Lights festival for free

Published: 7 October 2022
Reporter: David Upton

Carnival Magic in Tower Ballroom Credit: Lightpool Festival

Blackpool’s Lightpool Festival is back with a programme of free entertainment.

It gets underway on October 14, marking 16 nights of events including light-based art installations, live performances, family-friendly activities and 3D projection shows.

It will also see the return of the Carnival Magic show in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom and the Illuminated Tram Parade, a once-a-year opportunity to see the resort’s illuminated heritage trams in convoy.

The Lightpool programme will be complemented by two free firework displays, 3D projection shows on Blackpool Tower building, a festival village on the Tower Festival Headland, and the planned unveiling of Odyssey, the biggest light installation ever built at the Illuminations own manufacturing facility.

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