|
March
|
|
3-4
|
WOW Weekend - wristbands
£15
|
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
|
|
4-5
|
Blackpool Hair Festival
|
Winter Gardens
|
|
6
|
Scottish Dance Theatre
|
Grand Theatre
|
|
7
|
The Big Ballet |
Grand Theatre |
|
7 – 11 |
Lord of the Dance |
Opera House Winter Gardens |
|
8
|
Guided Tour of Thespis |
Grand Theatre |
|
10
|
Blackpool FC v Brighton |
Bloomfield Road Stadium |
|
10-11
|
WOW Weekend |
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
|
|
11
|
Stanley Park 10k Fun
Run
|
Stanley Park
|
|
11
|
NW Regional Brass Band
Championships
|
Winter Gardens
|
|
16-18
|
Blackpool Chess Conference
|
Winter Gardens
|
|
17-18
|
WOW Weekend
|
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
|
|
17-21 Apr
|
Young Seasiders Exhibition |
Grundy Art Gallery
|
|
18
|
Mothers Day Celebrations
|
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
|
|
24-25
|
WOW Weekend
|
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
|
|
25
|
A Special Lady – A Tribute to Beryl Whittaker |
Grand Theatre
|
|
28
|
Hot Ice Opening Night |
The Arena |
|
29
|
Puccini’s Tosca |
Grand Theatre |
|
29-30
|
Weekday Supersavers |
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
|
|
30
|
Verdi’s Aida |
Grand Theatre
|
|
31
|
Blackpool FC v Crewe |
Bloomfield Road Stadium |
|
|
|
|
|
April
|
|
3 - 5
|
Ice Skating Festival |
The Arena |
|
6 - 9
|
Blackpool Easter Hockey
Festival |
Stanley Park
|
|
6 - 9
|
Blackpool Cup International
Youth Football Tournament |
Common Edge Playing Fields |
|
7
|
Blackpool FC v Tranmere |
Bloomfield Road Stadium |
|
7-8
|
Joe Longthorne |
Grand Theatre |
|
9 - 14
|
Blackpool Junior Dance
Festival |
Tower ballroom
|
|
12 - 21
|
42nd Street
|
Grand Theatre
|
|
14
|
Blackpool FC v Northampton |
Bloomfield Road Stadium |
|
18 - 27
|
Weekday Supersavers |
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
|
|
28
|
Blackpool FC v Scunthorpe |
Bloomfield Road Stadium |
|
|
|
|
|
May
|
|
2 - 25
|
Weekday Supersavers |
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
|
|
13
|
Beaverbrooks Blackpool
10K Fun Run |
Promenade
|
|
15 - 16 Jne
|
Stuart Edmundson Exhibition |
GrundyArt Gallery |
|
15 - 16 Jne
|
James Duncan Exhibition |
GrundyArt Gallery |
|
15 - 16 Jne
|
Bottrop |
GrundyArt Gallery |
|
19 - 20
|
Blackpool Pride |
Various
|
|
19 - 20
|
Blackpool Festival of Puppetry
and Visual Theatre |
Town centre
|
|
24 - 1 June
|
Blackpool Dance Festival
|
Empress Ballroom
|
|
|
|
|
|
June
|
|
1 - 30 tbc
|
Rembrant – A Hayward Gallery Touring Exhibition |
Grundy Art Gallery
|
|
3
|
Blackpool Marathon and
half marathon
|
Promenade
|
|
6 - 29
|
Weekday supersavers,
wristbands £20 Wed - Fri
|
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
|
|
10
|
Blackpool Triathlon
|
Beach and promenade
|
|
18
|
Fathers day celebrations
|
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
|
|
21 - 23
|
Acorn Antiques
|
Opera House
|
|
22 - 24
|
Blackpool Championship
Dog Show
|
Crown Field
|
|
22 - 3 Aug
|
Miss Blackpool Heats
|
Brannigans
|
|
23 - 1 July
|
Blackpool Remembers Veterans
