The Blackpool Tower Ballroom has received £764,000 from the Government as part of its support package for the arts. The famous ballroom dancing venue, which first opened to the public in 1894, is receiving the cash injection as part of the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund. Expand Close (Martin Rickett/PA) PA / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp (Martin Rickett/PA)Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said: “The Blackpool Tower Ballroom has been an iconic home for British dance for more than a century. Shirley Ballas, a judge on the celebrity dancing programme, said: “Blackpool holds a special place in the heart of every ballroom dancer all over the world. “It is a town steeped in ballroom dance history and somewhere everyone hopes to dance one day.

Source: Irish Independent November 21, 2020 00:22 UTC