5 things to do next week (3/2- 9/2)

5 things to do next week across Central Lancashire & the Fylde Coast

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00:00Hi, I'm digital reporter Amy Seddon and welcome to another edition of Five Things to Do Next

00:06Week across central Lancashire and the Fylde Coast.

00:09First up, in Preston, Laughter at the Lounge Comedy Club is on at the Guild Hall on Friday

00:16February 7th. Performing on the night will be the comedians Charlie Baker, who has appeared

00:21in countless TV shows, Rob Mulholland, the reigning Leicester Mercury English Comedian

00:26of the Year, and Elaine Robertson, who won the Edinburgh Fringe Awards Panel Prize 2024

00:30and was a finalist of the Channel 4's Sean Rock Comedy Award 2024.

00:37Hosting will then be the Northern Irish comic and BBC Comedy Award finalist Matthew McAloon.

00:42Laughter at the Lounge starts at 8pm, has an age guidance of 18+, and tickets are £20

00:49each.

00:50In Chorley, the comedian and statistician Andy Zaltzman brings his latest tour, The

00:55Zaltgeist, to Chorley Theatre on Friday February 7th.

01:00In the biggest stand-up tour of his career, Andy Zaltzman, one of the UK's leading satirical

01:05comedians, assesses the state of planet Earth and its most famous and controversial species,

01:11the human race.

01:12Unfortunately for those without tickets, the show has now sold out, but for those who do

01:17have tickets, the event starts at 8pm.

01:20Over on the Fylde Coast, the annual Christmas Tree Planting event returns between Wednesday

01:26February 5th and Friday February 7th.

01:30Organised by the Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside, the three-day

01:35event sees people donate their old Christmas trees, which are then strategically placed

01:39in front of the Fylde's existing sand dunes.

01:43As the wind blows, the branches of the trees trap sand, gradually creating new dunes which

01:48then helps increase the width of the Fylde's sand dune system.

01:53In Blackpool, the iconic pop-punk band Bowling for Soup are bringing their new tour to the

01:58Winter Gardens Empress Ballroom on Wednesday February 5th.

02:03The tour celebrates both 30 years of the band and 20 years of one of their most successful

02:07albums, A Hangover You Don't Deserve.

02:11So the tour is aptly named A Hangover You Don't Deserve 20th Anniversary Tour.

02:16More so than that however, another iconic pop-punk band, Teenage Dirtbags' Wheatus will

02:22also be the back-up act, alongside an upcoming pop-punk band called Magnolia Park.

02:28Tickets are still available and cost £40.25.

02:33In Lifford, the adult pantomime Sleeping with Beauty is on at the Loughborough Pavilion

02:38on Saturday February 8th.

02:40With two shows on the one night only, audiences can expect a funny, filthy and wickedly fabulous

02:46pantomime that's anything but a fairy tale.

02:50This adult twist on Sleeping Beauty follows Princess Rose and friends as they compete

02:54to bear to the prince and fight against the devilishly horny Maleficent.

02:59The event is strictly adults only and costs £28 or £32 depending on your seats.

03:06So there are five top things to do next week, but whatever you're up to, have a good one.