# Lytham Festival

The Lytham Festival (formerly and colloquially Lytham Proms) is an annual five-day music festival held in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. The festival takes place adjacent to Lytham Windmill on Lytham Green, a strip of grass between the town's coastal road and the River Ribble estuary. In promotion and ticketing, festival organisers refer to the venue as "The Proms Arena". It is usually held in mid-July, with the final night often featuring an evening of orchestral classical music, in the style of a traditional promenade concert. Lytham Festival first took place in 2009, and is operated by Lancashire-based promoter Cuffe & Taylor, owned by Live Nation UK. The festival typically has a capacity of 20,000.

## Festivals
### 2010

Lytham Proms 2010 was a one-day picnic event held on 21 August 2010, and featured Lesley Garrett accompanied by the Manchester Camerata.

### 2011

Lytham Proms 2011 took place between 5 August 2012 and 7 August 2012. The event featured headline acts Status Quo, Katherine Jenkins and Boyzone. Unlike previous years, the 2011 festival was held over three nights instead of being a one-day event.

### 2012

Lytham Proms 2012 took place between 3 August 2012 and 5 August 2012.
| 3 August 2012 | 4 August 2012 | 5 August 2012 |
| Bananarama Rick Astley Belinda Carlisle T'Pau Toyah Curiosity Killed the Cat The Real Thing Pat Sharp | Alfie Boe | Olly Murs Diana Vickers Lonsdale Boys Club Kurtis Reid |

### 2013

Lytham Proms 2013 took place between 2 August 2013 and 4 August 2013.
| 2 August 2013 | 3 August 2013 | 4 August 2013 |
| Tony Hadley Jason Donovan Marc Almond Heaven 17 Sonia Altered Images Odyssey | Russell Watson Jonathan and Charlotte The Other Guys Gary Lovini | Rita Ora Conor Maynard Stooshe Ed Drewett Charlie Brown ReConnected Elyar Fox Hana Joy |

### 2014

Lytham Proms 2014 took place between 1 August 2014 and 3 August 2014.
| 1 August 2014 | 2 August 2014 | 3 August 2014 |
| Blue Heather Small Hue and Cry Howard Jones Atomic Kitten B*Witched The Christians China Crisis Captain Sensible | Tom Jones Cerys Matthews | The Hallé Michael Ball Lesley Garrett Rhydian Roberts Kerry Ellis Tenors of Rock Lucy-Ella |

### 2015

Lytham Festival 2015 took place between 6 August 2015 and 9 August 2015. It was the first festival to be branded under the "Lytham Festival" name, as Cuffe & Taylor wanted to depart from the promenade concert theme and incorporate acts other than classical artists.
| 6 August 2015 | 7 August 2015 | 8 August 2015 | 9 August 2015 |
| Faithless Pendulum | Billy Ocean Five Jimmy Somerville Chesney Hawkes Sinitta East 17 Vengaboys | McBusted Karen Harding HomeTown | Elaine Paige Marti Pellow Jonathan Antoine Laura Wright Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |

### 2016

Lytham Festival 2016 took place between 4 August 2017 and 7 August 2017. American band Earth, Wind & Fire were originally set to perform alongside The Village People, however their appearance was cancelled. Group Sister Sledge were chosen to replace Earth, Wind & Fire.
| 4 August 2016 | 5 August 2016 | 6 August 2016 | 7 August 2016 |
| Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Clint Boon Reverend and the Makers Jeff Wootton | The Village People Sister Sledge Bay City Rollers Liberty X Toploader 911 Five Star | Bryan Adams The Dunwells | Lea Salonga Ramin Karimloo Collabro Ruthie Henshall Jodie Prenger Lucie-Mae Sumner |

