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Blackpool's award-winning Lightpool Festival is returning this October half-term with extraordinary free entertainment.
The programme, which will run from October 15 - November 1, features a spectacular mix of extraordinary light installations, live performance and 3D projection shows.
The festival, which is free to access and staged across a range of indoor and outdoor venues.
It will be complemented by the world-famous Blackpool Illuminations.
| 2025 (15 Oct 2025 - 1 Nov 2025) |
|---|
| Ticket Type | Ticket Tariff |
|---|---|
| Free Admission | Free |
Note: Prices are a guide only and may change on a daily basis.
Blackpool Illuminations 2025The world-famous Illuminations need little introduction. With six miles of traditional festoons, tableaux and interactive features along the Promenade, no wonder it’s commonly known as the greatest free light show on Earth!
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Guardians of the NorthWatch as three dragons, drawing on Lancashire's rich myths and legends, light up on the Tower Festival Headland.
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Blackpool RockThe newly commissioned Blackpool Rock sculpture for this year’s Lightpool Festival continues the love story first told through the artist's earlier work for the Blackpool Illuminations.
Chocolate ShopPeddie’s Chocolate Shop returns Clottu’s magic to Blackpool in a unique collaboration with the Cardboard Box Company and Festival of Making for Lightpool Festival.
Eternal EnsembleEternal Ensemble is a work of spatial audio and immersive projection that suspends the viewer in a repeated moment in time
FiguresFigures is the latest installation produced by the collective, which reinvents itself using wood as a primary material. Figures is a succession of 48 wooden slabs laid in an unbalanced fashion. This tenuous controlled balance gives an impression of movement and even lightness to the overall design.
Gull PowerGet off my chips! How many times have you seen the local gulls dive-bombing an unsuspecting pedestrian, making off with their illicit tasty swag? 
Showtown Welcomes ChilaA spectacular explosion of colourful signature neon-light artworks that together celebrate Burman’s rich Hindu-Punjabi heritage, with references to Indian mythology.
Tower & Golden Mile Light ShowThe Blackpool Tower is emblazoned with a glowing heart and 25,000 lights on the structure
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