The Blackpool Junior Dance Festival is organised every year to coincide with the week following Easter Sunday.
The festival takes place in the world famous Blackpool Tower ballroom and is organised by the owners of the Tower, Leisure Parcs plc. Gillian MacKenzie of Leisure Parcs and her army of assistants ensure that the festival runs like clockwork throughout the week, commencing on Easter Monday and finishing on the following Saturday.
The dance festival is an 'Open to the World' festival and is therefore open to all Juvenile (6 to under 12 years) and Junior (12 to under 16 years) dancesport competitors throughout the world to compete in.
It is perhaps (along with the German Open), the premier dancesport championships for Juvenile and Junior competitors in the world. Many former champions of the festival have gone on to be World Amateur and Professional champions.
| Date | Competitions | First Round Times |
| Monday - April 1 |
Juvenile Jive | 5.05pm |
| Junior Viennese Waltz | 5.15pm | |
| Juvenile All Girl Valeta/Liberty Two step | 5.35pm | |
| Junior All Girl Imperial Waltz/Rialto Two step | 5.47pm | |
| Juvenile Boy/Girl Tango Serida/Waverley Two step | 7.03pm | |
| Junior Boy/Girl Tango Magenta/Military Two step | 7.10pm | |
| Junior North of England Standard Championship | 9.10pm | |
| British Junior Classical Sequence Team Match | 10.12pm | |
| Tuesday - April 2 |
British Juvenile Standard Championship | 3.05pm |
| Junior Samba | 3.35pm | |
| Juvenile Wedgewood Blue Gavotte/Premier Two step | 4.00pm | |
| 12/13 Years Cha-Cha-Cha/Rumba | 4.12pm | |
| Junior Fylde Waltz/Waverley Two Step | 5.10pm | |
| British Junior Modern/Latin Team Match | 6.40pm | |
| Wednesday - April 3 |
Juvenile Cha-Cha-Cha | 2.00pm |
| British Junior Standard Championship | 2.15pm | |
| Juvenile Gainsborough Glide | 3.35pm | |
| Junior C. Waltz/Waverley Two Step | 3.42pm | |
| Under 10 Years Lilac Waltz/Boston Two Step | 6.58pm | |
| British Juvenile Classical Sequence Team Match | 9.50pm | |
| Thursday - April 4 | British Junior Latin Championship | 3.05pm |
| Juvenile Viennese Waltz | 4.25pm | |
| British Juvenile Classical Sequence Championship | 4.36pm | |
| Junior Wedgewood Blue Gavotte | 5.00pm | |
| British Juvenile Modern/Latin Team Match v | 8.59pm | |
| Friday - April 5 |
British Juvenile Latin Championship | 3.50pm |
| Junior Jive | 4.20pm | |
| Juvenile Fylde Waltz/Boston Two Step | 4.40pm | |
| British Junior Classical Sequence Champions | 7.53pm | |
| Saturday - April 6 |
Juvenile Waltz | 3.30pm |
| 12/13 Years Foxtrot/Tango | 3.40pm | |
| British Juvenile Modern Sequence Championship | 3.56pm | |
| 12/13 Years Midnight Tango/Premier Two Step | 4.35pm | |
| Junior Quickstep | 6.58pm | |
| British Junior Modern Sequence Championship | 7.17pm |
2000 Tickets and EntriesFor entry to the competitions and ordering tickets contact the festival organiser:Mrs. Gillian Mackenzie The Winter Gardens Blackpool, England Tel +44(0)1253 625252 Fax +44(0)1253 299347 |