Now firmly established as one of the resort’s most anticipated autumn highlights, the festival draws thousands of visitors every year to experience its immersive atmosphere.
Running from October 15 to November 1, Lightpool transforms the town with a vibrant mix of light-based art installations, 3D projections and family-friendly entertainment across multiple indoor and outdoor venues.
It runs alongside the world-famous Blackpool Illuminations, which stretch for six miles along the Promenade and continue to sparkle until January 4, 2026.
Take a look below at some of the most eye-catching displays as this year’s festival bursts into life:
13. Lightpool Festival 2025. Synaptic Lights at St Johns Church.
St John’s Church will host Synaptic Lights by Lightspray Visual, a vivid, immersive installation using colour and motion to explore connections between nature and the mind. | National World
14. Lightpool Festival 2025. Medusae
Blackpool's 10th annual festival of light gets under way later promising 18 nights of "inspiration and creativity" and "breath-taking installations". | National World
15. Lightpool Festival 2025. Showtown Welcomes Chila
Experience this remarkable display of vibrant signature neon light artworks that collectively honour Burman’s rich Hindu-Punjabi heritage while drawing from Indian mythology. | National World
16. Lightpool Festival 2025. White Tiger.
The White Tiger was created to celebrate the launch of the critically-acclaimed film The White Tiger, which is based on the New York Times bestseller and 2008 Man Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. | National World
17. Lightpool Festival 2025. Aqualux Wall
A 16m by 3m creative lighting installation composed of 48 unfilled water containers, which typically hold 1,000 litres of water each, specially adapted to create a stunning eco-friendly lightshow feature to raise the importance of water. | National World
18. Lightpool Festival 2025. RGB
RGB is a series of three glowing human sculptures created entirely from recycled electronics and powered by solar energy. Each figure is lit from within by one of the three colours that make up every digital screen: red, green and blue. | National World