See Blackpool Shows on Holiday
If you were planning on vacationing in Blackpool during the festival of lights celebration, there are other things you can do there as well. The Blackpool Winter Gardens is a beautiful place to visit during your vacation and can enhance your whole experience.
The Winger Gardens that is a residence to the Blackpool opera house is divided into various rooms for multipurpose activities. From hosting a variety of functions like concerts and banquets to political conventions, the Empress Ballroom with its vaulted ceilings and crystal chandeliers can serve from 1000 to 3000 guests.
The Empress Ballroom has an access to the Arena which is another room with different uses. It can offer extra space for up to 600 guests and provide a warmer feeling for theatrical presentations or up to mid-sized meetings. The room is also able to offer complete blackout when necessary.
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.
The Horseshoe is a large exhibition space close to Olympia that houses the Pavilion Theater. The Pavilion theater contains seats for as many as 600 people, allowing for a very intimate experience when attending Blackpool performances. The luxurious ambiance also makes the space an interesting venue for various business meetings.
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.
Being that the site is in use year round, and the festival of lights is the most popular time for tourists to visit, you can just imagine the wide variety of entertainment choices it's possible to have within even just this one place.
If you are planning on vacationing in Blackpool during the festival of lights celebration, there are other things you can do there. The Blackpool Winter Gardens are a beautiful place to visit during your vacation. The Winger Gardens, a residence to the Blackpool opera house, is divided into various rooms for multipurpose activities. 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, it provides an intimate venue for viewing Blackpool shows. There are so many possibilities for fun and entertainment to be found on this site.
Published May 13th, 2008
Filed in Entertainment, Recreation