Blog (March 2023) - Visit Lancashire

We’re very excited to announce that Lancaster’s 44^th Annual Literature Festival, Litfest, begins this Friday 17 March. Running until the 26 March, we’ll be offering a packed programme of events, including opportunities to meet our authors; take part in discussions; find out more about nature and history, philosophy and politics; and be entertained by poems and stories.

After much anticipation, Blackpool Pleasure Beach has officially announced that Valhalla will return in 2023. Following a £4 million investment, the UK’s wettest ride is set to reopen for technical rehearsals this April with some exciting new features.

As the proud winners of the Lancashire Tourism Award for Best Self-Catering Accommodation, we wanted to celebrate English Tourism Week by sharing some exciting news.

The Four Seasons stage show is heading back to the Blackpool Grand Theatre on Sunday 30^th April with their Big Girls Don’t Cry extravaganza.

Turtle Bay is heading to Blackpool as new restaurant and bar confirmed for town centre.
    •    Turtle Bay Blackpool will open in summer 2023
    •    The Caribbean-inspired restaurant and bar coming to ground floor of the Forshaws Hotel on the promenade

The Lowther Pavilion Theatre in Lytham, who have been at the heart of entertainment on the Fylde Coast since 1921, is currently in rehearsals for an exciting original musical ahead of its debut this March. 

Blackpool Grand Theatre has an encyclopaedia full of exciting live literary shows this season. It’s time to take your little bookworm from the page to the stage this World Book Day…