'Diamonds are Forever' Salsa Northwest UK Congress Blackpool 2026

We are SUPER-excited to be announcing that this year’s Salsa Northwest UK Congress in Blackpool is our 10th Anniversary!! Can you believe it? 10 years of Fun, frolics, madness, mayhem, laughs, chats, hugs, hugs and more hugs and of course LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of dancing. And from 8th-11th May 2026 we will be doing it all again! Only this year it's going to be EVEN MORE exciting because we we our being joined by a VERY SPECIAL GUEST None other than Strictly Come Dancing Star ANGELA RIPPON CBE. WOW! WOW! WOW! We will have a weekend packed with workshops, all the usual evening party rooms ........Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba with a dedicated Cuban Salsa room on Saturday.. On Saturday we will open up our annual animations on the prom to the general public FREE - anyone any age can come and join in from 5.00pm til 6.30pm as part of the Nation's LET'S DANCE promotion to get more people dancing. AND THE EXCITEMENT doesn't stop there!............ . Our theme this year is ‘Diamonds are Forever’ Friday's party night dress code is Blue and/or Silver Then on Saturday night we invite you to wear your most elegant, shimmery, sparkly attire and join us on the dancefloor for a Diamond Celebration of Ten Years of Salsa Northwest Congresses Blackpool. PLUS ALL these fabulously fun-filled days and nights will be captured by our OFFICIAL PHOTGRAPHER for the event - our lovely, friendly and brilliant photographer Emma Tann of Emma Lou Photography (FB Emma Lou Photography/Insta Emma.lou.photography) We also have the lovely Ildiko & Robert Sherwood with us over the weekend Ildiko will be running her Tibetan massage sessions again this year in the glass room on the ground floor opposite the Royal Suite - no need to worry about the glass -there are modesty screens :)) Look out for her and make sure you book early to make sure you get the time slot you need. If you want to get ahead of the others she is already taking bookings and you can contact her via Facebook - Ildiko Dorko / Text - 07933 951794 or email - [email protected] We are set to have the BEST SALSA NORTHWEST CONGRESS YET!! OUR SENSATIONAL DANCE INSTRUCTORS Abes & Stephie Cisse Aaron Bradley-Bevan Amanda Ellis Andreas RU Angela Murray Ary Gama AKA DJ Puma Cameron Holden Edwin Rodriguez Esref Parranda Ulas Farah Portela Femi Otukoya John & Hanna Seddon Jeydikson Lima Katie Harley Laura Marvel Mauricio Reyes Mariana Petryk Martin Brady Nataliia Slakva Nigel May Peter Wilson Rahul Stephen Richard Dunn & Angela Messenger Sam Mills & Natalie Robinson Sarah Leigh Steve Eden Tamba Hissirou Theo Adwazi Uncle Phil Kaila OUR FABULOUS DJ's DJ Abes Cisse DJ Alejandro Valera DJ Cameron Holden DJ Esref Parranda Ulas DJ Jeydikson Lima DJ John Seddon DJ Jax DJ Mauricio Reyes DJ Nigel May DJ Puma DJ Richard Dunn DJ Salsero AKA Mehmet Aslan DJ Steve Eden DJ Tamba Hissirou DJ Theo Awadzi Book your FULL PASS now PRICE £130 other passes are also now available. https://www.salsanorthwest.co.uk/product-category/congress/ PLEASE NOTE: Dinner is NOT INCLUDED in any of the pass prices nor in the room bookings. There will be a selection of lunchtime snacks available to purchase on the ground floor and a choice of 3 course meals in the restaurant for Evening meals priced at £12.50 per head when you book in advance i.e on check-in and £15.00 per head when not pre-booked. Click the QR code on the web page to download your timetable https://www.salsanorthwest.co.uk/northwest-uk-congress/ For those of you who like to stay on site, room bookings are NOW OPEN PLEASE BE AWARE THERE ARE NO ROOMS AVAILABLE TO BOOK FOR SATURDAY NIGHT ONLY STAY Bookings are being taken for: STANDARD ROOMS 3 nights from Friday 8th May Single room B & B £80 per night Double room B & B £100 per night Triple room B & B £150 per night EXECUTIVE ROOMS available - add £25 per person per night to the above prices STANDARD ROOMS 2 nights from Friday 8th May Single room B & B £82 per night Double room B & B £104 per night Triple room B & B £156 per night EXECUTIVE ROOMS available - add £25 per person per night to the above prices STANDARD ROOMS Sunday 10th May Single room B & B £60 per night Double room B & B £80 per night Triple room B & B £120 EXECUTIVE ROOMS available - add £25 per person per night to the above prices Call 0161 923 0333 and be sure to tell them that you want to book a room at the Grand Hotel BLACKPOOL (there is another Grand Hotel that the call centre handles bookings for) To ensure that you are charged the price applicable to your room choice from those above give them the following code: SALS070526_001 as well as the number of nights and the room type.