A mum says she was left "disgusted" after her 8-year-old daughter was burned by toxic slime at a children's event.

Stacey Southam, from the West Midlands, was attending the Nickelodeon Slime Fest at Blackpool Pleasure Beach Arena with her daughter Emelia and her daughter's friend Phebe, 10, on Saturday.

The family-friendly concert featured rapper Professor Green, dance troupe, Diversity, and YouTube duo Max and Harvey and saw crowds of youngsters covered in slime from cannons in the slime pit, while parents watched on in a standing section nearby.

Stacey, 34, says her daughter is still recovering from her experience and had to be treated for burns to her face and neck as well as above her backside.

Emelia's mum says she is 'disgusted' by the incident (
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Emelia Southam)
Cannons filled with slime were set off throughout the concert (
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Vivienne Hannah)

According to Stacey, Emelia complained to staff twice that her skin was being burned by the slime - but was initially ignored.

Stacey told the Mirror: "I was in the audience at the back and she was in the slime pit when she called me down.

"She [Emelia] told stewards twice who didn't even wash it off. They only gave her blue paper towels and didn't believe it was burning her."

Emelia and Phebe were then led off into a treatment area where other children with similar injuries were being looked after.

Staff were told twice that the slime was burning Emelia (
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Emelia Southam)

Stacey had to find her own way into the emergency room - despite her mobile number being written on her daughter's wristtag.

"Phebes's mum didn't even know she had a burn and waited over ten minutes before she even got to see her daughter", Stacey added.

Medics gave Emelia and her friend an antihistamine, but staff admitted to both parents they had no idea why the slime was causing burns.

The girls were given antihistamines (
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Emelia Southam)

Stacey says she is yet to hear back from organisers of the event, despite leaving her contact details.

She said: "I was told someone would be contacting me but no one has even bothered to see how my daughter was."

"It's just disgusting - you would never imagine that something like this would ever happen at a family friendly event.

Kelly Pullinger, Phebe's mum, added: "I’m in total shock that the event was allowed to go on the following day, it could have been tragic".

Medics were forced to treat over a dozen kids (
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Emelia Southam)

Tickets for adults and three children at the Nickelodeon Slime Fest cost £95.

Event organisers sold out shows, on Saturday, Sunday and Monday with two shows each day.

Dozens of other kids were also apparently affected by the toxic slime during the event.

Mum Vivienne Hannah said her two kids and one of their friends are still being treated for the injuries sustained there on Saturday .

Organisers went ahead with the event the following day (
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Emelia Southam)

David McGavin, 12, and Hannah McGavin, 11, plus David's pal Arron MacKay, 11, needed treatment.

Vivienne, 43, had travelled from Dunoon in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, to Blackpool, Lancashire, over the weekend with the three youngsters and Arron's mum Laura MacKay.

"I am absolutely raging about this. The medical centre at the arena was full of crying children being treated for burns," Vivienne said.

A Nickelodeon spokesperson said: “Protecting children’s safety and wellbeing is of paramount importance to us.

"A small number of children of the thousands who were slimed during Slimefest 2019 experienced a minor skin reaction. As is standard practice with our events, trained medical practitioners were on site. They provided assistance to those affected.”