Christmas by the Sea Opening Event

It’s a most wonderful time of the year! Celebrate the festive season with Blackpool’s Christmas by the Sea Opening Event!

The grand opening of Christmas by the Sea takes place on Friday 20 November from 5.30pm.

Christmas by the Sea Opening Event

Watch this space for details of this years Christmas By the Sea opening event!

Enjoy a spectacular festive season, which includes a free skating rink at the heart of an exciting collection of themed family attractions, food and drink huts, snowfalls, projection shows and light installations.

Christmas by the Sea is now a firm favourite in Blackpool’s events programme. Featuring a free-to-use skating rink, festive light installations, themed log cabins with food, drink and gifts and magical snowfalls.

Plus a variety of themed children’s attractions. And exciting thrill rides – including a 100ft-long snow slide – and an aerial swing ride, the Star Flyer. This year also sees the return of the German Swing Grill and Snow Dome Waltzers. A Helter-Skelter slide and Ice Breaker thrill ride. New to the site this year is a Christmas themed Fun House, set over three floors. This new attraction features spinning barrels and discs, shuffle boards and special lighting effects.

Christmas By The Sea will be complemented by a full Illuminations display along the seafront until 3 January 4 2027.

The village will open every day between noon and 9pm until 4 January 2026 (barring Christmas Day).

ALL ABOUT THIS EVENT & CHRITSMAS BY THE SEA HERE

This event is not organised by Visit Fylde Coast but please mention you saw it here. Please contact the event organisers for more details. All information correct at time of publication