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Counter Culture

30 Jun

Welcome to Blackpool Social Club: arts & culture in lockdown and beyond

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLocal NewsBlackpool, Counter Culture, creative, creative blackpool, Culture, Fylde Coast, Introduction

Claire Griffiths welcomes you back to the newly rebranded Blackpool Social Club. You might remember us as altBlackpool back in 2018. Whilst we have been offline we have created a beautiful new logo, revamped our website and welcomed a new partnership with Big Issue North magazine. Blackpool Social Club is inspired by Blackpool's resilient, creative and independent nature. Emerging from these strange dystopian times might be challenging, but we will be right here beside you exploring what's happening and where. Some of the old team are back and our excitement is tangible as we welcome new contributors. We're getting ready to…

27 Sep

Do You Own The Dance Floor Celebrates the History of The Hacienda

Claire Griffiths0 CommentsMusic & GigsCounter Culture, Hacienda, Music, Rave, Subculture, The Regent

Do You Own The Dancefloor? – a documentary about the Hacienda auction is due to be screened at The Regent Cinema in Blackpool on October 7th. ‘Do you own the Dancefloor?’ tells what happened when the legendary Manchester nightclub the Haçienda was knocked down and sold off. In November 2000, many of the key elements from the iconic venue ended up as 69 lots at a charity auction before it was demolished to make way for a block of apartments. It resulted in parts of the nightclub - the epicenter of Manchester’s pop culture in the 1980s and 1990s –…