Lightpool Festival

The award-winning Lightpool Festival will be back from Friday 18 October to Saturday 26 October 2024. Enjoy a spectacular programme of light-based art installations, live performances, 3D projection shows and family-friendly activities.

More information coming soon. View current working opportunities here.

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Light Art Trail

From October 18, Blackpool will become an artistic playground, where outdoor spaces and iconic buildings come alive with mesmerising light works.

Brace yourself for a visual extravaganza featuring electrifying world and UK premieres.

Live Performances and Events

Lightpool wouldn't be the same without its spectacular series of gripping live events.

Prepare to be amazed by an eclectic mix of art, dance, spoken poetry and more.

Carnival Magic

Tower Projections

Watch all the action unfold as a series of stunning, digitally mapped multi-media shows are projected onto the historic Blackpool Tower building. From dazzling patterns to whimsical animations, every corner becomes a canvas for pure magic.

Take your place on the iconic Comedy Carpet for the ultimate vantage point.

Lightpool Festival Opportunities

In this section, we have listed our current opportunites for creatives to submit ideas and work with us for our 2024 Festival.

Opportunities

Lightpool Festival 2024

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 Big Yellow Blobs and the Box that Buzzes Read More

“Big Yellow Blobs and the Box that Buzzes" is an interactive immersive artwork designed to transport viewers into an alternate, whimsical reality.

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 A Kind of Magic Read More

A Kind of Magic plays with the optical illusion for Lightpool Festival.

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 Somnius Read More

As part of Lightpool Festival, Somnius transcends the boundaries of waking life, elevating us to a state unbound and mutable.

18 Oct 2024 The Illuminated Ice Cream Cart Read More

Have you ever wanted to create your own utopia? A community from Grange Park, Blackpool have been exploring just that as part of Lightpool Festival.

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 Medusae Read More

Are you ready for a fun aquatic adventure? Our amazing interactive installation awaits you, featuring the most vibrant and mesmerising jellyfish you've ever see...

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 Tower & Golden Mile Light Show Read More

The Blackpool Tower is emblazoned with a glowing heart and 25,000 lights on the structure

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 The World in Your Hands Read More

The World In Your Hands is a surreal, playful exploration of the natural world and our place within it.

21 Oct 2024 Carnival Magic by Global Grooves Read More

An exhilarating menagerie of illuminated Carnival will return to the Tower Ballroom for an electrifying static showcase.

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19 Oct 2024 - 21 Oct 2024 Growth Read More

Hear local poet Nathan Parker’s words, as he teams up with visual artists to create a botanical light projection that grows up the wall behind Revoe’s Temporary...

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 Turning of Tides Read More

A stunning unique mural from The Butterfly Effected; a fantastic opportunity to showcase the creativity and spirit of Blackpool, collaborating with local young...

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 Aqualux Wall Read More

Aqualux is an eye-opening feature with an educational twist.

21 Oct 2024 Glow With The Flow Read More

Step into a world of vibrant colours and dazzling projections as Glow with the Flow comes to town!

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 Unity Read More

Through the interplay of dynamic LED lights and spatial exploration, this piece resolves as you move around or pass it, showing two dancers merging into one

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 Flux Extended Read More

Flux was commissioned by the Grand Est Region and created in 2021 as part of the Constellations Festival in Metz, France. Its mutant and modular form has made i...

07 Sep 2024 - 05 Jan 2025 Spiro Read More

A family friendly immersive walk-through sculptural tunnel of light experience

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 The Lightpool Eclipse Read More

The Lightpool Eclipse is an exploration of local creative expression, social connection and engagement with nature.

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 Blackpool Wings Read More

Selfie time! Strike a pose next to a giant illuminated pair or wings during Lightpool Festival

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 Pulse Read More

Guildhall Production Studio is excited to present "Pulse" as a feature installation for Lightpool Festival

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 Light Sphere Read More

The sculpture is a geodesic sphere measuring approximately 4m in diameter constructed from 240 blown stainless steel triangular forms.

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 The Green Man Read More

The Green Man is a new work produced by Blackpool-based community arts organisation Aunty Social for Lightpool Festival

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 Neuron Read More

This Light Art installation, titled "Neuron," draws inspiration from the fascinating world of neurons and brain connectivity.

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 Warren Street Read More

Warren Street is an animation for Lightpool Festival which brings the magic of the nature into unexpected places.

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 Lightpool Festival 2024 Read More

Blackpool's award-winning Lightpool Festival is returning this October half-term with extraordinary free entertainment. The programme, which will run from Oct...

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 Tiffany Lamp Read More

An original feature from the Tiffany Delights roadway section, one of the most expensive and magnificent roadway features designed by Graham Ogden

18 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 Supernova Read More

Like the aftermath of an enormous cosmic explosion, the Supernova and surrounding Nova sculptures will come to life at night in St Johns Square.