Festival Information

Location: Lord Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire (Sat Nav: FY7 6SW)

Parking: There is free street parking along the promenade and in the streets leading up to the festival. Please make sure you have parked legally and are not obstructing access to driveways and dropped curbs.


Blue Badge parking: Custom House Lane (Sat Nav: FY7 6BY)

Festival Start time: 10am

Fancy dress: This year we’re celebrating 40 years of the festival beginning in 1985 with an 80s theme. Please feel free to come dressed up in your finest 80s gear. There will be a prize for best dressed adult, teen and child. The judging will take place at the Sound Stage at North Albert Street at 2:20pm. Please make your way there to be in with a chance to win!

Festival Control: Church Street. Please report lost children to festival staff here. You can collect festival wristbands from here to which you add your phone number and put them on your child/children. This will make it much easier to locate you in the event your child gets lost

First Aid: First Aiders will be present throughout the festival. Please inform a volunteer (in a yellow or red high viz jacket) if you need their assistance. If you are able to get there, a first aider will be stationed at Warrenhurst Community Centre, Festival Control at Church Street and Glazey Days (next to the North Euston Hotel) for the duration of the festival. There is a defibrillator located at Lord Street Post Office and The Kings Arms Pub on Lord Street. A full list of defibrillators in Fleetwood can be found here


Parade start time: 11am from Fisherman’s Walk. The parade will make it’s way along the length of Lord Street and North Albert Street finishing at The North Euston Hotel. If you would like to take part and carry some of our parade art please assemble at Warrenhurst Community Centre from 10:45am - the more the merrier!


Live band stage: Next to the North Euston Hotel, start time 11am. Full programme TBC.


Trams: Trams to and from Blackpool, Bispham and Cleveleys will arrive and depart from Fisherman’s Walk tram stop throughout the day. Please see the Getting Here page for full information about travelling to the festival by car and public transport


Family entertainment: Catch our acts throughout the day in every corner of the festival. View the full programme here.


Food & drink: Stalls available throughout the festival and local shops, cafes and restaurants are open


Public toilets: Preston Street and opposite the North Euston Hotel. Portaloos: Pharos Street and Church Street

Dogs: Well behaved dogs are welcome at the festival. Please keep them on a lead at all times and be mindful of people around you. Please bring adequate food and water with you and do not leave your animals unattended in vehicles

Vintage red double-decker bus parked on street
A vintage green and cream tram with the number 600 on the front, surrounded by people and a cloudy sky, in a busy urban setting.
Colorful amusement park train ride with red cars, colorful lights on top, and a stone church and trees in the background.
Front view of a yellow Chevrolet Camaro with black racing stripes displayed outside a toy store, with people walking by and cars parked nearby.
A bright orange vintage MG convertible with a cream-colored classic car parked beside it.