Free Family Friendly Activities: Space Chickens At Darwen Market Square WITH THE PUPPET VAN WITH HALF A STRING Space Chickens Earth’s unlikely hero: an adventurous chicken who is blasted into space to solve all of our planet’s problems. Sounds ridiculous? Not for our heroic hen who will boldly go where no poultry has gone before……
Free Family Friendly Activities: Beyond The Rooftops At Darwen Market WITH EYE OF NEWT THEATRE COMPANY Beyond the rooftops, somewhere amongst the chimney pots a nest is being prepared. In this tale of friendship, courage, and self-discovery we follow Pigeon as she discovers strength in the most unexpected places. A ten minute puppet show performed from…
Free Family Friendly Activities: Print Your Own Tote Bag At Darwen Market WITH HOOP & FRED Join Stephie from Hoop & Fred and print your own tote bag! Stephie will have an exciting box full of ready-made stamps for you to use or if you’ve found a really cool shell at the beach or a really…
DARWEN PRIDE 2024 Darwen will be celebrating it’s first ever Pride event on Saturday 13th July. An organising committee has been working hard to bring this event to Darwen Market Square. You can expect to see a jam-packed live stage programme from 12pm until 10pm with performances from Free Spirit, Rachel Toner, Sarah Lego Lewis,…
It’s Back! Darwen Festival of Fun & Artisan Market Culture – Creativity – Crafts – Theatre – Community The Darwen Festival of Fun, now in its fourth year, returns to Darwen on Saturday, July 27th. This free event, kindly funded by Darwen Town Council and Blackburn with Darwen Council, promises a day filled with family fun,…
Blackburn with Darwen Council is working alongside Deco Publique and the new Darwen Long Term Plan Board to engage with residents and members of the local community – to get to know what you think. There’ll be in-person events for residents to attend in June as well as an online survey which is currently open to all via the link: Darwen…
Free May Fun Hodman & Sally Walking Performance At Darwen Market THE FLYING BUTTRESSES Hodman and Sally have lived happily by themselves for hundreds of years, blissfully unaware of the changing world around them. Now they have ventured out in search of fame, fortune and friendship, enjoying a second youth touring the world with their possessions…
Free May Fun The Elves and the Shoemaker At Darwen Market JOYCE BRANAGH & HELEN LONGWORTH When two magical elves, Red and Lo, arrive to help the local shoemaker, they realise they need to put themselves into someone else’s shoes to understand what the customers need. But will Lo learn enough to make the perfect pair…
Free May Fun Arabic Calligraphy Workshop At Darwen Market RAZWAN UL-HAQ Join us for a hands-on workshop on Arabic Nastaliq Calligraphy with Razwan. Have a go at using traditional bamboo pens and hand mixed ink. Everyone is welcome! You don’t need to know any Arabic to create these beautiful shapes and patterns. This is a drop…
Blackburn & Darwen 9th Annual Festival of Brass March and Hymn Tune Contest Darwen Market Square The 9th Annual Festival of Brass is taking place on Darwen Market Square on Sunday 9th June 2024. Come and join us for a wonderful afternoon of live brass music. The competition starts at 1pm with the prize…