Blackpool's New Year's Eve fireworks cancelled due to wind
The display has been cancelled due to a forecast of strong blustery winds across the seafront
Last updated 31st Dec 2021
Blackpool has been forced to cancel its family fireworks event later today because of a forecast of strong blustery winds across the seafront.
VisitBlackpool say that they have taken the decision based on safety advice from the company operating the planned fireworks display.
The event was due to take place at 5pm alongside the Christmas By The Sea village on the Tower Festival Headland.
A VisitBlackpool spokesperson said: “We are really disappointed that we can’t celebrate the start of a new year in the way we had hoped, but public safety has to come first.
““Unfortunately, as the fireworks were being fired from the beach, it isn’t possible to move the time of the display to later this evening because of tidal conditions.
“We have therefore taken the decision to cancel now to give people the earliest opportunity to plan their day.”
A spokesperson for the fireworks company, Titanium, added; “Very reluctantly we have had to advise Blackpool Council that we will be unable to fire the show due to gusting winds from an unfavourable direction.”
However, the world-famous Illuminations will be shining from 4pm each night as part of an extended season that ends on January 3.
This year’s Illuminations display includes Frost Fairies, a newly-created 3D light projection show on the front of the Blackpool Tower building.
Specially produced by video projection artists Illuminos, Frost Fairies is an enchanting children’s story of fairies, fireflies, precious jewels and ice palaces.
Additionally, the Christmas By The Sea village on the headland, which includes free skating rink, artificial snowfalls, light projection shows, light installations, the giant Star Flyer ride and log cabins serving food and drink, will still be open tonight.
Just a short walk away from the Christmas By The Sea village, visitors will find the Winter Gardens Wonderland with a fantastic range of indoor and outdoor Bavarian-style market stalls, funfair rides, virtual reality experiences, and entertainment suitable for all ages. In the adjacent St John’s Square, there is a spectacular 30ft Christmas tree.