What's on at the Winter Gardens Blackpool this December`

There's some fantastic shows coming up at Winter Gardens Blackpool this month including Elf the musical and Six! Take a look at this handy list below and book your tickets now!

3rd December – Step into Christmas

Step Into Christmas for the most magical show of the year.

This Christmas feel-good show brings all the magic of the season to life with all your favourite songs you will know and love!

Including – All I Want for Christmas Is You, Last Christmas, Jingle Bell Rock, Stay Another Day, Let it Snow, White Christmas, Do They Know it’s Christmas, A Winter’s Tale, Merry Xmas Everybody, and many many more!

It’s the time when every Santa has a ball. Our amazing cast give you their hearts and do not take them away! in this warm-hearted family spectacular.

6th December - Christmas Hits

Winter Gardens Blackpool invites students from Dance Schools to perform in the magnificent Opera House. This gives the opportunity, for the children, to experience performing at the Winter Gardens Blackpool in a professional setting that has been home to many of the world’s biggest stars throughout the years.

7th December – Festive Afternoon Tea

Get into the Christmas spirit and celebrate the festive season in the Winter Gardens Blackpool.

9th-14th December - Elf The Musical

After multiple sell-out arena tours and record-breaking sales, Worlds Biggest Productions brings back Elf The Musical due to popular demand!

Based on the smash hit film, this larger-than-life production brings the festive magic to the arena with unforgettable scenes, including Santa’s flying sleigh, an interactive snowball fight with the audience, and a giant candy cane journey from the North Pole, all set against breath-taking video-film backdrops on a massive LED screen.

11th December - The Wombats

The Wombats have announced a string of new UK & IE tour dates, taking place in December later this year. This comes after the band released their sixth studio album last month, Oh! The Ocean, via AWAL Recordings – stream here. Their massive UK tour is currently underway, which has seen them play some of their biggest headline shows to date including London’s O2 Arena. The sold-out European tour starts on 28th March and begins in Paris.

12th December - Christmas Party Night – Festive Club Classics

Christmas Party Nights are back at the Winter Gardens Blackpool for 2025!

An evening filled with funky sax vibes and classic club hits.

🎷 Live Saxophonist & DJ

🍴 2-Course Set Meal

💷 £38.00 per person

Doors from 19:00

Dinner Service from 19:45

Entertainment till 01:00

13th December - Christmas Party Night – Festive Flares Featuring “ABBA’s Dancing Queens”

Christmas Party Nights are back at the Winter Gardens Blackpool for 2025!

Bring out your inner Dancing Queen with all your ABBA favourites and the best dance beats!

💃 Featuring ABBA’s Dancing Queens & DJ

🍴 3-Course Set Meal

💷 £43.00 per person

Doors from 19:00

Dinner Service from 19:45

Entertainment till 01:00

19th December - ABBA Christmas By Candlelight

Deck the halls with disco this Christmas season, and join us for the ultimate ABBA celebration, performed live, by candlelight.

Featuring the UK’s leading ABBA Tribute ‘ABBA Reunion’, this feel-good sing-along concert is packed to the rafters with over 20 ABBA hits, guaranteed to leave you dancing in the aisles! What better way to kick off the festivities?

20th December - The Winter Ball

Step into a magical evening at The Winter Ball 2025, held in the magnificent Empress Ballroom at Winter Gardens, Blackpool!

Join us for our fifth annual celebration on this much-anticipated night, featuring extraordinary live big band dance music and captivating dance demonstrations by Ballroom and Latin American Dance Champions.

We are thrilled to welcome special guest Chris Hopkins, the talented Blackpool Tower organist, who will grace us with a special appearance that embodies the iconic Blackpool dance vibe. Together with the Mike Brown’s Big Band and talented singers, party-goers will enjoy a delightful mix of Ballroom, Latin, and Sequence dance music—perfect for social dancers of all styles.

This event has quickly become a cherished tradition for dance lovers from everywhere, making it a must-attend highlight of the holiday season.

21 December - Christmas By Candlelight

The ultimate Christmas concert is here! Join a spectacular cast of West End singers and an incredible live band, as they perform your favourite Christmas Hits, as you have never heard them before!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, just in time for a magical evening of best-loved festive music, performed live at the beautiful Winter Gardens Blackpool, by candlelight.

Featuring sing-along classics White Christmas, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!, Santa Baby, O Holy Night, Winter Wonderland and many more, this uplifting concert is the perfect way to celebrate a Holly Jolly Christmas with the whole family!

22nd December – 4th January 2026 – SIX

The crowning glory of Broadway, the West End and beyond, the international smash hit musical SIX makes its royal return to Blackpool following its three previous sold-out runs!

Winner of over 35 international awards including the Tony Award for ‘Best Original Score’ and ‘Best Costume Design’, double winner of the Whatsonstage Award for ‘Best West End Show’ and a Gold-Disk winning album, this sell-out Tudor take-off has ‘an incredibly strong and powerful message’ (The Australian) and is ‘pure entertainment’ (New York Times).

From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power. These Queens may have green sleeves but their lipstick is rebellious red.

31 December - Northern & Modern Soul Party NYE 2025 (18+)

On Wednesday December 31st we are delighted to be back for the annual Blackpool Winter Gardens New Year’s Eve Northern and Modern Soul party!

With your favourite Northern Soul, 60s soul and Motown in the Spanish Hall with DJs Ginger Taylor, Ozz Osbourne, Kev Roberts and Richard Searling. Dancing from 7pm to 1am.

For Modern soul lovers we have another amazing session in the Old Victoria with DJs John Kane, Chris Box, Jim Hargreaves, Steve Woomble and Jem Booth.