Blackburn & Darwen Band Presents the 10th Annual Festival of Brass! Join us as Blackburn & Darwen Band proudly hosts the 10th Annual Festival of Brass, a celebration of musical excellence that has become a highly anticipated event in the brass banding calendar. This exciting festival has grown in both prestige and popularity over the…
DARWEN LIVE 2025 – LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT! Darwen Live Returns for an Epic Weekend of Music – Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th May 2025 Get ready for an unforgettable weekend of live music and celebration as Darwen Live returns to the heart of Darwen town centre on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th May 2025! Now in…
Darwen Observation Wheel Darwen Market Square WITH THE GIANT WHEEL COMPANY Get ready for incredible bird’s eye views across Darwen and beyond! For one month only, a giant wheel will be coming to Darwen Market Square. This is a perfect memory making opportunity for you, your family and friends. The giant wheel will be open…
Where Do Noses Grow? Darwen Market WITH GOOFUS THEATRE Free February Half Term Family Friendly Fun! Join Goofus Theatre for Where Do Noses Grow? at Darwen Market this half term. One night Lucy cannot sleep. She hears a strange sound bouncing around her bed! What is it? She awakes and discovers a strange crumbled bit of…
Seed Bomb Making Workshop At Darwen Market WITH THE MAKING ROOMS Free February Half Term Family Friendly Fun! Join us for an exciting FREE seed bomb workshop where we’ll craft sustainable seed bombs using recycled cardboard. Discover how to spread a little flower power while learning fun and eco-friendly ways to make a difference. Perfect…
Crankie Making Workshop At Darwen Market WITH ALICE ROWBOTTOM Free February Half Term Family Friendly Fun! Make your own crankie theatre to take away with you – crankies are a way of telling stories with pictures. Draw, craft and create your very own cardboard crankie theatre. A FREE drop-in workshop led by Alice Rowbottom. The…
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…