Blackpool’s subcultures collide as Style Assembly returns with RESTYLE
House of Wingz brings together the town’s artists, performers and makers for a fifth Style Assembly, this time built around one message: RESTYLE. Blackpool Style Assembly returns on Saturday 24 October, bringing the town’s designers, models, photographers and performers back to House of Wingz for its fifth edition – and this time round, organisers want […]
Happiness! The Ken Dodd Exhibition
Opening on 24 June and running until 2 January, this major new exhibition brings Sir Ken Dodd’s extraordinary world of comedy, laughter and happiness to Blackpool in spectacular style. Packed with iconic costumes, famous tickling sticks, rare memorabilia, original notebooks, hilarious props and interactive experiences, it’s a joyful journey through the life and career of […]
Murmurations: creative workshops for women
This autumn Blackpool Grand is hosting a new series of Murmurations – interactive sessions for women aged 18+ who are interested in connection and creatively exploring what it means to be a woman living in Blackpool today Across four Saturdays between September and November, the group will work through herstory, comedy, activism and Shakespeare to […]
Lightpool Festival lights up for it’s 10th birthday
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 […]
Sweetness and Light: Grundy serves a three-course feast for Autumn
Three autumn exhibitions, including a confectionery-inspired glass show by Liverpool artist Linny Venables, open as the gallery marks its 115th birthday Rock, ice-cream and illuminations have long been Blackpool’s trade. This autumn, Grundy Art Gallery is making them the centrepiece of a trio of exhibitions. Threy open at the Queen Street gallery on Saturday 24 […]