St. Annes international kite festival

26/04/2026

🚨 Attention please! 🚨

With just 4 months to go until our festival, we’ve been made aware that some individuals are attempting to sell trading pitches for the event.

To be clear: the ONLY organisation authorised to sell trading pitches is Fylde Council.
If you’re interested in trading, please apply directly by emailing [email protected] for information.

In the past, we’ve also seen people trying to sell tickets to this completely FREE event, along with fake accounts and unofficial Facebook events pretending to represent us.

Please remember: this event is officially run by in partnership with , including and . These are the only official pages connected to the festival.

We realise that during the off-season we’ve been a little quieter, which may have created an opportunity for others to mislead people. We’ll be much more active here moving forward, so if you have any questions, just ask!

Thanks for your support 💙

Pic by Gregg Wolstenholme photography

17/04/2026

FULL WEEKEND BACK ON ☀️

No road closures, no delays - just a proper beach day again.

If you’ve already booked, everything runs exactly as normal.

We’ve released a small number of huts for Sunday:
£105 (usually £135)

If you were thinking about it, this is your window.

Book now and make the most of it.

11/01/2026

If you’ve ever been to the festival you might very well of wondered what this used to be.

09/01/2026

It’s Nice That visits kite festivals in the UK to find out what kite flyers can teach us about craft and community.

03/01/2026

And this is why we sometimes have to move the dates about for the festival, the tide does come in occasionally…

20/12/2025

Winter hutting! Get them whilst you can! There might still be a few available for the kite festival.

Winter hutting hits differently.

That easterly breeze is doing us a favour this week - blowing clean over the tops of the huts, meaning doors open, fresh air flowing, and that rare winter sun warming the seafront just enough to feel glorious.

Wrap up, pop the kettle on, bring a flask, blankets, mince pies… and enjoy Lytham St Annes’s coast at its calmest and most beautiful.

Christmas week and New Year hut days available.
Quiet. Crisp. Proper seaside magic…. Chance of even a bit of snow maybe on NYE

Book now and make winter memories by the sea.

19/12/2025

Oyez Oyez Oyez!
We come sharing great news, and hope you can share too!
St Anne's International Kite Festival Returns for 2026 on the 4th 5th 6th September
This free to attend three-day event is a partnership between Fylde Council and SmileFactor10, we will see tens of thousands of visitors from all over the United Kingdom as well as kite fliers from across the globe coming together to fill the skies with colour over the course of the weekend.
Across the Friday(12:00pm to 10:00pm) with illuminated night fly, Saturday (11:00am to 5:00pm) and Sunday (11:00am to 4:00pm), the six arenas will be host to all kinds of kites, with more animal inflatables, artistic kites, and sports kites choreographed to music – bring your own kite to join in or buy a kite at the event and fly it in the public area! Back on the ground, there will be funfair rides on the beach, stalls for refreshments, and plenty of other entertainment. (there won't be any Fireworks, Sorry.)

Please Like,Share and follow this page, the only official Facebook Kite Festival page for up to the minute information and the place to ask all your questions.

Merry Christmas! x

10/12/2025

:-)

Clear evidence that St Annes on Sea is going from strength to strength...along with the rest of the Fylde!

The area broke records last year with an incredible 🎉3.31 MILLION visitors.

This generated £360 million for the local economy, and supported over 3,300 jobs across hotels, restaurants, attractions and shops.

Part of this success story was hosting massive free events, such as the St Annes International Kite Festival.

But it's also testimony to every hard working small business in St Annes and its neighbours...who extend a warm welcome and superb customer service to visitors.

Here's to even brighter days in 2026!

07/11/2025

Our friend of the festival Manu smashing it in California. it was a real coo to have him join us for a couple of years on the beach at St Anne's by the Sea!

01/09/2025

Gregg Wolstenholme photography has done it again! Congratulations Greg, keep up the good work! We love that you cover our event! Thankyou

Big thank you to the Daily Mail for featuring my pic of St. Annes international kite festival today across two pages 🙂🪁📰