The Summer Bash is an annual event organised by the Rugby Football League.

An entire round of Championship matches are played in a city to showcase the sport of rugby league.

An extra match on the Saturday, was the final of the inaugural League 1 Cup between North Wales Crusaders and Swinton.

[2] After a successful inaugural Summer Bash in Blackpool in 2015 it returned to Blackpool in 2016 with mostly local derbies being played apart from Bradford vs Leigh and Sheffield Eagles vs London Broncos not being geographical derbies and were based on league positions.

The 2020 Summer Bash was scheduled to return to Blackpool for a sixth consecutive year, however was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.