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Introduction This brief has been prepared to provide information on Light Up Lancaster Festival on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th November 2016 and sets out the Evaluation Management requirements. About Light up Lancaster Festival 2016 will be the fourth year of Light Up Lancaster Festival. The festival includes a light and art trail through the […]

A host of musical theatre stars will join pop star Sarah Harding and TV heart-throb Andy Moss when Ghost – The Musical heads to Blackpool. West End star Jacqui Dubois will take on the role of Oda Mae Brown which was made famous by Whoopi Goldberg in the film of the same name. Also taking […]

Blackpool Promenade will be a bike only zone on Tuesday evening for the resorts annual Ride the Lights event. The popular annual event sees the Promenade fully closed to vehicles for one night only between 7pm and 10pm to allow cyclists to get a sneak preview of the Blackpool Illuminations. This year for the first […]

TV favourite Wendi Peters and musical theatre star Dave Willets will take audiences down therabbit hole when musical Wonderland comes to Blackpool next year. The multi Grammy, Tony and Drama Desk Award nominated show arrives at Blackpool Opera House from 10 – 15 April 2017 following sold out seasons and rave reviews in Texas, Tampa […]

The hit stage show is currently wowing audiences at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens where it has just begun a brand new production which runs until August 30. And today it is announced, that due to its popularity, Dirty Dancing will return to the Winter Gardens from Tuesday August 29 to Saturday September 2 2017. Tickets for […]

Keepers, educational officers, catering staff, admission assistants and the marketing team at Blackpool Zoo have set off on a 30,005 mile, round the world bike ride….without even leaving the resort! Armed with two static exercise bikes, kindly loaned by Fitness at Blackpool FC Health Club, the team, with the help of visitors from across the […]

The queen of British soaps and star of dozens of films and on-stage shows will pull the famous switch as part of a spectacular finale to the Switch-On party on Friday 2 September, led by Ashley Banjo, and dance group  Diversity, who are creating a very special, bespoke Illumination performance. Dame Barbara Windsor said: “Some […]

 A cavalcade of vintage buses will take over Blackburn’s multi-million-pound Cathedral Quarter in September for this year’s Heritage Open Days. Visitors can enjoy the display of vintage East Lancashire Transport buses on Saturday, 10th September between 10am and 4pm opposite Blackburn Railway Station. There will be free rides on heritage routes around Blackburn with Darwen […]

Cast members from Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage took some time out from their Blackpool run to join fellow dancers in the town’s historic Tower Ballroom. The hit stage show is currently wowing audiences at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens where it has just begun a brand new production which runs until August 30. […]

Lancashire’s leading country house hotel Bartle Hall has been awarded a coveted AA Rosette for its new restaurant, Nest. They join the top ten per cent of restaurants nationwide judged to be of a standard that is worthy of One Rosette and above. Bartle Hall, a former mansion set in 16 acres of grounds and […]

The Rocky Horror Show has announced a glittering cast for its run at Blackpool Opera House this Autumn. The iconic role of The Narrator will be played by Punt & Dennis star Steve Punt. S Club 7 star Paul Cattermole and Liam Tamne, who shot to fame in series two of The Voice, continue to […]

Following a call for artist submissions, Marketing Lancashire has appointed renowned environmental artist Steve Messam, to create four new works that will link four key cultural events taking place across Lancashire this autumn.  This commission is part of a wider cultural tourism project funded by Arts Council England’s National Lottery Funded Grants for the Arts […]