SAVE THE DATE – 14TH – 18TH FEBRUARY SHOWZAM!
20 January 2015
by Visit Blackpool
Showzam! returns for its eighth year on February 14 with almost 20 different shows and acts set to perform across the holiday resort during the February half-term holiday.
In all there will be more than 70 entertainers taking to the streets of Blackpool, performing in venues and entertaining crowds in the Winter Gardens Showzam! Central during the five-day festival.
A spectacular array of shows will take place at the famous Blackpool Tower Circus and iconic Winter Gardens, as well as in and around the streets of the town. There is also the hugely popular Carnival Ball which will be held in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom Saturday 14 February.
Festival-goers will be entertained by day with a variety of acts performing at Showzam! Central in the Winter Gardens and in the form of street theatre throughout Blackpool town centre. In the evening audiences will be entertained by Canadian madmen and brothers of bodily abuse, Monsters of Schlock, performing amazing feats and mind-blowing stunts. There is also the delights and hilarity of cabaret queen Abigail Collins, with song, dance, hula hoops, magic and her favourite cocktails (served on her head) making this a hilarious, off-the-wall, one-woman roller-coaster of a show.There will also be a range of free workshops and heritage tours taking place for all the family.
Michael Trainor is Artistic Director at LeftCoast – the organisation commissioned to programme this year’s festival – and he said Showzam! 2015 promises to be a fun-packed event for all the family.
Michael said: “We’re really looking forward to a fantastic Showzam! for 2015 and have really concentrated our efforts on ensuring our programme is aimed primarily at children and young people but it will also entertain adults alike.
“This year Showzam! is all about Circus. This is reflected in the wide variety of acts performing throughout the festival and I am thrilled we have been able to attract such high calibre acts from around the world.
“So, save the date, Showzam! is a great festival for Blackpool and really kicks off the new year ahead of all the other fantastic events that will take place over the course of the year.”
Cllr Graham Cain, Blackpool Council’s cabinet member for tourism and leisure, added: “Blackpool’s Showzam! festival is always one of the highlights of the year and is building up to be truly fantastic this year. With its exciting and dynamic circus theme, it’s well worth putting the time aside in your calendar.”
To find out more about Showzam! 2015 go to www.showzam.co.uk