Blackpool Illuminations 2024 - All the info

The big switch on is this August, and here's all the details:

The big switch is pulled, and more than a million twinkling lights transform the night skies. This spectacular free event which attracted a record crowd of 80,000 on to the seafront last year.

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This year’s event will be held on Friday 30 August and take place at the Tower Festival Headland, on the promendand under the spectacular Blackpool Tower, and this event will be freely accessible to the public with no tickets required.

This year’s show will start with a Blackpool Introduces from The Upbeat Rock Academy, which organises rock music tuition for more than 300 students from across the Fylde Coast. The hour-long showcase will also include House of Wingz, an award-winning hip hop dance crew that has already been featured on prime time national television.

Blackpool Introduces will be followed by the main event, a two-hour show with a line-up of some top music talent.

The "Massaoke” show performed by Rockstar Weekend, described by David Walliams as “the greatest party band of all time!” will open the show. This unique mass participation touring production features lyrics from some of the greatest crowd-pleasing hits of all time, on the giant LED screens. It’s the show where you, the general public, become the stars, with the aim of creating the biggest family sing along that Blackpool has ever seen!

They will be followed on stage by pop icon and Grammy-nominated artist Kimberly Wyatt. The former member of The Pussycat Dolls will bring her high energy, fun DJ set, featuring some of the biggest tracks of the Noughties, dance hits and other pop classics, as part of the outdoor celebration.

Headlining the show is Ella Henderson. Ella will perform an extended set from her extensive catalogue of hits. Ella’s music career started as a contestant in The X-Factor before she went on to release her debut album Chapter One, which topped the UK albums chart and spawned several chart successes including the huge hit single, Ghost, as well as Glow and Yours. Three times Brit-nominated Ella has ten Top 10 singles to her name.

To wrap up, the show will finish with the iconic Switch-On moment when a celebrity will pull the switch to trigger four months of Illuminations.

Who is switching on this year’s Illuminations?

More details on the live entertainment programme and, of course, the identity of who will switch on this year’s Illuminations will be revealed in the coming weeks.

How long are Blackpool Illuminations on for?

Earlier this year, it was announced that the Illuminations would once again be extended by two months, running nightly until January 5, 2025.