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Each year in conjunction with the Illuminations the Blackpool Festival of Light, a fusion of art and light events and installations, is staged. In 2007 the Festival started on 31 August with various lighting displays throughout the town with displays by artists and also Blackpool and The Fylde College. These included a mixed media display ...
The Blackpool Illuminations consist of a wide variety of light displays: lasers, neon, light bulbs, fibre optics, searchlights and floodlighting. There are set pieces made out of wood studded with light bulbs; the characters and objects portrayed seem to “move” by way of winking lights.
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The Blackpool Illuminations In 2009 with mermaids hanging each side of the lamp posts with decorative lights hanging in between them whilst the Blackpool Tower in the background is lit up gold . The Blackpool Illuminations is an annual lights festival with over one million light bulbs. Founded in 1879 and held each autumn from August until ...
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In addition to the competition fireworks, almost every day different types of fireworks (including day-time tower fireworks) are burned as part of the religious festivities. The fair also includes the "Burning of the Bulls", which is always held on 8 March in celebration of John of God, the patron saint of Tultepec's pyrotechnicians.
Blackpool retains a strong connection to northern soul with major weekender events still taking place in the town at both the Blackpool Tower and the Winter Gardens. [226] The town also remains a frequent destination for soul weekenders, which were popular during the jazz-funk era of the mid-1980s.
2008: Pendragon Fireworks; 2009: Phoenix Fireworks; 2010: Star Fireworks; 2011: MLE Pyrotechnics (second win) 2012: No winner declared due to bad weather. [3] 2013, Champion of Champions winner: Star Fireworks [6] (second win) 2014: Blitz Fireworks; 2015: Fantastic Fireworks (second win) 2016: Gala Fireworks; 2017: Selstar Fireworks (second win ...