Events

Blackpool Armed Forces Week

Blackpool Armed Forces Week

Armed Forces Week, taking place from the 23rd-30th June, is Blackpool's opportunity to say thank you to our heroes.

Blackpool Brick Festival

Blackpool Brick Festival

Welcome to the first event Blackpool Brick Festival!A LEGO fan event dedicated to all things brick, with lots to see and do including unique builds, activities for the kids (and big kids), rare & retired LEGO sets for sale and a dedicated building…

Blackpool Cinema Heritage at Showtown

Blackpool Cinema Heritage at Showtown

​​​​​​​To help celebrate Blackpool Film Festival this captivating talk will take a look back at some of the town's iconic cinema venues.

Blackpool Colour Run

Blackpool Colour Run

Join Blackpool's most colourful fun run! Run, jog or walk along the beach through SEVEN colour-powdered paint stations.

Blackpool Comedy Festival Talk: Andy Hollingworth - a spotlight on Victoria Wood

Blackpool Comedy Festival Talk: Andy Hollingworth - a spotlight on Victoria Wood

Andy Hollingworth has spent the last 28 years photographing comedians

Blackpool Comedy Festival Talk: Great Lancashire Comedians

Blackpool Comedy Festival Talk: Great Lancashire Comedians

For over a 100 years, Lancashire has supplied some of the nation's best entertainers from Stan Laurel to Eric Morecambe to Peter Kay. 

Blackpool Comedy Festival Talk: Pete Lindup presents 100 entertainment legends

Blackpool Comedy Festival Talk: Pete Lindup presents 100 entertainment legends

During this talk with Pete Lindup, he will be bringing to life this iconic canvas celebrating 100 famous entertainers who appeared in Blackpool. 

Blackpool Comedy Festival: at The Old Electric

Blackpool Comedy Festival: at The Old Electric

Showtown is bringing comedy to The Old Electric, hosting a fantastic line-up and bringing you the best comedians, poets, performers to the stage.

Blackpool Comedy Festival: Candy House Entertainment.  Laughter family session.

Blackpool Comedy Festival: Candy House Entertainment. Laughter family session.

Enjoy an hour of laughter and fun for the whole family. 

Blackpool Comedy Festival: Gav Cross' Tell Tale Twit

Blackpool Comedy Festival: Gav Cross' Tell Tale Twit

Join Gav for laughter and surprises, in a storytelling show designed to make you laugh, think carefully and approach that children's library with caution. 

Blackpool Comedy Festival: Jason Manford & Friends

Blackpool Comedy Festival: Jason Manford & Friends

The home of British comedy lights up once more as the Blackpool Comedy Festival.

Blackpool Comedy Festival: Listen Me Alice

Blackpool Comedy Festival: Listen Me Alice

Listen Me Alice is a night like no other. 

Blackpool Comedy Festival: Russ Brown & Friends

Blackpool Comedy Festival: Russ Brown & Friends

Join Ken Dodd comedy award winners John Archer and Russ Brown for an afternoon of magic, comedy and fun worthy of the great Ken Dodd. 

Blackpool Comedy Festival: Showtown Laughter Zone

Blackpool Comedy Festival: Showtown Laughter Zone

Enjoy free drop-in activities throughout Blackpool Comedy Festival taking place in the Winter Gardens Horseshoe.

Blackpool Creative Christmas Market

Blackpool Creative Christmas Market

Following the success of last year's event and hot off the heels of its Print Fair in October, the High Street Heritage Action Zone is hosting Blackpool Creative Christmas Market on 2nd December, bringing 50 local independent traders under one roof…

Blackpool Film Festival

Blackpool Film Festival

Capturing young and local talent, premiering leading ladies, and showcasing Blackpool's heritage, art and queer culture.

Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours: Fish & Chips Tour

Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours: Fish & Chips Tour

This is one of the most unique ways to experience Blackpool as it combines the best sights, smells and tastes of our seaside town. 

Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours: Ghost Tour

Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours: Ghost Tour

The Victorian Ghost Hunter Stephen Mercer is on the search for the supernatural.  Who knows what (or who) you’ll find?  

Firework Display

Firework Display

Join us for our annual firework display. Hot food and not/cold drinks available on the night. Free event but donations are welcome.

First Birthday Party Nights at Eight at Gazegill

First Birthday Party Nights at Eight at Gazegill

​​​​​​​Featuring live local artists and a special five-course tasting menu, featuring our best dishes from the past year.

First Encounters - Twelfth Night

First Encounters - Twelfth Night

A hilarious story of heartbreak, hoaxes and hidden identities. We bring Shakespeare's Twelfth Night to life on stage in just 90 minutes.Shipwrecked and separated from her twin brother, Viola washes up on a strange shore and into an even stranger…

First Time Viewing Evening

First Time Viewing Evening

Come and visit us for a personal guided tour of our rustic barn venue and have a chat with our wedding team, who will be on hand to answer all of your questions in a Covid safe environment.

First World War Internment Camps

First World War Internment Camps

Our popular lecture series continues with the story of a lessor know part of Lancaster's history. You may have heard of Prisoner of War Camps in Stalinist Russia, but did you know that Lancaster was home to an internment camp on Caton Road? Henry…

Fish & Chips Blackpool Heritage Tram Tour

Fish & Chips Blackpool Heritage Tram Tour

Blackpool is renowned for its fish and chips as well as its heritage trams.  Why not combine the two on a full tour of the seafront?

Fish and Chip Special at East Lancashire Railway

Fish and Chip Special at East Lancashire Railway

Enjoy a slap-up meal of fish n’ chips served to you on-board a heritage train.

Fishers Festive Farm

Fishers Festive Farm

Fishers Festive Farm is back with our majestic reindeer and other farmyard animals to celebrate Christmas. Find out more on Eventbrite https://fishersfestivefarm2024.eventbrite.co.uk/

Fisher's Mobile Farm

Fisher's Mobile Farm

Hop into Easter with Affinity Lancashire!On Tuesday 8th and Thursday 10th April come along to visit our pop-up farm where you can have some up-close encounters with some amazing animals from Fisher's Mobile Farm. You'll get to meet the keeper's…

FitkinWall: Harpland

FitkinWall: Harpland

Internationally renowned harp and electronica duo FitkinWall return to Lancaster for the first time since 2011 for a special evening.

Fizz Fashion Show

Fizz Fashion Show

The annual Mayoresses Committee fashion show is back by popular demand.Fizz Fashion pride themselves on sourcing stylish, affordable products from all over the world. Their creative flair and attention to detail will leave you feeling inspired to…

Flanders and Swann

Flanders and Swann

Join multi award-winning comedian Tim FitzHigham and BBC Radio 4 musical maestro Duncan Walsh Atkins as they starch their beards and trim their dinner jackets, ready to bring you the wit and wordplay of those ingenious comedy songsmiths, Michael…