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…
DISCOVER THE ART OF WEAVING Free Weaving Workshop with Fawziyah Raja As part of our Free Autumn Fun programme, discover the art of weaving. Unleash your inner artist and explore the captivating world of weaving in our immersive workshop. Whether you’re a seasoned weaver or a complete beginner, this hands-on experience is designed to inspire…
ADVENTURE WALK Free Adventure Walk & Clay Workshop with Adam Blake As part of out Fun Autumn Fun Programme, he’s back! Adam, our intrepid explorer, has returned from The Adventure Bureau to create a brand-new story on an adventure walk in Darwen. One that is never before heard, 100% made up on the day. And…
LITTLE KNITTED NIGHTMARES Free Spooky Workshop with Helen Davies Making Knitted Halloween Decorations Join Helen Davies to learn loom knitting and make a yarn and wire decoration for Halloween. Who loves Halloween and making decorations for your home? Think bats, cats & witches hats! We will have lots of ideas for you to try, or…
SCREENTPRINT A MARKET STALL POSTER Free Screen Printing Workshop with Molly Bland If you could have a market stall of your own what would it sell? This is your chance to create the wackiest, weirdest, most wonderful stalls of the future in our market hubs this half term. First, try out silk screen printing with…
SEEDHEART Free Puppet Performance from Indigo Moon Theatre As part of out Fun Autumn Fun Programme, come and meet Grey. Our journey begins as Grey finds themself trapped inside a jar. They try to remember how they got there and how they could be free… Indigo Moon Theatre’s latest show tells the important tale of…