Would you like to visit the Blackpool for the festival of lights and while there enjoy other activities? Try out the Blackpool Winter Gardens and be an audience to the variety of Blackpool shows there? For the first timers, it could turn out to be a fun and interesting experience.
The Winter Gardens is the home of the Blackpool opera house and it is divided into different types of rooms with different features. The Empress Ballroom has a capacity of 1000 guests to 3000 guests under its vaulted ceilings and crystal chandeliers. Depending on the organization hosted, usage of the room is changing like concerts and banquets to political conventions.
The Empress Ballroom is connected to the Arena which is used for various functions. This room can occupy an additional 600 guests, or for more intimate ambiance like theatrical presentations or medium-sized meetings. Should it be required, a complete blackout can be done.
Blackpool Winter Gardens has a capacity of several hundred people up to thousands in some rooms depending on the activity such as a standing room is all needed. It hosts different kinds of events such as conventions symposiums, banquets every year in the Olympia, the Renaissance, the Baronial Hall and the Spanish Hall.
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 form the home to the UK’s largest dedicated theater namely - the Opera House Theater. The theater has a capacity of seating approximately 3000 people which includes box and balcony seats. Many famous people like Bob Hope, Judy Garland, and Frank Sinatra have hosted at this stage. Many West End productions have also played as Blackpool shows.
Throughout the year, the site is in use and the festival of lights is the time which is most popular with the tourists, you can yourself think about the variety of choices in entertainment that are possible to have within this single place.
If you were planning on attending Blackpool shows during the festival of lights celebration, there are other things you can do there as well. The Blackpool Opera House is a beautiful place to visit during your vacation and can enhance your whole experience. This stage has been host to many famous names. The Opera House is on the grounds of Blackpool Winter Gardens. There are so many possibilities for fun and entertainment to be found on this site at this time. The site is available throughout the year, however, it is especially full of information during the festival of lights.
- Carey Baird