Ultimate 80s Thriller

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ULTIMATE 80s THRILLER

<p>A Butlin&rsquo;s Big Weekender is the ultimate adults-only weekend away. Think of it as the full festival experience: incredible music including big-name headline acts, endless daytime activities, great food and drink, and your very best mates. No worries, no work, no mud or tents or wellies, but one of the best and biggest weekends of your life.<|}p>


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Our three seaside resorts in Bognor Regis, Minehead and Skegness are accessible by car or train and each one has free on-site parking.

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After all that partying, you’ll no doubt have worked up an appetite. Luckily, we’ve got loads of dining options to help you refuel throughout your weekend.

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<p>Love the 80’s? Then get ready for a Thriller night throwback this Halloween! We’ll be digging up the decade of big hair, and even bigger tunes. Expect hauntingly good headline acts, DJ sets and live bands with an 80s Halloween twist (Ghostbusters anyone?) plus endless daytime activities. There’s so much to do, you can’t fail to have frighteningly good fun!<|}p><p>&nbsp;<|}p><p>This break is fancy dress-friendly (In fact, it’s almost compulsory!) so get your ghoul on – quite literally– and start planning your perfect 80s ‘Thriller’ look.<|}p>

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Our favourite weekend pastime? Bottomless brunch! Whether you want to start the day as you mean to go on, or this is pres before your fright night out, head to The Diner for two hours of free-flowing boozy brews, potent potions and monster bites to line the stomach! From just £37.50pp, tuck into a big selection of alcoholic and soft drinks and everything from classic brunch fayre to burgers and desserts. All this whilst our resident DJ spins anthems with some Halloween bangers thrown in!

Halloweekender Bottomless Brunch

Head down to Bottomless Brunch for boozy brews, potent potions and monster bites to line the stomach, all whilst our DJ plays back-to-back anthems!

BOTTOMLESS BRUNCH

It’s time to amplify your Halloween weekend and lose yourself in the ultimate clubbing experience. Our new Club Classics nights are the perfect mix of electric vibes, epic DJs, and a crowd that’s all about living for the moment. (and the fancy dress!)   It’s the kind of night you’ll never forget with the rush that only a true club night can deliver. So grab your mates, hit the floor, and let the good times roll. It’s time to dance until the sun comes up – just beware vampires!

Halloweekender Club Classics

It’s time to amplify your Halloween weekend! Our new Club Classics nights are the perfect mix of electric vibes, epic DJs, and a crowd that’s all about living for the moment. (and the fancy dress!)

CLUB CLASSICS

Get ready for a fancy-dress extravaganza at our Halloween Fancy Dress Ball.  Fancy dress is a BIG part of our Big Weekenders – and for these exclusive Halloween breaks, we won’t lie, it’s pretty much compulsory! This is your chance to bring your dressing up A game. Make heads swivel as you dress for the dark side. The more outlandish, gory, silly or downright sexy costumes you can conjure from the twisted corners of your mind, the better!  From witches to werewolves, vampires to zombies, we’ve seen it all… or have we? There will be prizes for the most fangtastic fancy dress, plus stage games, mass sing-alongs, party dances and loads more wicked fun!  Prepare for a fright night of epic proportions when you hit the Halloween Ball with outfits that will haunt you forever. What gruesome getup will you and your mates conjure up?

Halloween Fancy Dress Ball

Prepare for a fright night of epic proportions when you hit the Halloween Fancy Dress Ball. From witches to werewolves, vampires to zombies, we’ve seen it all… or have we? What gruesome getup will you and your mates conjure up?

HALLOWEEN FANCY DRESS BALL

Get your Halloween weekend off to a scream and a wicked welcome with our Opening Party! An unmissable night, electric with first night fever and a live DJ spinning bewitching beats. When the clock strikes, we’re hitting you with confetti, lights, and the spellbinding soundtrack to your Halloween weekend. No turning into a pumpkin for you!

Wicked Opening Party

Get your Halloween weekend off to a scream with our Opening Party! Confetti, lights, and the spellbinding soundtrack to your Halloween weekend starts here!

WICKED OPENING PARTY

Yes! You made it! If you're still here, hats off to you, Sunday Survivor! But, the weekend isn’t done just yet - it’s about to get next-level. Get ready to party hard at the ultimate Closing Party, where we’ll be turning up the heat for one final blowout.

Closing Party

Yes! You made it! If you're still here, hats off to you, Sunday Survivor! But, the weekend isn’t done just yet - it’s about to get next-level.

CLOSING PARTY

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Imagine a party where the lights are flashing, the beats are fire, but all you hear is silence. Yep, you read that right. Welcome to the Silent Disco, set to be creepier than ever. Grab a set of headphones, pick from two banging channels, and dance like it’s the Day of the Dead to classic throwbacks, pop anthems and probably a Halloween special thrown in – only thing is, will anyone hear you scream?!

Creepy Silent Disco

Our Silent Disco is set to be creepier than ever. Grab a set of headphones and dance like it’s the Day of the Dead! Will anyone hear you scream?!

CREEPY SILENT DISCO

It wouldn't be a Butlin's Big Weekender without a little Bingo Bango madness and it wouldn't be Halloween at Butlin's without Bingo Bango - the supernatural edition! This isn't your nanna's bingo - it's a high energy, laugh-out-loud twist on the classic game with dancing and party anthems. For this special spooky session, expect some gruesome games and scary touches - perfect for blowing the cobwebs away. Outrageous fancy dress actively encouraged!

Bingo Bango - Supernatural Edition

Join us for Bingo Bango, on your Halloween weekender! Perfect for blowing the cobwebs away, expect tricks, treats, party dances and wicked on-stage antics!

BINGO BANGO - SUPERNATURAL EDITION

Get your trainers on, don your headphones and prepare to lose yourself in 90 minutes of disco bangers and Motown party anthems, including a few Halloween classics, for this special spooky Soul Stroll – a silent disco like never before! A fully mobile, wireless DJ will lead you en masse around resort like the Pied Piper whilst delivering back-to-back bangers to your ears and giving you the full disco host experience.  One minute you’ll be having a sing-off, the next, dancing to ‘Thriller’ in the middle of the resort. And don’t worry, there’ll be a bar-stop midway for some vital beetle – we mean, disco - juice!

Spooky Soul Stroll

Get your trainers on, don your headphones and prepare to lose yourself in 90 minutes of disco bangers andparty anthems, for this special spooky Soul Stroll – a silent disco like never before!

SPOOKY SOUL STROLL

Love the 80’s? Then get ready for a Thriller night throwback this Halloween! We’ll be digging up the decade of big hair, and even bigger tunes. It’s gonna be frighteningly good fun!

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