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Kieran Isgin

How to watch Blackpool Illuminations in 2021

The famous Blackpool Illuminations will be lit up once again on Friday.

If you can't get there in person, there is another way to see the event live.

The switch-on will feature a live concert, with some well-known UK artists.

It will be live-streamed, starting at 8pm.

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The concert will feature internet superstar KSI and indie band The Wombats, who will perform in the world-famous Blackpool Tower.

KSI will join the stage with special guests Digital Farm Animals and producer S-X.

Multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter Ella Henderson and Wes Nelson will also join this year's line-up.

Pullin the switch will be one of the world's most accomplished dancers - and now head judge on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing - Shirley Ballas, triggering the start of a four-month extended Illuminations season.

The evening is produced in association with MTV, and the show will be hosted by TV and radio presenter Becca Dudley.

The live stream will be accessible on computer, smartphone, or tablet and will require a stable internet connection to watch the whole thing without any issues.

You don't have to pay anything as the stream will be free to access for everyone.

You can access the stream via YouTube on the Blackpool Illuminations account here .

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