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Welcome to our website about the Blackpool Illuminations! It’s the greatest FREE lightshow on earth! Enjoy SIX MILES of the brightest light displays. They’re on buildings, fairground rides, lamp posts and trams!
EXTENDED SEASON: 3 September 2021 – 3 January 2022.

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Rainbows, hearts and heroes have been unveiled as Blackpool brings on the light - with new Illuminations for 2020.

About Blackpool Illuminations

What would you want to know about Blackpool Illuminations if you’d never seen them before? We’ve gathered together this overview for you

Blackpool Illuminations 2021 Switch On

More information about Blackpool Illuminations Switch On 2021

Daily Lighting
up Times

Four Seasons Tableaux at North Shore. See what time the tableaux come on with our guide to daily switch on times

Illuminations Daily Switch On Times for 2021

What time the Blackpool Illuminations come on each day with our handy guide to daily switch on times for 2021.

Lightpool
Festival 2021

Lightpool Festival at the Blackpool Illuminations

Lightpool Festival 2021 – over 16 nights & it’s FREE

It’s bigger, bolder and brighter than ever – extraordinary light installations, live performance and 3D projection shows.

Places to Stay

Check out our Places to Stay guide – it’s packed with hundreds of accommodation places! Including bed and breakfast, caravans, self catering, cheap hotels, posh hotels. You name it, we’ve got it!

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All About Blackpool Illuminations

What would you want to know about Blackpool Illuminations if you’d never seen them before?…

See what time the tableaux come on with our guide to daily switch on times

Take a look at the Tableaux at Blackpool Illuminations

The tableaux at Blackpool North Shore are huge Illuminations which you can walk right up…

An old postcard - vintage video of Blackpool Illuminations

What’s the History of Blackpool Illuminations?

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Blackpool Illuminations 2023 Switch On!

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Get on your bike for Ride The Lights!

Ride the Lights is the brilliant, traffic free preview of the Illuminations before Switch On….

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Lightpool Festival 2023

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Odyssey – Blackpool’s Biggest Illumination!

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Funding Boost for Lightpool at Blackpool Illuminations

Have you seen the fabulous news? There’s a funding boost for Lightpool at Blackpool Illuminations…

New Illuminations for 2022

Something BIG is coming to Blackpool this autumn! Find out about new illuminations for 2022….

Illuminations Daily Switch On Times for 2022

Find out what time the Blackpool Illuminations come on (and go off) each day with…

Blackpool Tower Projection Shows

See free light shows on Blackpool seafront this autumn, with the Digital Tower Projection Shows….

Lightworks - the Blackpool Illuminations Depot where the Tableaux are made and stored

Lightworks – Where the Magic is Made!

“Lightworks” is the Blackpool Illuminations Depot. It’s where all of the magic is made!

facts and figures - Four Seasons Tableaux at North Shore. See what time the tableaux come on with our guide to daily switch on times

Did you Know? Interesting Facts & Figures

Interesting Facts and Figures about the Blackpool Illuminations – some surprisingly big and small statistics

Our Blackpool Illuminations – Photo Gallery

Have a look through our gallery of Blackpool Illuminations photos

Your Blackpool Illuminations Photos

Send in your pictures to see them featured in this gallery of your Blackpool Illuminations…

The Illuminations Boost for Blackpool

The Blackpool Illuminations keep this north west seaside resort busy and exciting right through to…

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