Overview

• Murs delivered a one-hour performance before triggering the Switch-On at Blackpool’s Tower Festival Headland.
• Supporting sets came from Louisa Johnson, Toploader and local talent, with Upbeat Rock Academy opening the show.
• Organisers issued 24,000 complimentary tickets but enforced first-come entry, advised arrival by 20:15 and provided a live screening zone on the promenade at Central Pier.
• This season debuts Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s fire-breathing ‘Guardians of the North’ and Robert E. Fuller’s ‘Wild Light’, alongside an updated Blackpool Tower projection.
• The Illuminations now operate nightly along roughly six miles of seafront into early January 2026, an annual draw the council leader hails as the town’s most important night.