Over the course of the whole festival, more than one million lamps of different shapes and sizes will play their part in the illuminations. Over 400,000 lamps and 74 miles of cables and wires are used for the six mile long promenade illuminative display. The Blackpool Illuminations run for sixty-six days from the end of August/ early September to November each year. The only times that the Blackpool Illuminations have ever been cancelled were during the First and Second World Wars. This has since become a regular event which takes place every year at the same time. Over 10,000 bulbs were used in the show and the visitors were so impressed they persuaded the council to have a light display again the following year. To celebrate the opening of the section, a display of lights was used to decorate the long promenade. The next significant event was in 1912 when Princess Louise arrived to open the new section of the promenade. In 1879 at least 70,000 visitors flocked to Blackpool’s promenade to witness the ‘switching on’ of the UK’s first electric streetlights (eight arc lamps). Blackpool Illuminations is a festival which takes place each year during the autumn months, lighting up the town and dark skies with an array of magical colours and displays.
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