See Blackpool Shows on Holiday
Planning on a holiday at Blackpool? Looking forward to the festival of lights and looking for more to do during your visit? Consider visiting Blackpool Winter Gardens and enjoying one of its myriad events and attractions. You'll find it to be very entertaining
The Blackpool Opera House is located at the Winter Gardens. It is divided into many rooms that can be used for a range of events. The Empress Ballroom has a capacity of up to 3000 people and has vaulted ceilings hung with crystal chandeliers. The room is multipurpose and has held every kind of event from concerts and large dinners to political conventions.
The Empress Ballroom is linked to the Arena, another room of many uses. It can provide additional space for up to 600 or a much more intimate feel for theatrical presentations or up to medium-sized meetings. The room is even capable of complete blackout should that be required.
Each year in the Olympia, Blackpool Winter Gardens also hold symposiums, many conventions, and banquets, the Baronial Hall, the Renaissance, and the Spanish Hall, each having several hundred people according to the event, and also till thousands in some rooms if standing room is what that is required.
With access to the Olympia, the Horseshoe is a spacious exhibition area. In the center of the Horseshoe is the Pavilion Theater. A dedicated theater, seating only as many as 600 people, it provides an intimate venue for viewing Blackpool shows. And is an interesting place to host business meetings, within its ornate elegance.
The Gardens also homes the UK's largest dedicated theater, the Opera House and has a capacity of almost 3000 people including box and balcony seats. The stage has hosted world famous celebrities like Bob Hope, Judy Garland, and Frank Sinatra, and several West End productions played again as Blackpool shows.
Being that the site is in use year round, and the festival of lights is the most popular time for tourists to visit, you can just imagine the wide variety of entertainment choices it's possible to have within even just this one place.
If you are planning on vacationing in Blackpool during the festival of lights celebration, there are other things you can do there. The Blackpool Winter Gardens are a beautiful place to visit during your vacation. The Winger Gardens, a residence to the Blackpool opera house, is divided into various rooms for multipurpose activities. With access to the Olympia, the Horseshoe is a spacious exhibition area. In the center of the Horseshoe is the Pavilion Theater. A dedicated theater, it provides an intimate venue for viewing Blackpool shows. There are so many possibilities for fun and entertainment to be found on this site.
Published May 13th, 2008
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