‘Cracker’ of a line-up revealed for Darwen Christmas lights switch-on

The full line-up for Darwen’s Christmas lights switch-on event has just been revealed and it’s a Christmas cracker with more than 10 hours of festive fun! News that K-Klass are set to headline has already gone down a storm with residents and visitors, who flock in their thousands every year to the super popular event.…

‘Mystery’ headliner revealed for Darwen Christmas lights switch-on

The ‘mystery’ headliner for Darwen’s super-popular Christmas lights switch on has just been revealed as 90s electro dance group, K-Klass. Building on the huge success of the ‘best-ever’ Christmas lights switch on in 2023, K-Klass will be performing their 90s hits ‘Rhythm is a Mystery’ and ‘Let Me Show You.’ They’ll top a Christmas cracker…

Pupils pitch in with ‘awesomely autumn’ window display in Darwen

Darwen’s new cultural venue – Fourteen Market Street – has been transformed with an awesomely autumnal window display! Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council commissioned the window art project, created by artist and illustrator Lucie Cooke in collaboration with children from Ashleigh and Avondale primary schools. Around 60 children joined Lucie on Wednesday (September 25th) to…

Say goodbye to summer with a weekend of family fun in Darwen Town Centre

Join us this Saturday 31st August for a jam-packed day of fun in Darwen Town Centre   It might be the last weekend of the summer holidays, but there is still time to have fun, meet family and friends and make memories in Darwen before packing the school bags and ironing the school uniforms!  …

89 people take part in Darwen’s first community window art event

89 members of the local community joined window artist, Lucie Cooke, in showing Darwen town centre what summer means to them.   Darwen’s first ever window art event, The Big Summer Draw, was a great success on Saturday 18th August.    Following the popularity of The #shopdarwen Tower Trail, which runs until Monday 2nd September,…