Blackpool Pride 2026: line-up, tickets and times
Everything you need for Blackpool Pride's 20th birthday weekend, 5 to 7 June at the Tower Festival Headland. Friday 5 June, 6pm to 10pm A 90s vs 00s dance night…
News from May 2026
End of an era: Basil Newby sells Funny Girls
The biggest scene news of the year: Funny Girls has a new owner. Founder Basil Newby has retired and sold the Dickson Road drag cabaret to Kane Oliver, who comes from a…
Hot Girl Summer opens at Funny Girls
The first show under Funny Girls' new owners opened on Thursday 28 May: Hot Girl Summer, running until 6 September. It kicks off with a Gloria Estefan medley, then the…
Both Blackpool MPs pledge support for the trans community
A week before Pride, Blackpool's two MPs put out a joint statement backing the town's trans community. Chris Webb (Blackpool South) and Lorraine Beavers (Blackpool North…
Mr Blackpool comes home to the Grand Theatre
Harry Clayton-Wright's Mr Blackpool finished its spring tour where it belongs: a homecoming gala at the Blackpool Grand Theatre, with the run listed from 20 May. Think…
Blackpool Pride confirms its 20th anniversary line-up
Blackpool Pride is twenty this year, and the festival is going big to mark it. The full plans landed in mid-May: three days on the Tower Festival Headland from Friday 5…