The Festival began in 1920 in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, you can find out more by visiting our History section.
Covering a period of nine days this is by far the largest of all the five Blackpool Festivals. The Festival covers Ballroom and Latin American dancing, incorporating the British Open Championships for Adult Amateur and Professional couples, plus Formation Teams. 2005 saw the introduction of two new events, the British Rising Star Amateur Ballroom and Latin Competitions.
Three Invitation events took place this year, the Professional Team Match on the Saturday, the Exhibition Competition and the American Smooth showdance on the Thursday evening, created a vast amount of interest and crowd appeal. 2015 was the event’s 90th year and there were 60 countries represented. A total number of 2,903 entries in the 12 events, 2 Ballroom Formation Teams and 10 Latin Formation Teams.