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Showzam! is coming to Blackpool

Blackpool is the most magical place to be this half-term!

There is magic in the air this February half term as Showzam! arrives in Blackpool. A festival of circus, magic, live entertainment and fun for all the family.

Showtown are excited to be involved in this year’s events, taking place between Friday 14 and Saturday 22 February in what is set to be a free show-stopping festival of performances,

enchanting entertainment, dazzling street shows, and incredible illusions.

The curtain will be pulled back on Friday 14 February when Britain’s Got Talent finalist, and multi-award winning magician, Cillian O’Connor, will perform his eye-catching magical performance on Blackpool’s Comdey Carpet.

The magic doesn’t stop there either, on Monday 17 February, record-breaking and world-renowned escapologist Andrew Basso will be delivering a death-defying live performance on the Comedy Carpet as he attempts to escape from a water tank whilst restrained and upside down! Andrew has been described as the natural successor to Harry Houdini.

It’s an event not to be missed!

At Showtown there is a list of unmissable events throughout half term to enjoy; including Showtime with Britain’s Got Talent finalist, Steve Hewlett and more about the history of magic in Blackpool from TV trickster, Paul Zenon.

Tricky Business will be a talk presented by Paul Zenon, in conversation with tale-teller Leslie Melville and escapologist Karl Bartoni and will celebrate the heritage of many local joke shop emporiums and the characters behind the curtain. Monkey Business will explore the amazing, strange but true story behind the weird novelties advertised in the back of vintage comics and as sold in Blackpool trick shops.

The return of Showzam! is being supported by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, and proudly delivered by the Blackpool Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID), and the team behind the 8 day extravaganza have plenty of tricks up their sleeves to ensure it’s bigger and better than ever before!

For more information on Showzam! and its events programme, please visit www.visitblackpool.com/showzam