DARWEN

EVENTS

Rain or shine our community turns out to support local events and enjoy the activities, food and drink on offer… come and see for yourself.

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

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
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

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

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

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

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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Event

BOOKINGS

Are you interested in booking Darwen Market Square for an event?
Please complete the form below with your details; let us know what the event is and the date/s you require the space for and a representative of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council will contact you to help you further.

Event booking charges may apply. This will depend on the size and nature of your event.
Please complete the form and someone will contact you to discuss availability.

Once you have confirmation that the Market Square is available, you will be required to register your event with Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council events team.

On the events page, you will find information to help you to consider the level of risk your event would fall under, as there are some health and/or public safety/licencing implications for larger or high risk events.

Certain events may be subject to additional COVID-19 secure measures. A comprehensive risk assessment may need to be completed for the event which will need to be submitted to the Event Safety Advisory Group together with an Event Management Plan.

Please find the events registration page here: http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/entertainment-and-arts/events/event-registration

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EVENTS

GALLERY

This Christmas in Darwen join Rock FM for the Christmas Light Switch On, meet Santa and his reindeer, visit Santa's Grotto at Darwen Market at enjoy a programme of free events and activities.
``I've been coming to & playing at Darwen Live festival every year from London for 5+ years now. This year was better than ever, the weather helped with that too. Such a good atmosphere especially on the Sunday.`` - Jo

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