The White Hotel Unveils Blackpool Festival, THE BLACK LIGHTS, for 2026 | The Quietus

The White Hotel Unveils Blackpool Festival, THE BLACK LIGHTS, for 2026

The Caretaker, Factory Floor, Moin and more will play the three-day event next June

Manchester club The White Hotel is marking its 10th anniversary with a three-day festival, which will take place in Blackpool next summer.

The inaugural edition of THE BLACK LIGHTS will take in live sets from The Caretaker, Factory Floor, Moin, Joanna Robertson, Space Afrika, Blackhaine and Ceephax Acid Crew. Mica Levi will also play live alongside the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, while there will be DJ sets from Evian Christ, Mia Koden and DJ Flight, who will play back-to-back with Kode9.

“I went to Blackpool as a kid in the 90s,” The White Hotel’s manager Lucy Blackledge said. “I saw the Bee Gees turn the lights on. Now I want to turn them on myself.”

The festival will take place across various Blackpool venues, including Blackpool Tower Ballroom, Blackpool Opera House and Blackpool Pleasure Beach. More acts will be added to the lineup in the coming months.

THE BLACK LIGHTS will take place from June 26 to 28, 2026. Find more information here.

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