### 2017

Lytham Festival 2017 took place between 2 August 2017 and 6 August 2017.
| 2 August 2017 | 3 August 2017 | 4 August 2017 | 5 August 2017 | 6 August 2017 |
| Olly Murs Louisa Johnson | Haçienda Classical (DJ set curated by Graeme Park and Mike Pickering) Manchester Camerata DJ Woody 808 State | The Human League Midge Ure Living in a Box Johnny Hates Jazz Dodgy Betty Boo Technotronic A1 Pat Sharp | Madness The Tailormade The Soul Convicts | Collabro Lea Salonga Ruthie Henshall Jodie Prenger Claire Sweeney Beau Dermott Marti Pellow Jon Lee Lucie-Mae Sumner |

### 2018

Lytham Festival 2018 took place between 18 July 2018 and 22 July 2018.
| 18 July 2018 | 19 July 2018 | 20 July 2018 | 21 July 2018 | 22 July 2018 |
| Steps Whigfield Vengaboys Pat Sharp | Pete Tong Heritage Orchestra Basement Jaxx | George Ezra Emeli Sandé Rae Morris | Nile Rodgers & Chic Bananarama Soul II Soul | Il Divo Martine McCutcheon |

### 2019

Lytham Festival 2019 took place between 10 July 2019 and 14 July 2019, and was the 10th anniversary of the festival.
| 10 July 2019 | 11 July 2019 | 12 July 2019 | 13 July 2019 | 14 July 2019 |
| The Human League Heather Small China Crisis | Stereophonics Tom Grennan Jade Bird | Kylie Minogue Sophie Ellis-Bextor Ana Matronic | Rod Stewart Wet Wet Wet Joanne Shaw Taylor | Michael Ball Sheridan Smith |

### 2020 and 2021

Lytham Festival 2020 was originally announced in late 2019, with the headline acts being Westlife, Lewis Capaldi, Snow Patrol, Lionel Richie and Little Mix. In April 2020, the event was confirmed to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England.
Lytham Festival 2021 was originally announced in late 2020, with the headline acts being Lewis Capaldi, Snow Patrol, Lionel Richie and Duran Duran. On March 26, 2021, the festival was announced to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with organisers confirming that the headline acts would be rebooked for Lytham Festival 2022.

### 2022

In July 2021, Fylde Borough Council granted the tournament organisers a "one year only" license to run Lytham Festival for ten nights in 2022, rather than the usual five nights. This was due to the 2020 and 2021 festivals being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The full lineup for Lytham Festival 2022 was confirmed in March 2022. The festival ran from 28 June 2022 to 10 July 2022.
In February 2022, Lionel Richie pulled out of the festival, and was replaced with Nile Rodgers & Chic. On 29 June, Lytham Festival announced that Kodaline had withdrawn from supporting Snow Patrol and were to be replaced by Maxïmo Park. On 9 July 2022, a few hours before their performance, headliners Tears for Fears withdrew from the festival due to Curt Smith "injuring his rib". Opening acts Natalie Imbruglia and Alison Moyet still performed.

### 2023

Lytham Festival 2023 took place between 28 June 2023 and 2 July 2023. The first acts were announced on 20 October 2022, a co-headlining performance by rock bands Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard on the final night of the festival.
| 28 June 2023 | 29 June 2023 | 30 June 2023 | 1 July 2023 | 2 July 2023 |
| Jamiroquai Jake Shears Fun Lovin' Criminals Stone Foundation | George Ezra Cat Burns The Big Moon Kingfishr | Sting Blondie Kaiser Chiefs Germein Joe Sumner | Lionel Richie Gabrielle Kim Wilde Kevin Davy White | Mötley Crüe Def Leppard Vivas |

### 2024

Lytham Festival 2024 is scheduled to occur between the dates of 3 July and 7 July 2024. The first headliner, Manchester-based band Courteeners, was announced in November 2023.
| 3 July 2024 | 4 July 2024 | 5 July 2024 | 6 July 2024 | 7 July 2024 |
| Hozier Brittany Howard Lord Huron Ye Vagabonds | Shania Twain Rag'n'Bone Man Delta Goodrem | Courteeners The Kooks Nieve Ella | Madness Rick Astley The Lightning Seeds Kid Kapichi | James (Orchestral Set) Johnny Marr Inspiral Carpets The Magic Numbers The Kairos |