Blackpool Fireworks

Blackpool’s Fireworks Championships where the skies above Blackpool will once again light up this September as fabulous fireworks return to the resort.

The event will gather together the crème de la crème of the world’s firework elite and promises a mouth-watering series of shows with jaw-dropping entertainment for all the family – and a great opportunity for visitors to take an extended weekend break.

Build up will commence around 7.30pm Fireworks from approximately 8.30pm. All displays subject to suitable weather conditions.

Competitors

7 September – FAE Pyrotechnie inc – Canada
14 September – Brezac Artifices – France
21 September – Howard & Sons Fireworks – Australia
28 September – Results announcement and non competing display by Kimbolton Fireworks

RIDE THE LIGHTS
Get on your bike…Ride the Lights!!
An exciting preview of Blackpool Illuminations between 7pm and 10pm.

Ride at any point along the promenade from Starr Gate at South Shore to Red Bank Road in Bispham. You can ride as much or as little of the route as you are able.

Ride the lights is not a bike race, it’s a fun and FREE bike ride open to all. A great opportunity to get out and about on your bike with both family and friends.

In order to keep safe, there are a few things to remember:

All bikes must have a minimum of one white light at the front and one red light at the back.

It is highly recommended that all participants should wear a cycle helmet.

A responsible adult must accompany all children.

Please be aware that the tramway will be operatinal throughout the ride, take special care in the area around North Pier/Metropole Hotel

Marshalls and First Aiders will be on hand along the route.

Bike Doctors and support vehicles will be on hand to look after breakdowns.

The road will re-open to traffic at 10pm. Please try to plan your ride to reach your destination by this time, and be aware of traffic after this time.

Car Parking: For advice and information on getting to and parking in Blackpool call 01253 478222 or click here.

Charities are welcome to use the event as a fundraiser by encouraging their supporters to participate and get sponsored.

As you get on your bike to ride the lights, why not join in the creative fun by designing your very own Illuminations display on your bike? Decorate your ride with colourful lights, lamps and lanterns to show off your illuminations design ideas. Light your ride… then ride the lights

So you have an idea of what’s going on in Blackpool over the summer, I will keep updating in case there is anything that YOU fancy. So ring reception teams, get booked in, as well as everything featured, we have the Open Golf, The Darts, Punk Rebellion weekend, Gay Pride weekend, and sooooo much more.
Cheap weekends available, free child places, free car parking and wifi is available throughout the hotel so you can keep your facebook updated!!
Call The Beechfield 01253 626569, or The Lawton 01253 753471.

Blackpool joins the nation in this countrywide tribute. The Armed Forces’ Day flag will be returned to the Mayor of Blackpool prior to it being raised above the Town Hall. The ceremony will commence from 10 am with the flag raising at 10.30 am.

Lytham Proms Festival Weekends three day event line-up is now complete, with Friday 3rd welcoming ‘Here and Now The Very Best of The 80’s’ and Saturday 4th ‘Alfie Boe- Last Night of the Proms’. The winner of local talent competition Fylde’s Got Talent will perform alongside Olly Murs on the Sunday night.

Friday 3rd August 2012 – “Here and Now, The Very Best of the 80’s”

A fantastic selection of iconic 80’s popstars will headline the opening night of Lytham Proms Festival Weekend 2012.

“Here and Now, The Very Best of the 80’s” will feature stars: Bananarama, Rick Astley, The Real Thing, Belinda Carlisle, Toyah, Curiosity Killed the Cat and T’Pau in what is dubbed as being the Fylde Coast’s biggest party EVER!

The unique show ‘Here And Now, The Very Best of the 80’s’ features the artistes performing back to back hit’s, accompanied by a live band and promising to be three hours of non-stop hits.

Saturday 4th August 2012 – Alfie Boe, will headline a “Last Night of The Proms” concert

Superstar Opera singer and the nation’s favourite tenor, Alfie Boe, will headline a “Last Night of The Proms” concert on Saturday 4th August 2012.

With his “Bring Him Home” Top 10 Gold album and the sell-out “Bring Him Home Tour”, as well as his record breaking performance as Jean Valjean in the 25th Anniversary production of Les Miserables at The 02 Arena, followed by the sold-out run of shows at The Queens Theatre in 2011, Alfie Boe from Fleetwood, Lancashire is sure to be as massive a hit with locals, as he is with audiences across The UK.

Sunday 5th August 2012 – Olly Murs

Brit Award Nominee Olly Murs will headline the final night of Lytham Proms Festival Weekend 2012 on Sunday 5th August in his only North-West appearance this summer.

One of the most successful new male singers of the past decade, Olly Murs has enjoyed success since appearing on the X Factor in 2009. Now a presenter on ITV2’s spin-off The Xtra Factor and several top ten hit singles and albums, making him one of the UK’s biggest male solo artists.

Do you think your funny? Can you tell a good joke? Well on the promenade tomorrow between 2pm and 4pm there are open auditions to become Blackpool’s joke laureate.
The judges will be looking for someone who can entertain with hilarious jokes, amusing stories and witty tales. The lucky winner will then be crowned Blackpool’s official ‘joke laureate’ and amuse visitors to the Comedy Carpet during Comedy Carpet Live, which takes place on the 31 March/1st April.
Comedy Carpet Live, a festival of riotous, side-splitting shows, takes place over April Fool’s weekend, 31 March and 1 April 2012. The festival is inspired by Blackpool’s latest piece of public artwork, The Comedy Carpet on the Tower Festival Headland and is set to become an annual celebration.

Ever wonder where the name ‘Bomber taxis’ came from?
Well in 1949, Box Brothers introduced Blackpool’s first Austin FX3 black taxi. When she saw it, Violet Carson (Ena Sharples from Coronation Street) said it looked like “A Second World War bomber” and the nickname stuck!

Harry Corbett, an electrical engineer and part-time magician from Bradford, spent 7s 6d in Paul Clive’s shop on North Pier on the 19th of July 1948, buying a glove puppet of a bear from salesman Bill Lamb, to amuse his son David.

Corbett had watched Paul doing tricks with the puppet and decided he could use it in his amateur magic act. Originally named ‘Teddy’, with the addition of chimney soot to his ears and nose to enhance his character, he was re-christened Sooty and appeared on the BBC’s “Talent Night”, joining Harry’s magic act.

Blackpool North Pier now has a Blue Plaque commemorating the historic event

The Beatles were booed off stage when they appeared at Fleetwood Marine Hall on the 25th of August 1962.

Central Pier producer Peter Webster saw them and turned them down for the next summer season – he “didn’t think much of them”!