The annual lights display will be turned on next month
It's the main event in Blackpool's events calendar and resort bosses have now confirmed who will be doing this year's big Illuminations switch-on.
They will be joined by around 100 dancers, musicians and street performers as they make their way to the Tower Festival Headland for a free family party including live music and entertainment leading up to the special moment when Sophie will switch on the famous lights.The parade will be followed by a specially-commissioned sound and light show on The Blackpool Tower that will be synchronised with LED wristbands to be given out to spectators, and then topped off with a fireworks finale.
Councillor Lynn Williams, leader of Blackpool Council, said: “We are thrilled to announce Sophie Ellis-Bextor as this year’s switch-on star. In 2020, her phenomenally successful Kitchen Discos, performed at home during lockdown with her five sons, recorded by her husband, musician Richard Jones, and shared on Instagram, were watched and enjoyed by 40 million people around the world.
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