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Joy at £25,000 Funding Boost of Blackburn’s Festival of Light

Published on Monday 30 October 2017 at 2:13 pm

Blackburn’s lantern parade will be bigger and brighter than ever this year, thanks to successful £25,000 additional funding, a fresh new timetable and new team members.

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Lantern-making workshops planned ahead of Festival of Light

Published on Wednesday 4 November 2015 at 3:48 pm

Blackburn’s newest art venue will open their doors next month for a series of seasonal lantern-making workshops in the run up to Christmas to get the people of Blackburn feeling festive.

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Changes to lantern parade due to the weather

Published on Thursday 11 December 2014 at 1:29 pm

The weather is too windy to hold a lantern parade this evening and even though it may subside a little, it’s likely that it will still be too strong to walk round with lanterns.

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