![]() The LightPool Village is also returning to the Comedy Carpet, featuring live music, refreshments and gift October half-term, will be back bringing three nights of live, light-based performances to the Tower Festival Headland - all completely free.įrom October 25-27, running from 5pm to 7pm each evening, visitors will be able to watch performances of Spark! by Worldbeaters Music - which combines drumming, dance and lighting design - as well as amazing sound and light performances by musician Afishal.įor one night only Blackpool’s iconic collection of illuminated trams will parade along the promenade for the first time in the tramway’s history. The famous LightPool programme - which sees spectacular 3D multi-media shows beamed onto the side of the Tower - is back for the third year.įrom the week beginning September 4 until November, visitors will be encouraged to get out of their cars, stroll along the promenade and watch the shows from the Comedy Carpet, directly in front of the Tower. The incredible displays - which launch from North Pier from 8.30pm - will be set to music and are definitely not to be missed. The free displays will see pyrotechnic teams teams from Poland, France and South Africa battling it out to be crowned the winners. The Lights will shine for the next 66 nights.and there’s lots to look forward to.Įvery Friday from September 8 until September 29 the skyline of Blackpool will also be lit up with thousands of fireworks as the World Championships return to the resort. ![]() If you’re not lucky enough to be at the switch-on tonight. 2012 – Team GB’s London 2012 medalists (Beth Tweddle, Greg Rutherford, Karina Bryant, Luke Campbell, Max Whitlock and Sophie Hosking).2008 – The Stig with Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond.There was even a horse one year, when Red Rum was given the honour of switching on the Lights.Īnd this year the Lights are boldly going where they never have before with the first-ever intergalactic Star Trek themed switch on. ![]() ![]() Known as the greatest free light show on earth, many famous people have flicked the switch over the years and heralded the start of the famous Illuminations.Īnd among them have been many well-known faces from Greater Manchester, including Gary Barlow, the cast of Corrie, Peter Kay and Lisa Stansfield. Jason Isaacs, who starred in the Harry Potter films as Lucius Malfoy, played out his role from the bridge of the USS Discovery with brilliant comic timing, telling the audience after his rescue act: “Discovery out. It was then that Gabriel Lorca (actor Jason Isaacs), the captain of the brand new Star Trek: Discovery TV series, was beamed on to a giant screen to come to the rescue, enabling Diversity to trigger an explosion of lights, fireworks and confetti, and kick-start 66 nights of Illuminations on Blackpool seafront. But in typical Blackpool fashion it boldly went no one has gone before.Īfter a dazzling performance leading up to the Switch-On moment by Diversity, the dance group’s creative director Ashley Banjo sent out a distress signal to help power up Blackpool’s famous Illuminations in front of a huge audience on the Tower Festival Headland. Billed as a Star Trek themed intergalactic switch on, no one knew exactly what to expect when a star name wasn’t announced to pull the switch. ![]()
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