Blackpool Hairdressing Championships 2012

One place you won’t find anyone having a bad hair day in March is The Blackpool International Hair and Beauty Festival. Hosting the annual Blackpool Hairdressing Championships 2012. Held each year in the impressive Winter Gardens Ballroom, the transformation of the dance-floor into the world’s biggest beauty salon is a …

Carnesky’s Ghost Train

Carnesky’s Ghost Train is an iconic Blackpool attraction, where visitors go inside the ghost train contraption to experience a ten minute mystery tour, where a distraught mother seeks her lost little daughter among the ghouls within. There are lots of references to World War II, and with the inspiration and …

Showzam Blackpool

Scheduled for February 10 -19 in 2012, during the time that Showzam comes to Blackpool, a wave of colours, sounds and sights assail the promenade. Showzam Blackpool is the annual circus magic and cabaret entertainment festival. Performances are on offer at the Blackpool Tower, The Winter Gardens, the piers, the …

Strictly Come Dancing

If you have ever seen a film in 3D, you will no doubt be curious as to how the Strictly Come Dancing Blackpool 2011 broadcast is going to look. For the first time, the program is to be broadcast in 3D. Yes, you heard it hear first, those sequins are …

Blackpool Sequence Dance Festival

Held in October each year, 2011 saw the 62nd Blackpool Sequence Dance Festival event take place in the Empress Ballroom of the Winter Gardens. A colourful regalia of sequins, satin, hairspray and dancing shoes twirled across the floor, as the annual Adult and Children’s dancing competition is judged.
The event covers …

Blackpool Soul Weekender

The Blackpool Tower will again host the 7th annual Blackpool Soul Weekender, a celebration of soul music, covering the scene’s forty year history in the form of a dance championship. Northern Soul and Motown will be on in the Empress Ballroom, with Modern Soul in the Circus. There will be …

World Championship of Magic

The Federation Internationale des Societes Magiques (FISM) is to host the 25th World Championship of Magic in September 2012 in Blackpool. Held every three years, no doubt to give magicians time to perfect new and amazing tricks, the event has been held since 1948 across the world. Over three thousand …

Hot Ice Show

Go down to Blackpool Pleasure Beach Arena to get tickets for the Hot Ice Show, which is literally one of the hottest tickets in town. Spectacular choreography, music infused with the spirit of European beats and Latin rhythms combines to adorn the ice skater sequential dancers in a show that …

World Matchplay Darts Blackpool 2012

With the win last year of Phil Taylor, who has claimed the championship title for twelve consecutive years, the World Matchplay Darts Blackpool 2012 tournament at the Winter Gardens is looking to be an exciting tournament. The thrilling win in 2011 saw Taylor pull off a few rounds of double …

Blackpool Armed Forces and Veterans’ Week

Blackpool Armed Forces and Veterans Week is Blackpool’s celebratory event that culminates in National Armed Forces Day. An annual event which was first observed in 2006, Blackpool celebrates the contributions of its veterans and present serving military, who have been a part of the British Armed forces.
Past Prime Minister Gordon …