Find out What’s On in Wyre, with great family friendly entertainment from Wyre Council. Things to do in Fleetwood, Poulton, Garstang, and more.

Spot on Festival | Poulton 14-16 June

Poulton-le-Fylde will be filled with a weekend of arts and culture this June as a theatre, music, and dance festival comes to the town!

Spot On Festival is a jam-packed weekend of live performances across Poulton Town Centre from Friday 14 to Sunday 16 June. You can buy tickets to see theatre, music, dance and shows for families across the weekend, hosted by Poulton Community Hall, the medieval Parish Church and the Library.

Between shows, Spot On Festival will showcase local talent with community groups singing, dancing and performing on the marketplace Festival Stage. On the Saturday it will be compered by Coastal Radio’s Scott Gallagher. Around and about, you’ll meet street performers, shop at stalls provided by some of the best artisan makers in the North West and enjoy refreshments from a host of cafes, bars and delicious food sellers in town.

The programme includes artists from all over the UK and across the globe (Norway, China, and Canada), designed to attract new visitors to Poulton-le-Fylde from miles around. It will also encourage locals and visitors to enjoy spending time in the town and create great memories for themselves, family, and friends.

The programme has something for everyone, from feel good family shows to big band music. Whatever your tastes, you’ll find something to take your interest!

Locally Run

Spot On, run by Culturapedia, is Lancashire’s rural and library-touring theatre network. It hosts high-quality professional arts events in local venues. With over 40 volunteer community promoters, Spot On wants to give everyone the chance of a good night out on their doorstep. With more than 50 shows a year, but this is the first time they’ve held a festival of this scale over a weekend.

Food and drink is an essential part of the festival. Culturapedia is calling out for traders, bar, cafe and restaurant owners to come forward with ideas about how to incorporate their offer into the festival planning. You might want to offer a special deal over the weekend to entice the crowds into your cafe/shop/bar. Be creative – programme your own musician or band over the weekend, and add it to the programme. Traders taking part, either with special offers or extra entertainment programming, will be offered reciprocal marketing on social media platforms. Anyone interested can talk to the
team at the Community Hall or contact Culturapedia on 01254 674777 or email hello@spotonlancashire.co.uk.

Poulton-le-Fylde Community Hall, Culturapedia and Wyre Council are hosting the Spot On Festival: Poulton-le-Fylde with support from Wyre Council and Arts Council England. Visit the Spot On Lancashire Festival website for the full programme at www.spotonlancashire.co.uk.

Wanderland | Poulton 27 July

Wander your way to Wanderland, Wyre’s exciting new family festival coming to Poulton this summer!

There’s three individually themed fun-filled entertainment zones to explore in this extravaganza of entertainment on Saturday 27 July from 11am – 5pm at Cottam Hall Playing Fields. Interactive workshops to take part in, and a huge main stage with live music and performances from family favourite stars and even more! Everything inside the festival is included in your ticket price except food and drink.

Wanderland is a fun-filled festival day for the family. Celebrate Hey Duggee’s 10th Birthday and dance along to your favourite songs from the smash hit TV series at intervals throughout the day. Enjoy a live stage performance from Mr Bloom, CBeebies favourite gardener. Join in with the fantastic live karaoke party with Massaoke – as seen at Glastonbury!

Discover the wonders of Wyldwood, Dreamfields and the Fun Field for even more fun! With walkabout acts, accessible activities, selfie stations, rides, games, and free gifts to create and take home. Meet mermaids and enjoy giant inflatables. Get up close and personal with snakes, spiders and snails at the creepy crawlies roadshow. Transform into a butterfly, a pirate, a tiger, or anything you can dream of with our free face painting!

Show us your skills at Fleetwood Town FC’s penalty shootout. Meet the Wyre Rangers and make your very own bird box or bug hotel to take home. Have a blast on the smoothie bike and make your own tasty treat! Master new fun skills like juggling or plate spinning at the Circus Skills workshop. Bounce and play on massive inflatables! Jump into the bouncy castle and speed down the bouncy slide. Find all this and more as you wander your way through Wanderland! There’s giant games to play and so much more!

Festival without the Fuss!

Wanderland is the perfect festival experience without the fuss… There’s food and drinks available and a bar for the adults too.

General tickets cost just £10 each and under 2’s go free – get yours at www.wyre.gov.uk/wanderland. Provide proof of disability to get a free ticket for a carer or essential companion. If you require an essential companion to accompany you to the event, please email wanderland@wyre.gov.uk

The car parks at Wyre Council Civic Centre and at Blackpool Sixth Form college will be open and free to use on the day of the event. The 20-minute walk will be signposted. It’s a residential area with very limited, reserved accessible parking. To request a pre-booked parking space on site, contact us at wanderland@wyre.gov.uk with proof of blue badge. Please use public transport to access the festival.

Presented by Wyre Council, Wanderland promises to be a fun filled day for the whole family to enjoy on Saturday 27 July at Cottam Hall Playing Fields, Blackpool Old Road, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7RH.