Blackpool Tower lights up for Good Grief Festival. Photo credit: Henry Iddon

Marc Svensson from You Are Loved (which supports grieving LGBTQ+ people), Samantha Southern from Solace (which works with people bereaved by suicide), and James Roberts from Streetlife (which supports homeless young people facing loss and instability) talk to our Co-Director Dr Lesel Dawson about how we can build communities and services that make space for every kind of loss. Photo credit: Henry Iddon

Community members join a discussion about culture, identity, tradition, memory and the rituals we create for ourselves. Photo credit: Henry Iddon

Singer-songwriter Lucy Ray performs at Funny Girls in Blackpool. Photo credit: Henry Iddon

LGBTQ+ choir Electric Pink Voices perform Daddies Eyes, led by Festival Producer Phill Fairhurst. Photo credit: Henry Iddon

Palliative care doctor and bestselling author Dr Kathyrn Mannix speaks with Dr Lesel Dawson about death, dying and talking about it. Photo credit: Henry Iddon

Clare Morris leads a workshop on flowers and remembrance. Photo credit: Henry Iddon

Poet Amy Harris leads a workshop at Bootleg Social. Photo credit: Henry Iddon

BBC Lancashire radio presenter Hayley Kay speaks with Basil Newby – one of Blackpool’s great LGBTQ+ trailblazers. Photo credit: Henry Iddon

Festival attendees join in a choir session with Connect Community Choir. Photo credit: Henry Iddon

Trinitas Day Choir performs some uplifting songs. Photo credit: Henry Iddon

Husband-and-wife duo Broken Chords share a piece of gig theatre they created after the sudden death of their son Matthew. Photo credit: Henry Iddon

Local artist Michael Cassidy leads a pottery workshop. Photo credit: Henry Iddon

DJ Devolicious (Linda Devo) brings the festival to a close. Photo credit: Henry Iddon