Charity Partners Announced for Lytham Festival
10 April 2026
by Visit Blackpool
Five charities will benefit from the North West’s largest music festival this summer after being selected to be official partners.
TK Maxx presents Lytham Festival returns for five nights from Wednesday July 1 to Sunday July 5 with headliners Teddy Swims, Alanis Morissette, Michael Bublé, Pet Shop Boys and Pitbull.
Every year, Lytham Festival partners with a different charity for each night, with the selected organisations given the chance to have a team of fundraisers on site collecting monetary donations.
The charities selected for 2026 and the nights they will partner are:
The Coastal Collective Teddy Swims – July 1
Heartbeat Alanis Morissette – July 2
The Bobby Ball Foundation Michael Bublé – July 3
One Fylde Pet Shop Boys July 4
Brian House Children’s Hospice Pitbull – July 5
All five charities selected for 2026 are ones which make a big impact across Lancashire and Fylde coast communities and festival co-founder Peter Taylor said he is delighted to have them onboard.
He said: “These are five incredible charities which truly make a difference to our community. Inviting them to be a part of Lytham Festival means that not only can they raise crucial funds to support their work, but they can also promote all that they do to the tens of thousands of people heading to the festival this year.
“It’s never an easy task to choose our charity partners. We receive so many applications every year and the five we have selected for 2026 are ones we feel make a real impact to people living in Lytham and the wider Fylde coast community. We hope our audiences support them all.”
The opening night of Lytham Festival with headliner Teddy Swims sees The Coastal Collective as charity partner. The organisation supports children and families across Lytham and St Annes through emotional, educational and practical services delivered in collaboration with local schools and community organisations.
Lancashire’s Heartbeat North West Cardiac Care will be on site for the second night with Alanis Morissette. They provide specialist exercise and rehabilitation classes for people living with heart, lung and circulatory conditions. On the Fylde coast, they support residents through weekly classes in Lytham and St Annes.
For the Friday of Lytham Festival with headliner Michael Bublé, The Bobby Ball Foundation is the charity partner. Founded following the loss of beloved entertainer and charity champion Bobby Ball and set up by his wife Yvonne, family and close friends, the Foundation continues Bobby’s legacy of laughter, love, and giving back to his community of Lytham.
Community focused charity One Fylde will be collecting donations on the Saturday with headliners Pet Shop Boys. The charity provides person‑centred support, accommodation, activities and enterprise opportunities for adults and young people with learning disabilities and autism across Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde.
And the closing night with headliner Pitbull will see Brian House return to Lytham Festival as the only children's hospice on the Fylde. Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Brian House provides care to children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening illness.
The charities were selected following an application process. Last year over three nights, charity partners collectively received more than £16,000 and since the festival’s inception in 2010 they have gained more than £156,000 in donations.
And all five charities selected to be part of the 2026 festival are thrilled.
Suzanne Thomas, Coastal Collective lead, said: “We are delighted to be chosen as a charity partner for Lytham Festival 2026. We are incredibly grateful for this opportunity – not just as a celebration of our work, but as a celebration of the incredible community we are privileged to serve every day.”
Dr Sally Bridge (PhD), fundraising lead at Heartbeat NWCC, said: “Being selected as a partner means the world to us – it’s a recognition of the life-changing work we do every day for more than 1,000 people across the North-West.”
Meanwhile Yvonne Ball, president of The Bobby Ball Foundation, said: “The Bobby Ball Foundation is absolutely honoured to have been chosen as part of this year’s Lytham Festival. We’re incredibly grateful for the opportunity to continue Bobby’s legacy in such a special way in a place where he loved and he called home. Rock on!”
Josephine Cross, head of marketing and fundraising for One Fylde said: “Being supported by such a well‑loved local event means so much to the people we support and the wider One Fylde community. We are so proud to be part of something so special. Opportunities like this help us raise vital awareness, celebrate inclusion and show just how powerful local support can be in changing lives.”
Jo Fowler, community and corporate fundraising manager at Brian House Children’s Hospice, said: “To be part of such an iconic event in our 30th anniversary year feels incredibly special and we’re absolutely delighted to have been chosen as the charity partner for Pitbull’s night. We can’t wait to be on the Green meeting fans, celebrating this milestone, while helping us to be there for local children and families when they need us most.”
For more information about Lytham Festival go to lythamfestival.com