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…
Free Family Friendly Activity: Music and Crafts with Shared Sounds At Darwen Market WITH THE BUREAU CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Come and explore some exciting musical instruments with The Bureau Centre for the Arts Shared Sounds team at the market. Create soundscapes, joining in with everyone to create your own music. Get crafty at Darwen…
Free Family Friendly Activity: Bat, Cackle, Pop! At Darwen Market WITH STORY CRAFT THEATRE It’s Winifred the Witch’s birthday and she thinks that everyone has forgotten. There’s going to be a Surprise party, but first we need to make a special birthday cake. We just need the last 3 rather spooky ingredients… The show is…
Free Family Friendly Activity: DIY Kamishibai At Darwen Market WITH ALASTAIR PRICE Kamishibai is Japanese for ‘paper theatre’, tales told by travelling story tellers, using pictures. Make up a new story, or add to an old one, see it told on the small stage. Or, for more modern children, why not ‘upload’ a picture onto…
Free Family Friendly Activity: Junk Modelling At Darwen Market WITH STORIES IN THE DUST Join the cast of Stories in the Dust to make junk model puppets. Using all sorts of materials, found and recycled, you’ll be guided through with tips and tricks to help you make any animal you like, real or imagined, to…
Free Family Friendly Activity: Den Building At Darwen Market WITH CHRIS HARMAN Join us for a one off workshop in Darwen Market. Get hands on designing and building your own den. Our den-maker extraordinaire will bring all the materials you’ll need to create your masterpiece, from bamboo, piping, recycled material and reusable, eco-friendly zip-ties. Use…
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,…
Have you spotted the beautiful Darwen Tower drawings around town this summer? They’re making up The #shopdarwen Tower Trail, which is all about backing our local economy, spending time with family during the holidays and getting creative! The artist behind the window displays and chalkboards is Lucie Cooke, an accomplished designer and illustrator from Clitheroe,…
Free Family Friendly Activities: Placards of Kindness At Darwen Market WITH PHOEBE FOXTROT Join Phoebe Foxtrot with her soap box and mic. Make a placard of kindness and share your kind thoughts with the world. Hearing kind words spoken by a stranger can change your day, and in a domino affect change the day of…
Free Family Friendly Activities: Circus Skills Workshop At Darwen Market WITH CIRCUS HOUSE Join The Circus House team for a circus skills workshop. Have a go with diablo, spin some plates, learn to juggle or even try aerial hoop! The fully trained circus team will be delivering all of the sessions between 11am and 3pm…