[WPGP gif_id="2429" width="600"] DEPART is a spectacular spellbinding show from internationally acclaimed Australian circus artists, Circa. Coming to Blackpool's Stanley Park, 1st-4th June 2017. Blackpool is the final destination in…
Returning for another series of FREE, creative workshops, Fleetwood?s beautiful Mount Pavilion is set to host an exciting array of free Halloween themed activities for families throughout this autumn.
The Academy is an intensive course in professional creative practice ? designed to support the needs of local makers, artists and generally creative folk, by giving you the fundamental building blocks upon which to build a solid professional future.
Come and celebrate the launch of Discarded Things with us this September. Discarded Things is a creative response to the worrying statistic that ?by 2050 there will be more plastic…
We are keen to find people willing to volunteer their time to be ?Front of House? volunteers as part of ABSENT.
The Mount Pavilion is set to host another great selection of free holiday creative activities for children and families this summer courtesy of LeftCoast. The programme has been specially created…
Are you aged 13+* enjoy DJing, music production and recording? Come and join us.
Meet 'Miss Inform', hostess and guide for the most extraordinary tour of South Beach Blackpool you can imagine. Part of a programme of arts activity commissioned by community neighbourhood groups…
If you are interested in volunteering opportunities then join us for a Mount Tea Party on Thursday 7th July, 2pm-5pm at the Mount Pavilion, Fleetwood. Due to the success of…
CARVE YOUR OWN STONE PANELS WITH ARTIST ANTHONY LYSYCIA 20 JUNE?15 JULY 2016
Invisiable Flock and Rossall Beach Beach Residents & Community Group bring you Discarded Things.
Take a journey through the hidden spaces of Blackpool?s iconic Winter Gardens to explore the bygone splendour of its glorious past before it is redeveloped by a modern property company.
FREE, fun and creative activities return to the Mount Pavilion in Fleetwood. This beautiful building hosts a week of wonderment during May Spring Bank Holiday, starting on Saturday 28th May.
Here they come, they're back in town, it's the greatest show around! Be centre stage at Showzam! 2016 by volunteering with LeftCoast. We are looking for volunteers aged 16+ to…
Blue-painted men and a fire-breathing dog are heading to Blackpool for Showzam! ? the resort?s annual festival of circus and performance.
Do you have what it takes to be a cutting edge cabaret star? Would you like the chance to develop your act with professionals and perform live in the UK?s…
The Blackpool arts scene is coming together with six exhibitions and creative shops to delight late night shoppers on Thursday 10 December. Blott Artist Studios (South King St) are opening…
Fleetwood?s beautiful Mount Pavilion is set to host an exciting array of free arts and creative activities for families throughout half term.
Artists and communities are coming together this October for a celebration of all things food in the splendour of the Pavilion Theatre in Blackpool Winter Gardens. Banquet, which runs over…
Blackpool?s famous Winter Gardens Pavilion is set to play host to a special meal with a difference on Saturday 24 October. Dishing the Dirt is a performance meal created by…
Artists and communities are coming together this October for a celebration of all things food in the splendour of the Pavilion Theatre in Blackpool Winter Gardens. Banquet, which runs over…
LeftCoast are launching a new programme of small scale theatre performances in unusual spaces across Blackpool and Wyre kicking off with a gripping play set in Blackpool.
LeftCoast are pleased to announce a small initial opportunity for Blackpool & Wyre based artists to have their work featured in the early stages of the ?Art Bed & Breakfast?…
LeftCoast have today unveiled their programme of amazing art activities taking place across Blackpool and Wyre during the rest of 2015. From jaw-dropping spectaculars that you?ll remember forever to intimate…
LeftCoast is continuing to develop its pop up programme of arts activity at the Mount Pavilion in Fleetwood and boy have we got a bumper summer in store for you.…
LeftCoast, Wyre Council and Fleetwood Festival of Transport have teamed up for the second year running to bring the SpareParts Arts Festival to town on the ever popular Tram Sunday…
Budding young photographers are invited to take part in a series of workshops and be commissioned to photograph the SpareParts Arts Programme at Fleetwood Festival of Transport. Up to eight…
Visitors to Fleetwood Festival of Transport who are arriving by tram are getting the chance to have a welcome with a difference from artist Lowri Evans as part of the…
Ahead of the ever popular Fleetwood Festival of Transport, The Mount Pavilion is set to become home to artist Jon Large from Manchester as he creates an exciting and original new float to take part in the SpareParts arts parade.
