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Blackpool Pleasure Beach is giving guests the chance to experience the ultimate thrill night when the park holds its first ever club night in partnership with Ministry of Sound.  Ministry of Sound presents Titanium takes place on 10th October in the Pleasure Beach Arena. The first ever late night riding and dance event will allow […]

For the first time, The Dukes in partnership with Vintage by the Sea will be screening films in Morecambe’s Winter Gardens this September. The Lancaster cinema will be taking films on the road from September 1-5 as part of the popular seaside festival which celebrates all things vintage. The special cinematic event kicks off with […]

A fluffy little lion cub is the focus of the latest ‘fly on the wall’ video produced at Blackpool Zoo. Khari, who is just eight weeks old, was caught on camera after staff secretly placed a GoPro camera in a log in his sleeping quarters. The result was hours of stunning footage of him playing […]

WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre and Sir David Attenborough are inviting you to get outside this summer to count butterflies. The Big Butterfly Count runs till Sunday 9 August. You can pick up a spotter sheet at Martin Mere Wetland Centre so that you can tick off what you see, as it’s a great place […]

The Dukes has hit the Bullseye with its latest outdoor walkabout production. Thousands of people have already enjoyed Oliver Twist which runs until August 15 and one particular character has his own fan base – of the doggy variety. Bill Sikes’s dog, Bullseye, can’t go anywhere now without his canine fans bothering him for a […]

Allan Blackburn & wife, Gloria share a passion for antiques. After visiting hundreds of antiques centres in the UK and abroad, they decided they could do better! In August 1990, they opened GB Antiques Centre at Lancaster Leisure Park & that same year, the couple were featured on Granada’s Flying Start programme. Within 8 years […]

The Festival of Stories is a brand new family arts event taking place during Lytham Festival on Friday 7th to Sunday 9th August 2015 at Park View 4U. Featuring professional storytellers; staged and promenade theatre productions; ethereal aerial performances; enchanting puppet shows; sensory storytelling, dub poetry performances, published children and young adult author events, creative […]

Marketing Lancashire, the county’s destination management organisation, today began the search for this year’s Lancashire Tourism Award winners and announced that the county’s annual celebration of Lancashire’s £3.7billion visitor economy will be held in the magnificent Empress Ballroom at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens on Thursday 5 November 2015.  A drinks reception, sponsored by Visit Blackpool, will […]

A Burnley event will give anyone with an interest in design the chance to build a model Victorian mill town. The 'Become a Mill Town Extraordinaire' event will take place at Queen Street Mill Textile Museum at Harle Syke. Booking is essential and the event will run on Tuesday 11 August, Thursday 13 August, Tuesday […]

Top British bands Lawson and Toploader have been added to the line-up for VisitBlackpool’s 2015 Blackpool iFest Friday night switch-on event. The popular duo are added as special guest stars to a line-up headlined by superstar band, The Vamps. Lawson, whose debut album Chapman Square went platinum, have scored five top ten hits including “Juliet”, […]

Automobile aficionados are being given the chance to get hands-on with luxury Porsche models including the iconic 911 at a St Annes Hotel. The Dalmeny Resort Hotel will welcome Porsche Centre Bolton to its Atrium venue from Monday August 3 until Friday August 7. Guests and visitors can explore the model range and get a […]

The Emporium re-opened on Thursday 23rd July after a much anticipated refurbishment. The property had been closed for 11 days from Monday 13th July.  Standing in the heart of Clitheroe and arranged over three floors, it includes a café, wine bar, brasserie and home décor store. Part of the James' Places group it was the […]