St Annes Kite Festival

The 2024 St Anne’s Kite Festival will take place in September. Joined by kite teams from across the UK and beyond, the event is a partnership between Fylde Council and kite fliers SmileFactor10 with support from St Annes Town Council. The skies above St Anne’s seafront will be awash with colour on Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday as fabulous display kites take to the air on the beach adjacent to the pier. There will be six flying arenas on the beach, including outside of the dog control zone, so visitors with dogs can get close up to some of the kite action.

There is a planned illuminated kite flying evening on Friday 13th September (N.B. NOT Fireworks). There will be a fairground on the beach and entertainment and additional food stalls on the Promenade, so if you’re looking for refreshments you are very much encouraged to visit the town centre as well or bring your own picnic.

Weather permitting, the event promises a thrilling and thoroughly enjoyable trip out for young and old alike. Timings for this year are as follows:

Friday 13th – 12 noon to 10pm feauturing illuminated kite flying

Saturday 14th – 11am to 5pm (N.B fairground and evening entertainment to 10pm)

Sunday 15th – 11am to 4pm

Please note the event is entirely weather dependent and the planned programme may be changed without notice, for safety reasons. The dates have been chosen as the planned tides support this.