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19 Aug

Me&FYC Pop-Up Boutique Launch a huge success

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Duncan Hodgson heads down to the Me&FYC Pop-Up Boutique launch and chats to Angie Hulme about this exciting new creative project. Friday night saw the launch of a collaborative new pop-up boutique at FYCreatives open from now until the 1 September 2012. Organised by FYCreatives and independent fashion label, me&yu, over 20 local designers have produced a range of products including clothing, jewellery and artwork - plus more more! FYCreatives was packed to bursting point, with over 150 people coming to browse the shop, buy some of the products and enjoy some live music from…

17 Aug

The Long Push 2012

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Lizza Lane chats to Chris Ward about his epic longboarding journey - The Long Push 2012. For the last 8 months, Chris Ward has been planning and training for a 100 mile round trip down the Fylde coast, from Southport and down Blackpool Prom to Fleetwood, with little else than a longboard. This trip is a fundraising event in aid of the charity Families Connected, a charity which offers support to families that deal with autism. Families Connected is close to Chris’s heart. His partner’s son was diagnosed with autism, a social disorder, at the late age of 11. After…

16 Aug

Interview: Blackpool Urban Arts

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Caroline meets up with Ollie Tingey of BUA (Blackpool Urban Arts) during one of their Parkour training meet ups to see what it’s all about. Caroline: So Ollie, what is Parkour? Other than bits on TV advertisements I’m afraid I’m a little ignorant. Ollie: Parkour as an art is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body. It is meant to help one overcome obstacles, which can be anything in the surrounding environment - from branches and rocks to rails and concrete…

14 Aug

Review: Rebellion 2012

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Caroline Fisher gives us a round up of Rebellion 2012. Blackpool’s Rebellion festival has once again been and gone (as usual it went far too quickly!) but most who attended are in full agreement that it was a great weekend. This year had even more to offer than ever before with over 6 stages and arts areas showing well over 40 acts per day. It was good to see that almost every area in The Winter Gardens was used this year to include the various activities, ranging from a literary festival with interviews, spoken word and poetry to an ‘Almost…

13 Aug

Karima Francis releases new album

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Blackpool singer-songwriter, Karima Francis, has today released her new album "The Remedy". After releasing her debut album "The Author" back in 2009, Karima Francis is back with her latest instalment "The Remedy". Karima has taken some time out since her last album but is back and ready to wow listeners with her emotionally charged lyrics. Writing on her website Karima talks about touring with the new material before Christmas... It was amazing, the amount of people that came - and we were playing a completely new set. We were silencing rooms, and I never thought I'd get that back. Karima is also…

10 Aug

Blackpool wins £3 million in Arts Council funding

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Yesterday the Arts Council announced that Blackpool was to be one of seven areas to receive Arts Council funding. As part of the Creative People and Places programme, Blackpool is set to receive £3 million in funding. The fund was established for areas Of the country where people's involvement in the arts is below the national average and takes a new approach by enabling grassroots organisations to take a lead in inspiring others to get involved in the arts. The Blackpool and Wyre consortium which has secured the funding is led by Blackpool Coastal Housing and includes Merlin Entertainments Ltd,…

09 Aug

Cowbell Social a hit

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Saturday night saw the first Cowbell Social take place at Blackpool Cricket Club and it was a massive hit! Upon arriving at Blackpool Cricket Club on Saturday night we weren't really sure what to expect from the first ever Cowbell Social. We were pleasantly surprised to see lots of familiar faces once we got through to door and the Cricket Club was a great venue providing the perfect size dance floor (not so big that it looks empty, not so small that you can't move), hardly any queues at the bar, a smoking balcony and plenty of places to sit…

08 Aug

Review: Blackpool Burlesque

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The people of Backpool do not do things by halves. So when a burlesque show which focuses on the subtle art of tease comes to town, how does it fare? I had premonitions of young girls surrounded by balding men, pint in hand, shouting ‘get yer tits out’! Having attended previous burlesque shows only in Manchester, I had doubtful expectations on what Blackpool has to offer and they were more than wrong. Blackpool Burlesque is a new entertainment show, playing every other month at West Coast Rock Café, and a pioneer to the growing Blackpool art scene. It is a…

07 Aug

Rudimental to headline Paradise on North Pier

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Dance sensation Rudimental are set to headline a one off festival style gig on North Pier on Thursday 16 August 2012 to celebrate A-Level results day. The venue can hold a staggering 3000 people and on the night there will be a festival style main stage as well as two further stages bringing you the best in tech house and R&B and Urban tunes. Back in June Rudimental shot to the number one spot of the UK charts with their single "Feel The Love" featuring John Newman as well as being championed by BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe who dubbed…

07 Aug

The Colours release first music video

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Blackpool band, The Colours, released their first music video last night for their track, Family. The band made up of local lads Jake Powell, Ben Swift, Joe Packman and Gerald Buckfield released their single back in February and recently performed at last weekend's Under The Town Festival. You can watch it below or you can buy the single now from iTunes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K3ih2qp0Ws