The 2012 will take place on Friday 31 August,  and will move from its current location in Central car park to its new home, The Tower Festival Headland.   This new space is able to hold a crowd of around 20,000 with one of the key advantages being that once the famous switch is flicked the audience will see the whole promenade come to light!

2012 marks the Centenary of the Illuminations in their current form and the Marketing Blackpool team in partnership with the Council’s Arts and Cultural team and Illuminations department are looking at a number of ways to develop the spectacle but bring in the necessary funding to make this happen.

If you missed the 2011 Switch On, click here to find out what you missed.

Details on how to buy tickets to the Switch On event will be announced shortly and to be one of the first to hear about it, please complete details below.

Given that the new space can accommodate up to 20,000 people and to ensure residents don’t miss out 3,000 free wristbands will be allocated to FY postcodes within the Blackpool boundary in a lottery type situation.  Please click here to register your interest.