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For two weeks only, anyone visiting the award-winning Blackpool Tower Dungeon will face the usual round of special effects, scenes and screams, alongside the new scary snack, available at the decadent – but dodgy – Red Lion pub. 

Featuring the classic songs ‘And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going’, ‘Listen’ and ‘One Night Only’, this sensational, multi-award winning new production of Dreamgirls had its critically acclaimed West End Premiere in December 2016 at London’s Savoy Theatre, 35 years on from opening on Broadway.

10,000 people attended the Leyland Christmas Festival, which saw practically the entire stretch of Hough Lane taken over by stallholders and small businesses selling street food, drinks, arts, crafts, gifts and much more.

The Forest of Bowland Moorland Group (FoBMG) has been stepping up efforts to showcase the sustainability of wild game meat to celebrate Great British Game Week, which is taking place across the country until December 1st. 

Global icon Lionel Richie, international chart-topper Lewis Capaldi, pop superstars Westlife, indie giants Snow Patrol are among the headliners for Lytham Festival 2020.  It was later announced that the world’s biggest girl band will headline the 11th annual festival on Sunday July 5.

Have a fun-filled weekend of shopping at The Harris Christmas Fair. Get your festive preparations off to a flying start with a range of Lancashire-based artists and makers and live festive musical entertainment.

To celebrate Lancashire Day, Wednesday 27 November, Visit Lancashire are giving one lucky winner the chance to win their biggest Lancashire prize yet, from overnight stays, afternoon tea and a £100 to spend on Lancashire Cheese! 

A series of thought-provoking art commissions will be unveiled as part of an Eden Project programme of public art in Morecambe.

Even more people can go to the ball with Cinderella at The Dukes, thanks to a new initiative by the Lancaster theatre.

Visit The Blackpool Tower this Christmas for thrills, spills and plenty of goodwill.  The iconic Lancashire landmark is 125 years of entertaining the public this year and there’s plenty to do over the festive period.