week
|
Various
|
|
23 tbc
|
40s Themed dance
|
Tower ballroom
|
|
23 - 24 tbc
|
Blackpool Static Military
Exhibition |
Promenade
|
|
24 tbc
|
Blackpool air display
|
Central beach
|
|
27
|
Veterans Day Wreath Laying Ceremony |
The Cenotaph, Promenade |
|
30 - 1 Jul
|
Their Past Our Future’ |
Stanley Park - tbc
|
|
24
|
Totally Transport
|
New south promenade
|
|
30 - 8 Sept
|
Rembrandt Exhibition |
Grundy Art Gallery
|
|
|
|
|
|
July
|
|
1 tbc
|
Blackpool Remembers ‘Cenotaph
Service’ |
Cenotaph, North Promenade |
|
6
|
Forbidden Opening Night |
Horseshoe Bar Pleasure
Beach
|
|
14
|
Blackpool 50mile Challenge
Race Walk |
Stanley Park
|
|
14 - 15
|
Blackpool Cycling Festival |
Various
|
|
14 - 15
|
Costume Character Carnival |
Pleasure Beach
|
|
15
|
Manchester to
Blackpool Bike Ride |
Finish at Stanley Park
|
|
23
|
Ladies Pairs Bowling Final |
Waterloo Bowling Green
|
|
29
|
Tower Dog Training Club Obedience Dog Show |
Stanley Park
|
|
|
|
|
|
August
|
|
5
|
Lions Blackpool
Carnival |
Promenade
|
|
13
|
Summer mixed pairs final
|
Waterloo Bowling Green
|
|
18
|
Miss Blackpool Grand
Final
|
Empress Ballroom
|
|
20
|
Junior Waterloo Final
|
Waterloo Bowling Green
|
|
28 tbc
|
Ride the lights
|
Promenade
|
|
31 tbc
|
Blackpool Illuminations
Celebrity Switch On |
tbc
|
|
31 - 4 Nov
|
Blackpool Illuminations & Festival of Light |
Promenade
|
|
|
|
|
|
September
|
|
2 tbc
|
World Fireworks Championships Blackpool |
Central promenade
|
|
7 tbc
|
World Fireworks Championships Blackpool |
Central promenade
|
|
9
|
UK bus driver of the
year
|
Princess Parade
|
|
14 tbc
|
World Fireworks Championships Blackpool |
Central promenade
|
|
16 - 24
|
Waterloo Bowling Championships
|
Waterloo Bowling Green
|
|
21 tbc
|
World Fireworks Championships Blackpool |
Central Promenade
|
|
21 - 24
|
Aden
Veterans Association Reunion |
Norbreck Castle
|
|
22 - 21 Oct
|
Matisse: Drawing with Scissors, Late Works 1950-1954 |
Grundy Art Gallery
|
|
22 - 21 Oct
|
Shigenobu Yoshida Exhibition |
Grundy Art Gallery
|
|
28
|
World Fireworks Championships Blackpool |
Central Promenade
|
|
|
|
October
|
|
1 - 31
|
Hallowen Month
|
Pleasure Beach
|
|
7
|
Pier to Pier 15K Run |
Pomenade
|
|
13 - 14
|
British Freestyle Dance Championships |
Empress Ballroom
|
|
20 - 23
|
Blackpool
Sequence Dance Festival |
Empress Ballroom
|
|
|
|
November
|
|
3
|
Hot Ice End of Season Finale |
Pleasure Beach
|
|
3 - 4
|
End of Season Fireworks Spectacular |
Pleasure Beach
|
|
4
|
Forbidden End of Season Finale |
Pleasure Beach
|
|
10 - 25
|
Winter Weekends
|
Pleasure Beach
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Venue contact details
|
|
|
|
Blackpool Tower
|
01253 290190
|
|
|
Bloomfield Road Stadiium
|
01253 405331
|
|
|
Blackpool Sports Centre
|
01253 478470
|
|
|
Grundy Art Gallery
|
01253 478170
|
|
|
Grand Theatre
|
01253 290190
|
|
|
Pleasure Beach
|
0870 4445566
|
|
|
Solaris Centre
|
01253 418020
|
|
|
Stanley Park
|
01253 478417
|
|
|
Blackpool tourism
|
01253 478222
|
|
|
Winter Gardens, Tower
and Central Pier
|
01253 292029
|
