BREAKING: Blackpool Illuminations switch-on event to return outdoors for first time since 2019
One of Blackpool's most popular annual events will finally move back outdoors for the first time in four years. The Blackpool Illuminations switch-on ceremony was forced to move inside, to Blackpool Tower Ballroom for the past three events, mainly due to Covid restrictions.
View gallery Last year's show featured performances from live acts and the UK's 2023 Eurovision entrant, Mae Muller. While TV designer Laurence Llewelyn Bowen had the honour of flicking the switch to turn the world-famous lights on, for an extended two-month run. The free family light show has been sparked into life for a longer period as a result of an increase of 18% in football on the seafront during November and December 2021. That was a 60% improvement on the pre-pandemic year of 2019, when the season ended in November.
Philip Welsh, head of tourism & communications for Blackpool Council, said: "The scale of investment in the resort’s tourism offer showed the commitment by resort partners to build on the momentum gained over the past two years when Blackpool showed one of the fastest post-pandemic recoveries in the UK.
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