Extraordinary Bodies are a professional integrated circus company made up of performers of every age and every type of body. ?The company made a show for the opening of the…
Extraordinary Bodies?are a professional integrated circus company made up of performers of every age and every type of body. ?The company made a show for the opening of the 2012…
LeftCoast and Blackpool Coastal Housing have teamed up to bring you a series of fun and FREE Urban Gardening Workshops on Mereside. Got an itch to get green fingered or…
People, Place & Conversation Wyre Council in partnership with LeftCoast are offering five artist residencies for Wyre based contemporary artists. The residencies offer a unique opportunity for artists to develop…
Grundy Art Gallery and Abingdon studios are pleased to announce a new programme of drawing workshops for artists at all stages of their career. The fortnightly sessions will explore traditional…
The Cultural Connector Co-ordinator will be an innovative key role in the organisation working across engagement and marketing teams to ensure that communities in Blackpool and Wyre are informed about…
Fleetwood Festival of Transport is just around the corner and, for the second year running, LeftCoast is adding its very own arts flavour to proceeding with the SpareParts Arts Festival…
LeftCoast?s free Saturday afternoon workshops at The Mount Pavilion in Fleetwood are back from Saturday 25 April for a six week programme, and this time there?s a science/arts mash-up in…
Future Popular is LeftCoast?s small commissions programme open to artists/arts organisations based in Blackpool and Wyre. LeftCoast is looking for dynamic, innovative and sustainable proposals from Blackpool and Wyre based…
LeftCoast Express is a self-directed learning programme for artists, creative producers, curators and programmers living in Blackpool and Wyre aimed at developing their leadership skills in the arts. There is…
An innovative new programme of talent development, commissions and learning opportunities are going live for Blackpool and Wyre based artists in an effort to help further develop the thriving arts…
Saturday 18 April will see the iconic Mount Pavilion transformed into a unique Fleetwood inspired installation created from the town?s past, present and future, and marking the end of resident…
The Art, Bed and Breakfast is a project to transform one of Blackpool?s existing 4000 traditional Bed and Breakfast hotels into a contemporary art and social space, in a familiar…
Banquet is a new participatory project from LeftCoast. Banquet will be a collaborative event, celebrating all the positive aspects of food and the sense of community that it can bring.…
Blackpool?s newest dedicated arts studio and project space will be opening its doors for a late night launch by artist Michael Ridge on Thursday 9 April. ?Knit, Loop & Grate?…
We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Music Programmer to deliver a high quality music programme at Marine Hall, Fleetwood. The programme will include performances, skills development, networking and…
LeftCoast is the Creative People and Places programme (*) for Blackpool and Wyre. It is governed by a consortium of five partners led by Blackpool Coastal Housing.? It is currently…
As part of our projects on Grange Park and Mereside we?re creating a group for each area who will be involved in decision making about which artists and projects come…
Fleetwood Festival of Transport (also popularly known as ?Tram Sunday?) is an enormously popular annual one day event which attracts 60,000 + visitors to the coastal town of Fleetwood on…
Are you passionate about helping develop the arts and cultural landscape in Blackpool and Wyre? We are looking for exceptional Creative Producers and Production Managers to help us develop and…
Crocus Launch: DATE CHANGE: Sunday 29 March 12-3pm Little Marton Windmill, Blackpool, FY4 4XQ Last October hundereds of people?came together at Little Marton Mill in Mereside to be a part…
We are very pleased to announce the second artist in residence for the Mount Pavilion to be theatre maker Liz Postlethwaite. Liz is based in Manchester and alongside her work…
Last week Squash Nutrition created a Disco Soup event as part of LeftCoast?s Growing People project.? This is an international movement which champions using food waste to create a nutritious…
Blackpool was transformed into ?Circus Town? for five days of the very best of international circus and street performance. Over twenty five thousand people saw performers from eleven countries taking…
Seven bird and three bat boxes were installed in Memorial Park on Saturday following LeftCoast and Wyre Council?s competition to design the perfect home for one of our winged friends.…
Blackpool's Annual Festival of Circus and Performance is set to return for its eigth year from the 14-18 February. Showzam! 2015 brings together some of the best international circus and…
LeftCoast are seeking a photographer and film maker to document the festival and gather promotional images which can be used in future years and to promote Blackpool and Showzam! The…
LeftCoast are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic freelance project manager to work on our two new art spaces - Art, Bed & Breakfast (AB&B) and Abingdon Studios. The successful applicant…
Children and young people are invited to get prepared for performance as part of LeftCoast?s free programme of artistic activities every Saturday at The Mount Pavilion in Fleetwood. The new…
LeftCoast has unveiled its programme of ?Golden Section? creative conversations for the first half of 2015 welcoming seven world class arts professionals to the coast to share their experiences and…
