Blog (2018) - Visit Lancashire

French Impressionist painting on display at Harris makes links with Preston - past and present.

Following the success of the 2017 the Great North West Motorbike Festival returns for 2018, the event will return to the Winter Gardens Blackpool this August for another 2-day event.

This is Elvis, a brand-new musical from Bill Kenwright and Laurie Mansfield arrives in Blackpool for one week only!

Blackpool Zoo’s tiniest troop member has taken his first tentative steps at almost five months old.

Due to a phenomenal critical and public reaction during the opening weeks of the extensive UK Tour, Natasha Hamilton will extend her performance dates in Kay Mellor’s Fat Friends the Musical.

Award-winning musicians and singer-songwriters are the latest headliners to be announced for Lytham Festival 2018. George Ezra will be joined by Emeli Sandé in the Main Proms Arena on Lytham Green on Friday July 20.

The next time you tuck into a sirloin steak you might want to spare a thought for Sir Richard De Hoghton of Hoghton Tower near Preston.

This February half term (10 – 18 Feb), children of all ages are being encouraged to grab their wellies, get outside and join in the fourth annual North West Puddle Jumping Championships being held at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre in Lancashire.

Nickelodeon UK are partnering again with VisitBlackpool to bring Nickelodeon’s SLIMEFEST back to the UK’s favourite beach resort for a third year of slime, music and mayhem following last year’s six sold out shows. SLIMEFEST 2018 will take place at The Arena at Blackpool Pleasure Beach from 20th – 22nd October.