Something magical is happening at February Half-term! Blackpool’s Showzam! Festival is BACK! Make a date in your diary for an exciting blend of live performances, incredible illusions, and show-stopping variety!
Showzam! Festival 2025 – From 14-22 February
Enjoy cutting-edge street acts, mind-blowing tricks from world-class magicians, and fun-packed entertainment for all the family. Watch this space for more details!
Showzam! Festival over the years
On 29 January 2008, escapologist Danny Hunt helped to launch Blackpool’s first Showzam! Festival of magic, circus and new variety, by escaping from a water torture cell.
From 2009-2011 Carnesky’s Ghost Train was part of the Festival, indoors at Olympia in the Winter Gardens. Olympia was also where you could wonder at Mademoiselle Yvette the Headless Lady and Cleo the Girl in the Goldfish Bowl! Both supplied by preservationist Jon Marshall.
Yvette, The Headless Lady moves, breathes and lives! She’s kept alive by the miracles of modern medicine. The talented Dr Van Bergh attempts to recreate his original experiment by keeping a body alive without a head!
Then in 2018, the traditional Showzam! festival at February half-term was replaced by a programme of circus-themed activities across the whole year. It tied in nicely and reflected Blackpool’s new status as one of six Cities Of Circus in 2018.
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