{"id":9591,"date":"2016-02-25T09:53:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T14:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/nickelodeons-slim-fest-heads-to-blackpool\/"},"modified":"2016-02-25T09:57:05","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T14:57:05","slug":"nickelodeons-slimefest-heads-to-the-u-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/nickelodeons-slimefest-heads-to-the-u-k\/","title":{"rendered":"Nickelodeon&#8217;s Slimefest Heads to the U.K."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Nickelodeon UK &amp; Ireland have partnered with Blackpool Council to launch Nick&#8217;s Slimefest in the seaside town of Blackpool, marking the family-friendly festival&#8217;s debut in the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>Slimefest will be part of Blackpool&#8217;s Switch-On weekend with free and paid-for events taking place\u00a0on\u00a0September 3 and 4. The festival, which is expected to attract\u00a0thousands of people, will feature two live shows as well as various activities, characters, music and Nick&#8217;s signature\u00a0slime. The live shows will be held in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens, with the outdoor festival staged in\u00a0the Switch-On arena at the Tower Festival Headland. Highlights from Blackpool&#8217;s Slimefest, which targets kids between the ages of 4 and 15,\u00a0will air on Nickelodeon later in the month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe already have a great relationship with Blackpool with Nickelodeon Land at Blackpool Pleasure Beach and our relationship is set to be strengthened even further with Slimefest,\u201d said Alan Musa, the VP and commercial director at Viacom International Media Networks. \u201cWe know the town is dedicated to providing the best in entertainment for families and that Blackpool will be a brilliant host for the U.K.\u2019s first-ever Slimefest. The festival is set to be massive with activities, amazing acts and of course, loads of slime! U.K. kids are going to love it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gillian Campbell, the deputy leader of Blackpool Council, noted: \u201cWe are delighted to be working in partnership with one of the world\u2019s biggest and best known brands. Nickelodeon is a perfect fit with Blackpool\u2019s family market and we look forward to staging the U.K.\u2019s first Slimefest event in Blackpool over the 2016 Switch-On Weekend. The shows and free outdoor festival will add a completely new dimension to the biggest date in Blackpool\u2019s tourism calendar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Thompson, the managing director of Blackpool Pleasure Beach, added: \u201cThe debut of Slimefest in Blackpool cements the town as the key location in the U.K. in which to experience Nickelodeon. Building on the success and popularity of Nickelodeon Land at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Slimefest is going to be a must-attend event for U.K. families.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Nickelodeon UK &amp; Ireland have partnered with Blackpool Council to launch Nick&#8217;s Slimefest in the seaside town of Blackpool, marking the family-friendly festival&#8217;s debut in the U.K.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[695,696,697,698],"class_list":["post-9591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-blackpool","tag-nickelodeon-uk-ireland","tag-slimefest","tag-switch-on","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nickelodeon&#039;s Slimefest Heads to the U.K. - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/nickelodeons-slimefest-heads-to-the-u-k\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nickelodeon&#039;s Slimefest Heads to the U.K. - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LONDON: Nickelodeon UK &amp; 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