Blackpool Tower Projection Shows

See free light shows on Blackpool seafront this autumn, with the Digital Tower Projection Shows. They’re back at Blackpool Illuminations this autumn!

Watch the free light shows from the Comedy Carpet, screened several times each night. Be amazed by fairytale and fantasy in amazing displays. See them projected onto the buildings at the base of Blackpool Tower.

Lightpool Festival Tower Projection Shows

There are four light shows running every night during Lightpool Festival at 7pm, 8pm, 9pm and 10pm.

Micro for Lightpool Festival 2024, by Hotaru Visual Guerrilla, Spain

The microscopic world is full of fascinating and beautiful images that captivate the minds of scientists and laypeople alike. Whether viewed through a microscope or captured by advanced imaging technology, the shapes and patterns found at the microscopic level are truly breathtaking. 

Through abstraction and imagination, we strive to create a peaceful and introspective sensory experience that allows the viewer to rediscover their connection to nature through the digital realm. It’s accompanied by audio exclusively designed for the artwork by Martin Stavrev (co-founder of The Science) to guide the audience through different emotions.

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Other Tower Projection Shows

See stunning, digitally-mapped multi-media shows, beamed onto the red brick of the front of the beautiful Blackpool Tower.

Down The Rabbit Hole

30 August 2024 – 4 January 2025

Down the Rabbit Hole tells the story of an astronaut exploring new worlds. The show explores a fantasy based loosely upon a remarkable mission of determination and ambition. This experience draws the audience into worlds without gravity: beautiful, fantastic and full of uncertainty.

This incredible show was created by Czech-based digital art collective The Macula, an award-winning company formed in 2007. The team have dazzled audiences throughout Europe with their shows, gaining great acclaim in the UK with Luminous Flux to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Liverpool’s Liver Building.

Enchanted Blackpool

30 August 2024 – 5 January 2025

Enchanted Blackpool was created by Cecile Llewelyn-Bowen, the daughter of Illuminations Curator Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. Cecile is a film-maker and brought to life designs created by her father in this show.

A flurry of cute characters and lavish backdrops delight the show’s main character, a woman who has wandered into this magical world as she journeys from under the sea to the opulent Blackpool Tower Ballroom.

Plus other Blackpool projection shows:

• Sooty a short film celebrating Sooty’s 70^th Birthday. It includes an introduction from Sooty himself!
• Roll up, roll up for Circus250!
• History of Blackpool Journey through a nostalgic mapping show of Blackpool’s time gone by. 
• Dance Celebrate the history of dance in Blackpool. Join in on the Comedy Carpet!

Take a look at the 3D Tower Projection Shows

Never seen the projections before? Here’s a tiny glimpse of what to expect –

To get the full effect you really need to stand on the promenade and watch them in the dark night air. Soak up the atmosphere, the soundtrack, the lights, the people milling around you. It’s quite special – wrap up warm and experience it for yourself this autumn. Meanwhile, here are the shows…

Did you know? Sooty was discovered on North Pier? See the original glove puppet there – go and take a look!

Circus250

Celebrating the vast history of circus and, more specifically, The Blackpool Tower Circus. Fond memories, sensational acts and larger than life characters, past and present. This projection show celebrates the vast history of circus.

Circus250 was a national project, celebrating the 250th anniversary of circus in the UK. In 2018 Blackpool was one of the six cities of circus, celebrating with a season long programme of special events.

The Circus250 projection begins with Philip Astley. He was responsible for the first ever circus in 1768. It looks back on the glorious history of circus, with a strong emphasis on our own Blackpool Tower Circus. It focuses on fond memories, sensational acts and larger than life characters from past and present. Many of them have inspired entertainment in Blackpool and throughout the world.

Did you know Blackpool is the longest running continuous circus in Britain?

How the Light Shows on Blackpool Tower Began

In September 2015 the first light shows were projected onto The Blackpool Tower with digital mapping. The displays use cutting edge mapping technology to project high definition films on to the front of the Blackpool Tower building. It’s an amazing sound and visual experience.

The 10-minute shows in 2015 featured the Wurlitzer organ. Plus the first ever piece of music recorded at Blackpool Tower Ballroom and larger-than-life clips of dancers from the resort’s very own Funny Girls.

There was even an opportunity for the audience on the promenade to join in an unforgettable dance routine, with the Comedy Carpet becoming a real-life dance mat.