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The game’s afoot! Join Sherlock Holmes in The Valley of Fear for a magnificent mystery adventure crammed with brilliant deductions at Blackpool Grand Theatre

This Halloween The Dukes theatre celebrates all things disturbing and spooky with films and events that highlight the best of the horror genre on the big screen.

Blackpool’s award-winning Lightpool Festival is back with a programme of extraordinary free entertainment.

Much-loved panto star and stand-up sensation Steve Royle will celebrate an incredible 1,000 pantomime performances in this year’s seasonal spectacular Sleeping Beauty at Blackpool Grand Theatre

Lancaster’s history will come alive in light art during one of the city’s most popular free festivals this November.

Lancaster band and Radio 1 favourites, Lowes, have been mentoring local young musicians as the city’s Music Festival continues to inspire the next generation.

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Martin Mere Wetland Centre in Lancashire has been flooded with thousands of pink-footed geese as they join the UK for winter. The species arrives each year in mid to late September after making the 500 miles journey from Iceland, with up to 30,000 expected to make the stop at Martin Mere.

Halloween is fast approaching and there are some spooky goings on at Lancashire’s award-winning visitor attraction Thornton Hall Country Park.

The Dukes is very proud to present Lucy Kirkwood’s critically acclaimed play, ‘Mosquitoes’, in its first UK outing since its National Theatre debut in 2017. ‘Mosquitoes’ will be directed by Adam Nichols, OVO and Maltings Theatre Artistic Director and stars Emma Wright (Les Liaisons Dangereuses) as Alice and Faith Turner (Hedda Gabler) as Jenny, the two sisters at the heart of this coruscating drama.