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01 Sep

Blackpool Illuminations Tribute To Our Lionesses

Lauryn Eliza0 CommentsLocal NewsFootball, illuminations

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It was only a few weeks ago that we were all nervously glued to our screens, watching in anticipation as England Women’s Football Team made history - bringing football home for the first time since 1966. As the country rejoiced at the success of our lionesses winning the European Championships and the winter months draw closer, Blackpool is planning to celebrate the accomplishments of the triumphant England squad in its own unique way. Following on from the nation’s celebrations, the famous annual Blackpool illuminations will pay a special homage to commemorate this significant piece of football history. Portraits of…

19 Apr

SHINE Emerging Artist Programme 2021

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsOpportunitiesartist, artists, commission, funding, illuminations, light, lightpool, lights, opportunities

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Light Up the North (LUTN) is a network of 6 light festivals across the north of England. In 2021, four of the festivals are joining together to award funding to emerging artists working with light, to produce and exhibit new commissions at their 2021 light festivals. The SHINE programme aims to nurture and develop new talent, giving artists the opportunity to exhibit or perform new work at four of the LUTN festivals (Light Night Leeds, Light Up Lancaster, Lightwaves at Salford Quays and Lightpool in Blackpool). Up to two artists or collectives will be awarded substantial commissions of up to…

02 Oct

Leave a light on: Lightpool Festival postponed

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsLocal Newsfamily, festival, half term, illuminations, lightpool, performance

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Blackpool’s annual Lightpool Festival has been postponed due to ongoing COVID restrictions. The two-week event, which was due to run over the half-term holiday from October 16-31, is an annual celebration of live performance, 3D projection shows, parades and light-based installations. Organisers VisitBlackpool said today that the current restrictions on events, coupled with growing uncertainty over the possibility of further national restrictions in the weeks ahead, meant that the main elements of the programme could not go ahead as planned.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="24008" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Cllr Gillian Campbell, Cabinet Member for Tourism & Culture, said: “It is really disappointing that we…

01 Sep

Ready to Party? – it’s the Virtual Illuminations switch-on

David Simper0 CommentsMusic & GigsBlackpool, Covid-19, heroes, illuminations, lights, show, stars, switch-on, virtual

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Blackpool illuminations switch-on - it’s the resort’s biggest party of the year – and for once, everyone is invited! The traditional Illuminations Switch-On concert usually takes place in a packed seafront arena with an audience of almost 20,000 people fortunate enough to secure a ticket. However, COVID restrictions mean no live 2020 event, the first break in more than 70 years. Instead VisitBlackpool is getting ready to stage its first ever virtual Switch-On. The hour-long streamed Blackpool illuminations switch-on concert, in association with MTV, starts at 8.30pm on the night of Friday 4 September. It is freely accessible and…

29 Aug

Feel the RUSH at Lightpool Festival

David Simper0 CommentsTheatre, Dance & PerformanceBlackpool, community, dance, illuminations, leftcoast, LightPool Blackpool

The 2018 Blackpool Lightpool Festival, now an essential Illuminations season feature, will feature the RUSH dance event, presented by local arts and cultural organisation, LeftCoast. Set against Britain's favourite seaside resort’s iconic skyline, this is a one night only large-scale outdoor dance spectacular telling everyday people's stories with impressive energy and creativity, featuring professional dancers working with local people. So, this promises to be a treat. The former Bonny Street police station tower (possibly not long for this world) provides the set for a community cast of one hundred residents performing alongside Southpaw Dance Company's professional dancers to an urban…