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Today (Thursday 4th August 2016) Nickelodeon UK announces the free activities on offer for families visiting the Tower Festival Headland, as part of the first ever UK Nickelodeon SLIMEFEST and Blackpool’s Illuminations Switch-On Weekend. SLIMEFEST takes place in Blackpool on 3rd and 4th of September. SLIMEFEST at the Tower Festival Headland will be open from 10am […]

It is announced today that the brand new production will star X-Factor winner and musical theatre star Alexandra Burke in the lead role of Deloris Van Cartier. So, book your tickets now and get back in the habit! Sister Act will run at the Blackpool Opera House from Tuesday August 22 to Sunday August 27 […]

Blackpool Zoo is on a nationwide search to bring to life the incredible story of a young zoo keeper who was sent to India in 1969 to collect two baby elephants. The award-winning attraction is on a mission to ‘find Dennis’ who was despatched to acquire two elephants who would become among the zoo’s first […]

The Dukes outdoor walkabout version of The Hobbit has completely sold out – a fortnight before its run ends. Tolkien’s fantastical adventure has been entertaining audiences in Williamson Park since it opened on July 5 and is proving one of the Lancaster theatre’s most successful outdoor productions. By the time The Hobbit closes on August […]

Blackpool has become the UK’s first tourist resort to gain national recognition for its commitment to customer service, after being awarded WorldHost Recognised Destination status. The town received the recognition after it trained over 2,500 front line staff using WorldHost customer service training programmes over the last 2 years and signed a commitment to delivering […]

Winter Gardens bosses are offering people the chance to grab newly released tickets for the brand new production of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage at just £15. Blackpool Opera House will play host to the hit show for almost three weeks when it begins a brand new touring production on August 11. […]

Today at 11am, the Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) announced the four successful finalists in the bid to host the Great Exhibition of the North, which includes Blackpool, Lancashire. Earlier this month key partners Blackpool Council, Marketing Lancashire and the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) submitted a joint bid to host the Great Exhibition […]

Blackpool, Bradford, Newcastle-Gateshead and Sheffield have been shortlisted to host the Great Exhibition of the North in 2018, Matt Hancock, Minister of State for Digital and Culture, announced today. The exhibition, which will run for at least two months, will showcase the great creative, cultural and design sectors across the whole of the North, and […]

Childhood nostalgia has arrived at Freeport Fleetwood in the form of an interactive puddle – the first of its kind to come to the UK. The centre will be taking the plunge this summer with two interactive puddles designed by Australian artist Anna Crane. The special artwork was installed yesterday (Thursday 28th July) at the […]

Business in the Community’s Healthy High Streets programme aims to increase footfall by 10%, reduce the number of vacant properties by 20% and stimulate the creation of new jobs in 100 towns over three years. The programme first launched in June 2014 and is backed by some of the UK’s biggest high street brands – […]

Actors Paul Nicholls, Jack Ellis and Ben Onwukwe will take the lead roles in new production The Shawshank Redemption when it heads to Blackpool Opera House this November. Best known and loved for his role as heartthrob Joe Wicks in Eastenders, Paul Nicholls is to play jailed banker Andy Dufresne. Ben Onwukwe will take on […]

A range of training courses aimed at benefiting tourism and hospitality businesses in Blackpool has been launched. Courses to train staff in areas including social media marketing, leadership and management and presentation and selling techniques are available at a subsidised rate at Blackpool and The Fylde College. Businesses operating in the tourism and hospitality sectors […]