Blackpool Dance Festival

The Festival began in 1920 in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, you can find out more by visiting our History section. 2008 sees the event in its 83rd year.

Covering a period of nine days this is by far the largest of all the five Blackpool Festivals.

The Festival covers Ballroom and Latin American dancing, incorporating the British Open Championships for Adult Amateur and Professional couples, plus Formation Teams. 2005 saw the introduction of two new events, the British Rising Star Amateur Ballroom and Latin Competitions.

The two Invitation events, the Professional Team Match on the Saturday and the Exhibition Competition on the Thursday evening, create a vast amount of interest and crowd appeal. 

There were 62 countries represented in 2007 and a total number of 1,829 couples entered the various events.