Blog (June 2018) - Visit Lancashire

Kaboom! Pow! Sploosh! Whap! Preston is celebrating the launch of the Comics Exhibition at The Harris on Saturday 23 June with loads of Comics activity on the Flag Market outside from 12noon to 4pm.

The countdown is on for the 2018 BetVictor World Matchplay as the world’s darts stars collide in Blackpool from July 21-29, with the race to qualify for the Winter Gardens hotting up.

Blackpool’s award-winning Lightpool Festival is back for October half-term. The festival will provide a spectacular mix of live performance, light-based art installations, the return of the illuminated tram parade and a special collaboration with BBC Philharmonic.

On Sunday July 1^st the historic house plays host to the 19^th Leighton ‘Classic Car and Bike Show’, and proudly for the area, it’s one of the largest on the classic car summer show circuit, with over 500 exhibitors expected to fill the park and thrill the crowds.

The hugely popular Silverdale and Arnside Art and Craft Trail is back for its 14^th year! This free annual event is hosted by the neighbouring villages of Silverdale in Lancashire and Arnside in Cumbria and this year runs from Friday 22- Sunday 24 June.

A renowned Lancashire hotel is marking an historic anniversary milestone with the production of its very own brand of quality gin.

There will be nowhere bigger and better to watch England’s bid for World Cup glory than at Poolfoot Farm.

Bitterns are breeding at RSPB Leighton Moss in Silverdale for the first time in a decade, following the introduction of new methods of managing the nature reserve four years ago.

Internationally renowned producer Martin Dodd for UK Productions will be presenting for the very first time Beauty and The Beast as a pantomime at Blackpool's Grand Theatre this year.

Go wild as Matt Terry – Winner of 2016’s X-Factor is announced to play Alex The Lion in the brand-new stage adaptation of Madagascar – The Musical  heading to the Opera House Blackpool for one week only from Tuesday 11 September 2018.