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Blackpool’s International Soul Festival

Start date: 21 Jun 2024
End date: 23 Jun 2024
Location: Winter Gardens
dance | music

Since 2016, many Northern Soul superstars have journeyed from America to perform and celebrate in all things soul. A star line-up includes Patti Austin, The Impressions and Dee Dee Sharpe. Iconic female soloist Bettye Layette is also set to return with several performances of her signature 60’s and 70’s soul classics that have won her international acclaim. 

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  • Antonia Charlesworth Stack is a journalist and editor from Blackpool. She was deputy editor of Big Issue North magazine and is editor of Blackpool Social Club. Antonia is also the founder of Reclaim Blackpool, a women's safety campaign that began life as an article she wrote for Blackpool Social Club. She's a contributing author to the Lancashire Stories anthology with her story about a Blackpool performer, The Call of The Sea. The book is available for free in libraries across the county.