THE Eurovision Song Contest is coming to Colwyn Bay next month - on the big screen!

The big entertainment event of the year will be relayed live from Malmo, Sweden, on a giant screen on the town’s new pier. 

There will be a chance to dance the night away to the sounds of a DJ who performed at the Eurovision village in Liverpool last year.

D J Kels will be keeping the energy high throughout the evening spinning plenty of vintage and recent Eurovision songs.

Amy Dyke of the Colwyn Bay Pier Trust said: "Everybody loves the Eurovision contest and its special social atmosphere, so we thought local people would relish the chance to see it larger than life with other local fans.

"The atmosphere will be fantastic and we hope people will embrace the Eurovision Fanzone by dressing up, bring their friends and family with them and really make a night of it.”

The event is brought to fans jointly by ‘Together for Colwyn Bay’ and ‘The Colwyn Bay Pier Trust’.

Proceeds from ticket sales will go towards their mission to explore and develop plans to extend the pier into an exciting  visitor destination.

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A hundred free tickets are available to residents of Glyn Ward (two per household). They can be collected from Sheldon’s Cafe Bar in Penrhyn Road, Colwyn Bay. Residents must take ID that shows their your postcode.

Entry to the big Eurovision night on May 11 is from 7.30pm and will be part of a fun-packed weekend being held on the promenade with the annual ‘Prom Xtra’ event on Saturday and ‘Pride' on Sunday the day afterwards.

Tickets for the Eurovision Fanzone event are available on ‘Ticketsource’.

Type in ‘Colwyn Bay’ to find it.