Festive Family Fun

in Darwen Town Centre

UPCOMING EVENTS

September 2025

Neotribe 2025

NEOTRIBE Sunbird Records Neotribe is an all independent music all-dayer which returns to Sunbird Records for 2025 with its 3rd instalment, and this time over 2 days on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th September! The line up has been curated to present some of the UK’s best current live acts, names you will be familiar…
26 - 27 Sep
All Day
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Woven Woollen Bracelets Workshop

WOVEN WOOLLEN BRACELETS WORKSHOP Darwen Market WITH HELEN DAVIES FREE family friendly October holiday activities. Join knitting artist, Helen Davies for a fun filled workshop creating woven woollen bracelets. Add beads and bits to bling up your wrist for a colourful craft that you can make and take home. The workshop will run as a…
27 Sep
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Darwen Market
Darwen Town Centre
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October 2025

Weaving Workshop

WEAVING WORKSHOP Darwen Market WITH CAITLIN BINKS FREE family friendly October holiday activities. Come and explore our North West history by trying your hand at weaving, with artist and heritage machinery technician Caitlin Binks. There will be a variety of looms for you to try out, from cardboard looms to a rigid heddle loom to…
04 Oct
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Darwen Market
Darwen Town Centre
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Willow Weaving

WILLOW WEAVING Darwen Market WITH CHERRY CHUNG Willow Stars and Tension Trays Workshop Join willow artist Cherry Chung for a drop in willow weaving workshop, creating stars and tension trays with willow. Learn something new, and try variations with some different colours. Both items are simple for beginners and easy to replicate if you want…
25 Oct
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Darwen Market
Darwen Town Centre
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Patch Works: A Sensory Puppet Play

PATCH WORKS: A SENSORY PUPPET PLAY Darwen Market WITH STORY CRAFT THEATRE **WORLD PREMIER COMMISSIONED BY CULTURAPEDIA** Meet Patch; a scruffy, loveable puppet stitched together from colourful scraps of old fabrics like nylon, polyester and Gore-Tex. Patch has lots of stories to tell and you’re invited on a hands-on adventure through time! Together, we will…
27 Oct
11:30 am - 3:00 pm
Darwen Market
Darwen Town Centre
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Create Colourful Origami Butterflies

CREATE COLOURFUL ORIGAMI BUTTERFLIES Darwen Market WITH SHARON BROWN A colourful origami butterfly workshop taking inspiration from the work of British Textile Biennial artist Margo Selby. Select from a kaleidoscope of colours to fold paper into a beautiful origami butterfly. Whether you make one butterfly or a whole flutter you will have the opportunity to…
29 Oct
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Darwen Market
Darwen Town Centre
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Natural Dying Workshop

NATURAL DYING WORKSHOP Darwen Market WITH KIRSTEEN MCGREGOR Join Heritage Textile Specialist, Kirsteen McGregor for a natural dying workshop. Experiment with natural dyes and botanical pigments on a range of fibres and material mediums. Discover some of the oldest dye plants known to mankind and how they were used throughout history to create nature’s very…
31 Oct
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Darwen Market
Darwen Town Centre
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UPCOMING

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SHOP LOCAL

THIS CHRISTMAS

It’s always a good time to support local and #shopdarwen, but even more so during the festive season.

Our diverse selection of independent Darwen Town Centre retailers are ready to make Christmas 2023 your best one yet, with fantastic gifts, decorations, party attire, quality produce, handmade food and so much more.

Christmas would be a wonderful time to win £50 worth of Shop Darwen vouchers, too. Make sure to collect entry forms from Shop Darwen retails when you spend £5 or over, add your details and post them in the postbox in Darwen Market to be in with a chance of winning.

CHRISTMAS

NEWS

Book now for Father Christmas Storytelling at Darwen Market!

Christmas 2023, Darwen Market, Events, Insider's Guide, Market Square News, News, Shop Darwen, Upcoming

Father Christmas Storytelling! …At Darwen Christmas Lights Switch On 2023 We’re super excited to announce that Father Christmas himself will be returning to Darwen Market this year. He went down an absolute storm during the 2022 Christmas lights switch on celebrations, and we can’t wait to welcome him back to our town. Here’s what you…

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N-Trance set to headline Darwen Christmas Lights Switch On!

Christmas 2023, Darwen Market, Events, Market Square News, News, Shop Darwen, Shopping, Upcoming

N-Trance set to headline Darwen Christmas Lights Switch On!  Get ready to set your Christmas spirit free at the Darwen lights switch on with headline act, N-Trance!  One of the biggest selling UK dance acts of the 90s, N-Trance is topping the bill for this year’s Christmas lights event on Saturday, November 18th.  Last year…

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