Easter Holiday’s at Darwen Market: Puppetry Craft Workshop CAROLINE YAWA ADA Puppetry Craft Workshop Join expert puppet maker Caroline Yawa Ada in building your very own rooster puppet to make and take home. Caroline will talk you through the stages of creating your puppet using a recycled plastic bag and then she’ll teach you how…
Easter Holiday’s at Darwen Market: Vegetable Printing Workshop RACHEL WOOD Vegetable Printing Workshop Join patternmaker Rachel Wood in creating patterns and prints with ink and vegetables. Design and print your very own pencil case, exploring texture and patterns with the vegetables readily available in our wonderful markets. This is a free drop in activity running…
Love was most definitely in the air when celebrity designer Patrick Grant visited Darwen Market. Judge on the BBC’s Great British Sewing Bee, Patrick chose the beautiful Victorian building as the location for the latest fashion shoot for his ethical clothing brand, Community Clothing. And, he wasn’t short of willing volunteers with the traders keen…
February Half Term at Darwen Market: Watch Live Shows The Street Where I Live Come along and watch M6 theatre company’s show, The Street Where I Live. Meet Cyril the cat, his owner Granny Bradshaw, and discover the colourful street where they live.These stories for young children and their families share the warmth and diversity…
February Half Term at Darwen Market: Create Together Bhangra Bhangra Active Family Dance Workshops Come along and join in with this fun family dance workshop with Sohan Kailey. Learn fun Bhangra dancing moves accompanied by vibrant music. Bhangra is a farming, agricultural dance from the Punjab (India) and Sohan will teach you how to dig…
February Half Term at Darwen Market: Create Together Storytelling Tales & Art Inspired By Ingushetia with Daria Kulesh Daria’s family are from Ingushetia, she has been gathering stories, songs, pictures and poems about the land where her Grandmother grew up. She’ll be sharing stories and leading art activities for the day. This is a drop…
February Half Term at Darwen Market: Make & Take Home Worry Monsters Join Stephie from Hoop & Fred and scary away those worry monsters by stitching your fluffy monster pal! Come and join us… Supported using public funds by The National Lottery through Arts Council England and Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.
Spend Christmas in Darwen Watching Live Shows Musical Mayhem There’ll be plenty of musical mayhem in the market this Christmas with a visit from the Carol singing Christmas Crackers. They will be wandering around the market, serenading stall holders and shoppers in their own madcap style – a Christmas treat for all the family. Come…
Spend Christmas with Darwen Market, Making Winter Wreaths Come & explore fabric collage & make your own Winter flora and fauna decorative loop! Snow Day textiles will guide you through the process of using repurposed fabrics, drawn and stitched techniques to create a fun decoration to celebrate the winter season. Join us for FREE family…
Spend Christmas in Darwen with Culturapedia Join in with making a special wish for Santa at this free workshop DEAR SANTA… We’ve all made a list for Santa; we’ve crossed our fingers and can’t wait until Christmas morning. But who fills Santa’s stocking or puts presents under the tree at the North Pole? This is…