High energy Columbian circus company Circolombia are set to bring their unique style all the way from South America to Blackpool Tower Circus for Showzam! 2015. Billed as ?circus like…
This brief is to invite an artist to apply for the second artist in residency commission for the Mount Pavilion, to take place in March 2015. The residency is 12…
Abingdon Studios is a creative initiative from LeftCoast, Blackpool Council Economic Development Division, Blackpool Council Arts Service and Grundy Art Gallery to provide new and affordable studio space in the…
LeftCoast has been successful in its bid to the Clore Prize Fund and has been awarded a major prize to further the cultural shift taking place in Blackpool. As part…
LeftCoast (*) are working in partnership with the Grundy Art Gallery to develop a new audience development and marketing plan for this iconic contemporary art gallery. Following the creation of…
The magic of the circus is set to play a starring role in the Blackpool?s annual Showzam! festival 2015. This year?s festival will see LeftCoast working in partnership with VisitBlackpool…
LeftCoast in partnership with Avant Gardening and artist Rebecca Chesney are set to create a giant living artwork in the green space around Little Marton Windmill this month and you…
LeftCoast in partnership with Visit Blackpool are developing an exciting programme of contemporary circus activity and outdoor street arts for the already established Showzam Festival for 2015 and beyond. Showzam's…
LeftCoast and Wyre Council are inviting the public to come up with an amazing design for a bird or bat box and enter it in a competition to have it…
LeftCoast in partnership with outdoor theatre consortium Without Walls ATN is delighted to be bring outdoor theatre spectacle As the World Tipped to Blackpool Cricket Club this September. As part…
As part of our programme in Wyre we?re bringing you fantastic, fun and free workshops every Saturday in the iconic space that is The Mount Pavilion in Fleetwood. Every Saturday…
Blackpool Council and LeftCoast are seeking an artist and writer to produce work for the Save Our Stories project. ?Save Our Stories? Mobile Story Collecting Craft ? ? ?? A…
This month for LeftCoast's Golden Section we'll be welcoming Pete Higgin, Enrichment Director, from internationally acclaimed immersive theatre company Punchdrunk. Since 2000, Punchdrunk has pioneered a game changing form of…
Blackpool promenade is set for a world first on 20 September when pooches and their owners take to the runway for an Illuminated Canine Fashion Show with a difference ?…
Click here to book your FREE tickets now through the Grand Theatre Box Office.?(Please note: tickets for Saturday 27 are now sold out) Click here to download the advance event…
LeftCoast is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated person or organisation to provide a high quality outreach service during Autumn 2014. You?ll need to have a strong knowledge of the local…
This year as part of VisitBlackpool?s Ride the Lights on Tuesday 26 August, LeftCoast is giving you and your bike the chance to take part in a game in which…
The Grand Theatre Blackpool and LeftCoast want to attract new?audiences to the threatre, particularly those who live on the?Fylde Coast. As part of an exciting new partnership between?LeftCoast and the…
Developed in conjunction with Fleetwood?s world famous festival of transport (Tram Sunday), SpareParts?was designed to capture the imagination and engage new audiences in this already well-established event. Bringing an artistic…
This summer and ahead of the world famous Blackpool Illuminations, LeftCoast and Blackpool Council Illuminations Team are inviting residents to light up their two wheeled and four legged friends with…
Combining dramatic film and visuals with breath-taking aerial?performance, As The World Tipped confronts one of the most?pressing issues for the planet with spectacle, humour and?emotion. At the Secretariat of the…
The week after the BBC?s Strictly heat is broadcast to 10.5?million people from Blackpool Tower Ballroom, the world?famous dance floor returns to the relaxed refinement of the?afternoon tea dance as…
As part of our programme in Wyre we?re bringing?you fantastic, fun and free events in the iconic?space that is The Mount Pavilion at Fleetwood.?Over the summer we?re thrilled to be…
Future Popular is LeftCoast?s open commissions scheme for?developing new work that makes a difference. LeftCoast is?inviting artists from Blackpool and Wyre to help us find new?audiences by creating projects that…
Growing People is LeftCoast?s large scale creativity and growing?programme designed to get local communities thinking?differently about their green spaces while working with artists?to explore all that growing, cooking and eating…
LeftCoast is looking to acquire one of Blackpool?s 4000 bed and?breakfasts to be refurbished as a fully functioning hotel with?artist designed rooms, space for talks and small scale?performances. Art Bed…
Abingdon St. Studios is a brand new initiative to develop much?needed artists? studios in the middle of Blackpool. LeftCoast wants to supporting existing artists and attract new?ones to live and…
PromenArt is an exciting new pop-up theatre for young people aged 13+, funded by LeftCoast and taking place at?The Oracle?Blackpool, Monday 28 July-Sunday 3 August. Performance times and locations are…
Save Our Stories (S.O.S) is a new storytelling and creative writing adventure for Blackpool and Wyre. Inspired by Dave Eggers? internationally successful story centre in San Francisco, the aim is…