Blackpool Mecca

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The Blackpool Mecca was a large dance venue in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire in the North West of England. It was particularly known for 'The Highland Room', which was a major Northern Soul music venue from 1971 to 1979. Other Soul venues from this period were the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, the Golden Torch in Stoke upon Trent and the Wigan Casino in Wigan.

Sunday night was supposedly a members only club event but a membership card was available at the door and so everybody who was anybody in Blackpool was at the Mecca on Sunday. Bar entry was strictly limited to those who could pass for 18 or who knew the bouncers. Tamla Motown and Atlantic was the music of the day.


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