of a lifetime, at the top of Blackpool Tower, to a crowd of zero. The performance will be broadcast from the tower on the 15th October, with three ticketed showings at 8pm BST, 9pm EDT, 8pm AEST to cater for their global fanbase. Having released their highly-charged and critically-acclaimed third album GLUE, in the midst of lockdown, the band have been itching to perform it in a live setting. They’re gearing up to perform in mid-capacity venues including Manchester Academy 2 and Leeds Stylus in March, but are keen…

22 Sep

Season Launch at Grundy Art Gallery – The Lights

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLocal News, Visual Arts & ExhibitionsArt, The Grundy Art Gallery

Grundy Art Gallery has announced the launch of its Autumn 2020 Exhibition The Lights. Taking its name from the shorthand for how the Blackpool Illuminations are referred to locally, this exhibition is timed to coincide with, and contribute to the town’s annual season of light. Over the last five years, Grundy Art Gallery has been developing a special interest in artists that use light as a material within their work. In addition to an annual autumn light themed exhibition, the Grundy has also been adding light art works to its collection. Including neon, moving image, photography, digital drawing and sculpture,…

21 Sep

Matthew Disney: Rising to the Challenge

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsSports & Wellbeing

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Abby first met Matthew Disney 12 years ago at a fancy-dress party and send off for a tour of Afghanistan. At the time he was loud, eccentric and the life and soul of the party; someone people might describe as a ‘bit of a character’. Fast forward to today, and those traits are still apparent. These days, however, Matt has grown to channel his enthusiasm, determination and creativity for the greater good: creating seemingly impossible challenges for himself to conquer, all in the name of raising money for causes close to his heart. Catching up with him recently to…

26 Aug

DIY: Live Art research & development workshop with José Oliva Garcia

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLocal News, OpportunitiesArt, callout, coronavirus, covid, online, project, workshops

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] White Vinegar (each day from 2pm & 4pm) Lancaster Arts invites you to a four day online workshop exploring what it means to clean, and to be clean in a post pandemic world. The White Vinegar Workshop revolves around a quote from leading New York Artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles; “After the revolution, who’s going to pick up the garbage on Monday morning?” We are inviting applications from artists, cleaners, writers, activists and others to observe and interrogate the iconic act of cleaning, revealing this as a sociopolitical action through performance art and self documentation. This workshop is open to…