Darwen Town Council invites you to come along and celebrate King Charles III Coronation with some free family fun on Darwen Market Square.

This free family fun event promises to be a fantastic day of immersive theatre, music, dancing, stilt walkers, magic shows and delicious street food and a throne fit for a king!

Dress up and bring your crowns with a prize for the best dressed on the day.

The street food vendors will be serving up a variety of tasty treats to satisfy all cravings. 

The party is expected to attract thousands of visitors, and organisers are encouraging guests to arrive early to secure a good spot.

The Line Up

10:00  am. Ian The StoryTeller & Vera Bowtop Trike

10:30  am  Professor Pumpernickel 

11:00  am  Scoop Magic Show

11:30  am  Scoop Magic Show

12:00  pm  Stilt walkers x 2 between 12 and 2

12:00  pm  Trunks Show with Gacko

12:30  pm  Scoop Magic Show

01: 00 pm  Scoop Magic Show

01:30  pm  Ukulele Session With Gacko

02:00  pm  Professor Pumpernickel

02:30  pm. Ian The Story Teller & Vera Bowtop Trike

03:00  pm  Grand Exhibition of Contraptions and Curiosities Show

More information on the performers:

Ian The Story Teller on Vera Bowtop Caravan

Ian Douglas, the renowned raconteur of stories, has been plying his trade at festivals large and small for over twenty years.

Appearing with his beautiful pedal powered bow top caravan ‘Vera’, Ian has a head bursting with traditional tales perfect for any occasion.

Gather round and enjoy.

Professor Pumpernickel

Professor Pumpernickel travels the country with his laboratory of lunacy with a mission:-

To enthuse all ages and abilities about science in the hope of seeding some of our future inventors, explorers, life savers and superheroes.

If you like fire, explosions, loads of mess and mind-bending magic, you’ll love Pumpernickel.  

An energetic and entertaining show for all ages!”

Scoop Magic Show

MIND-BLOWING, MAGICAL ENTERTAINMENT 

Scoop is a multi-talented magician who will wow you with his amazing show.

His performances combine conjuring with comedy, illusion, sleight of hand, juggling, fire performing and mind control. 

His close up magic makes the impossible happen right under people’s noses, sometimes even right in their hands.

Stilt Walkers

Meet and greet these stunning stilt walkers who will be dressed for the occasion in red, white and blue.

Trunks Show with Gacko

Gacko is the official Fool of Festivals.

Promenading with Dolly, his peripatetic perambulator of performance. Ever ready to unload his curious cargo of songs, stories and routines with oodles of participation.

“He has the gift of enchanting audiences young and old with a mixture of wordplay, slapstick, improvised musical interludes and tales embroidered with the flawless creativity of an infinitely improbable imagination.”

Ukulele Session with Gacko

A fun and easy workshop session for 40 people during which participants learn a few simple Ukulele chords and how to strum. We work up a couple of silly songs or rock anthems then perform our new

songs to an even wider audience. 

Designed to be fun and simple so anybody can take part.

All instruments are provided.

Grand Exhibition of Contraptions and Curiosities Show

Our grand finale is presented by the calamitous Victorian scientist and adventurer Lord Foppletwig.

Foppletwig and his long suffering servants Mr. Douglas and Sherper Tenbob unload a barrage of baffling stories, bawdy music hall sing-alongs and utterly stupid stunts.

The Grand Exhibition of Contraptions & Curiosities is a charming yet chaotic hour of myths, music, magic, mayhem, silliness, songs, sparkles, bangs and puerility all combined to bring you the true flavour of fun in bewildering and breathtaking fashion.