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The world-famous Illuminations need little introduction. With six miles of traditional festoons, tableaux and interactive features along the Promenade, no wonder it’s commonly known as the greatest free light show on Earth! Blackpool Illuminations will be shining from 30 August, 2024, until 5 January, 2025, as we welcome another extended season.
Blackpool Illuminations is an annual lights festival, founded in 1879 and first switched on 18 September that year, held each autumn in the British seaside resort of Blackpool on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire.
Jan 7, 2024 · Blackpool Illuminations is the No. 1 free light show in the world; come along and enjoy this cherished family tradition and activities! Find out Switch-On times, history, tram tours and more.
Welcome to our website about the Blackpool Illuminations! It’s the greatest FREE lightshow on earth! Enjoy SIX MILES of the brightest light displays. They’re on buildings, fairground rides, lamp posts and trams. Spot installations, light shows and much more! 2024 SWITCH ON 30 August 2024.
May 24, 2023 · All About Blackpool Illuminations Today. How would you describe the Blackpool Illuminations to someone who’d lived at the North Pole all of their life and didn’t know anything about them? We’d tell them to come to Blackpool and see for themselves!
Blackpool Illuminations is a festival which takes place each year during the autumn months, lighting up the town and dark skies with an array of magical colours and displays. In 1879 at least 70,000 visitors flocked to Blackpool’s promenade to witness the ‘switching on’ of the UK’s first electric streetlights (eight arc lamps).
Jan 2, 2024 · The Blackpool Illuminations have been a major part of Blackpool’s attraction since 1879 when they were described as ‘Artificial Sunshine’ and have been a guiding light for visitors to the...
This world-famous, flamboyant light show has been dazzling crowds since 1912, when 10,000 bulbs were lit to celebrate Blackpool’s first visit from the royal family. Now an annual feature, the Illuminations are a key part of Blackpool's calendar and see visitors come from across the world to pay them a visit.
Oct 20, 2021 · Blackpool's famous illuminations are to be spruced up with a range of sparkling new light features in a £13m upgrade. A plethora of new attractions will be added to the annual display, which...
A celebration of the music of ABBA. Blackpool Illuminations are located in the main promenade of the city, a coastal one in the middle of England. I came here at night and then, if you walk around the main promenade, you can see the beach, some fairground rides, which are lighted and some other places with lights.
