- Beatz Meetz Community Drum Circle (05/01/2012 - 02/01/2014)
'Beatz Meetz Community Drum Circle' is a non-profit Community Music Group that meet once a week. We gather as a group each Thursday (between 7pm and 9pm) and play all kinds of percussion instruments: The first hour is used up learning a number of different rhythms - with the aim to perform them as a group in the summer. After a break the remaining time is taken up with a free-rolling improvisation session - The only aim being to ''keep the music flowing'' members can add as much or as little as they feel during the improv.
Drums and other instruments are provided
Your first session is *FREE*
and only £2 There after.
More... - February at The Sands (19/02/2012 - 25/02/2012)
The Sands is an impressive 40s/50s style venue with stylish decor, starlit ceiling and intimate atmosphere, complete with outstanding service and exquisite food.
Entertainment ranges from the best tribute bands, fantastic jazz, soul and motown nights and outstanding Rat Pack style entertainment with The Sands Swing Spectaculars featuring celebrity guest singers! Not forgetting comedy nights too! Doors Open from 7pm where diners enjoy a 3 course meal followed by entertainment!
Programme
2 Abba Sensation
3 The Sands Swing Spectacular
9 Buddy Holly featuring The Counterfeit Crickets
10 Snake Davis Band
11 The Sands Swing Spectacular
13 Complete Madness
14-18 Showzam - Variety by the Sea
19 The Sands Swing Spectacular
23 80's Gold Band
24 The Sands Swing Spectacular
25 Snake Davis & The Suspicions
Prepare to be indulged!
It is recommended that you pre-book your table to secure your place.
More... - Steps to Health Winter Walks - Marton Mere
The Walks starts and finishes at Marton Mere and is not suitable for wheelchair users.
Walk 1 is approximately 30 minutes is easy on uneven footpaths.
Walk 2 is approximately 60 minutes is moderate on uneven footpaths.
There is slight gradient on footpaths.
Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear.
More... - Steps to Health Winter Walks - Stanley Park (23/02/2012)
The Walks starts and finishes at Blackpool Sport Centre and is suitable for wheelchair users.
Walk 1 is approximately 30 minutes is easy on uneven footpaths.
Walk 2 is approximately 60 minutes is moderate on uneven footpaths.
There is slight gradient on footpaths.
Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear. More... - Overnight Ghost Tour of North Pier (24/02/2012)
Work began on the first of Blackpool's three piers, the North Pier, in 1862. It was opened on 21st May 1863, witnessed by around 20,000 visitors to the resort. A landing jetty was added to the main structure in 1864 and three years later the pier was extended further. Two pleasure steamers offered excursions to the Lake District, Isle of Man, Llandudno, Southport and Liverpool.
In 1874 the pier head was enlarged to accommodate the pavilion, a bandstand, restaurant and shops, and in 1875 and 1877 extended yet again with the installation of electric lighting. The Theatre was added in 1903, however it, along with the pavilion were destroyed. The current 1500 seat theatre, built on the site in 1939, survives only through the quick reactions of one of its entertainers. In 1985 singer Vince Hill noticed smoke when leaving the North Pier and, having raised the alarm, assisted in fighting the blaze.
Grade II listed, the North Pier is considered the most traditional of the three Blackpool piers, retaining much of its Victorian splendour and is devoted to the gentler pursuits of promenading and sun bathing rather than the brasher entertainment offered by its newer companions.
Explore with us the interior of North Pier Theatre to see what really goes on when the cast and audience leave, the lights switched off and the doors locked! Visit the haunted dressing room, learn of the Victorian lady, sit in the haunted seat in the theatre's auditorium and investigate the spooky storeroom.
More... - Russell Kane: Manscaping (26/02/2012)
More... - Great North West Half Marathon (26/02/2012)
23rd Running of this very popular event with 1500 runners from throughout the UK taking part.
More... - North West Regional Brass Band Championships (26/02/2012)
Regional Brass Band Championships to determine the qualifying bands for the finals of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain.
More... - Gaz Jenkins LOVE/LIFE (26/02/2012)
Following the success of Gaz Jenkins & Friends in November, Red 2 Theatre Company return to Lawrence House Studio with a special production for all the romantics out there.
This intimate show will feature performances from Gaz Jenkins, as well as Red 2 Theatre Company favourites Emma Norman and Charlotte Dalton. The trio will also be joined on stage by some new members to the company.
More... - Steps to Health Winter Walks - South Promenade (27/02/2012)
The Walks starts and finishes at Solaris, The Solarium Building and is suitable for wheelchair users.
Walk 1 is approximately 30 minutes is easy on good footpaths.
Walk 2 is approximately 60 minutes is moderate on good footpaths.
Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear. More... - Lancashire Catering and Hospitality Expo 2012 (29/02/2012 - 01/03/2012)
The Lancashire Catering and Hospitality Expo 2012 is heading for another good turn out with exhibitors and visitors alike. The event will take place this year in the new venue of the Norbreck Castle Hotel on Queens Promenade, Blackpool. With over 800 free parking spaces and two large ground floor exhibition halls the Norbreck is an ideal venue to hold such a large event.
As a visitor you will be able to find suppliers from all over the country showcasing their products and services. With just under 9000 visitors attending the event and over 200 exhibitors over the last two years, the Lancashire Catering and Hospitality Expo is growing from strength to strength. More... - Lancashire Young Student Chef of the Year 2012 (29/02/2012 - 01/03/2012)
Once again as part of the Lancashire Catering and Hospitality Expo, the Lancashire Young Student Chef of the Year will be held at the Norbreck Castle Hotel. With 12 students competing from colleges all over Lancashire for this title it will be a close run competition. The event is being sponsored by Major International supported by Lancashire Life and BBC Radio Lancashire.
This year the event will welcome the general public to view the competition and, along with over 20 local producers selling their products, it promises to be a great free day out. More... - Prince of Denmark (29/02/2012 - 02/03/2012)
In royal Elsinore, the teenage Hamlet, Ophelia and Laertes rage against the roles handed down by their parents. Set a decade before the action in Shakespeare's Hamlet, this thrilling new play, by Mike Lesslie, is a terrific first introduction to Shakespeare's anti-hero and part of the National Theatre's Connections new writing project which the Grand Youth Theatre Company (GYTC) is part of.
More... - Steps to Health Winter Walks - Carleton Lodge (29/02/2012)
The Walks starts and finishes at Bispham Community Centre and is suitable for wheelchair users.
Walk 1 is approximately 30 minutes is easy on good footpaths.
Walk 2 is approximately 60 minutes is challenging on good footpaths.
Footpath is uneven in some places.
Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear. More... - All the Single Ladies (01/03/2012 - 03/03/2012)
The course of true love never did run smooth. Three women, three stories, three lives and one problem. Lies, deceit, red faces, regrets, hangovers and revenge! Liz is a woman who calls the shots. Orla has waited so long for Mr Right she hasn't noticed her Prince has turned into a frog. Alison is just too young to have been left on her own. One has been married seven times. One would settle for being introduced to his friends; the other has just lost the love of her life. It seems these women have little in common but when was a woman all that she seems?
Leslie Ash won the hearts of a nation for her role as the beautiful girl next door Debs in the highly successful 90s sitcom Men Behaving Badly, rocketing her to stardom. She has since
appeared in the hit TV shows Merseybeat, Where The Heart Is and Holby City.
Brooke Kinsella made her TV debut at the age of 7 in the BBC series MUD, going on to national fame as Kelly in EastEnders. She has gone on to star in several plays and films with her debut novel due for publication this year. Brooke was made an MBE in 2011 for her work on knife crime.
A wonderful, feel good evening with a marathon punch!
More... - Rebecca Ferguson (03/03/2012)
Rebecca Ferguson will embark on a headline UK tour beginning in February 2012.
Rebecca's debut single 'Nothing's Real But Love' is released this Sunday, 20th November. She will perform on The X Factor on the same day.
The single is taken from Rebecca's extraordinary debut album 'Heaven', released through Sony Music on December 5th.
More... - Blackpool FC v Hull City FC (03/03/2012)
Blackpool FC play against Hull City FC at Bloomfield Road. Kick off 3.00 pm
More... - Stanley Park 10K Race (03/03/2012)
Flat traffic free, two lap course, running around the tracks and pathways of Stanley Park starting at 11am from the Stanley Park Running Track. 
More... - Beating Berlusconi (04/03/2012)
One actor, one city, forty characters - laughter and tears fresh from ecstatic reviews and a huge word-of-mouth following, Paul Duckworth and his forty characters return to The Grand in this hilarious, lump in your throat comedy. Beating Berlusconi is based on the now famous true story of a real Liverpool fan who ended up sitting next to Silvio Berlusconi at the Atatürk Stadium.
Some swearing - Parental Advisory, over 14's
More... - Red Riding Hood (07/03/2012 - 08/03/2012)
A young girl, a hungry wolf, and a walk through the woods - it sounds like a recipe for disaster, but Red Riding Hood's not scared… well maybe she's a little bit scared.
Horse + Bamboo present a gorgeously rendered re-telling of the classic girl-and-the-wolf tale.
Exquisite visuals blend with pantomime-style silliness and spooky moments to create an enchanting piece of theatre.
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