What’s on 21st September to 27th September 2015

Events in & around Blackburn & Darwen from Monday, 21^st September 2015 to Sunday, 27^th September 2015

To avoid disappointment, please contact the venues to make sure that there are still tickets/places available if you are planning to attend any of the events below. For more information see our web site www.visitblackburn.co.uk or contact Blackburn Visitor Centre tel: 01254 688040/ email: visit@blackburn.gov.uk

Blackburn Town Centre

• 23rd Sept: Community Living Room, Photography Group, Blackburn Library 10am
• 23^rd Sept: Lunch Time Recital with Shaun Turnbull, Blackburn Cathedral 1pm
• 23^rd Sept: Steel Pan Band, Community Sessions, The Bureau 4pm
• 24^th Sept: Music Space, Community music ensemble, The Bureau 4.30pm
• 25^th Sept: Macmillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning, Blackburn Library 10am
• 25^th Sept: Walk The Walk, Blackburn town walk, Meet Blackburn Visitor Centre 12.45pm
• 25^th Sept: The Hallé, Blackburn Classics, King Georges Hall 7.30pm, Pre Concert talk by Sir Mark Elder at 6.30pm
• 25th Sept: Double Vision-YNOT Aspire Charity Dinner, Windsor Suite, King Georges Hall 8pm
• 25^th Sept: Blackburn Film Club, LGBT Film Festival at The Bureau, Victoria Street
  • LGBT themed open Art Exhibition 5.30pm
  • Screening of “I Killed Your Mother” 7.30pm
  • Performance from The Ascension 10pm
• 26^th Sept: Get Crafty, Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery 12 -4pm
• 26^th Sept: Get Involved, The Bureau, Victoria Street 11am -2pm
• 26^th Sept: Soul All Nighter, King Georges Hall 9pm to 7am
• 26^th – 27^th Sept:  Eid in the Park Festival, Corporation Park 11am – 6pm
• Until 14^th Nov: Cotton To Gold, Extraordinary Collections of the Industrial North West, Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery
• Until 30^th Sept: Saving a Century, Victorian Architecture Photography Exhibition, Blackburn Library
• Until 26th September: Cotton to Canvas, exhibition by Julia Swarbrick, Blackburn Museum (Wed – Sat 12 – 4.45pm)

Darwen Town Centre

• 21^st Sept: Community Living Room, Jewellery Making, Darwen Library 10am
• 22^nd Sept,23^rd Sept,24^th Sept: Paddy McGuinness, Darwen Library Theatre 7pm  ***SOLD OUT***
• 25^th Sept: Paddy McGuinness, Darwen Library Theatre 7pm
• 26^th Sept to 16^th October: Exhibition by Darwen Days, Darwen Library
• 26^th Sept: Paddy McGuinness, Darwen Library Theatre 7pm
• 26^th Sept: Darwen Brass “A Night at the Movies” Darwen Library Theatre 7.30pm
• Until 10^th October: Leyland Artists Exhibition, Sunnyhurst Woods Visitor Centre, Thurs to Sunday (& Bank Hols) 1pm – 4.30pm

Other Events around the Borough:

• 21^st Sept: You’re Never too Old, Thwaites Empire Theatre 7.30pm
• 22^nd Sept: Community Living Room, Introduction to sewing, Mill Hill Community Centre 10am
• 22^nd – 26^th Sept: Blackburn Arts Club: “Shakers –Re Stirred” Gibraltar Street Theatre 7.30pm
• 23^rd Sept: Cycle Rides from Witton Park Cycle Centre (www.goskyride.com)
  • Towpath Trails (8 miles)   10am
  • Pedal Around The Park (2 hours) 1pm
  • Summer Family Cycle Ride (4 hours) 4pm
• 24^th Sept: Cycle Rides from Witton Park Cycle Centre (www.goskyride.com)
  • Summer Family Cycle Ride (4 hours) 4pm
• 25^th  & 26^th  Sept:  Theatre Talent Show, Thwaites Empire Theatre 7pm
• 25^th Sept: Cycle Rides from Witton Park Cycle Centre (www.goskyride.com)
  • Towpath Trails (8 miles)   10.30am
  • Pedal Around The Park (2 hours) 1pm
• 26^th Sept: Night at the Museum Live “Confessional” music festival, Holy Trinity Church 12 noon to 12 midnight.
• 27^th Sept: Big Walkies Blackburn, Witton Park 10am

We try our best to keep up to date with what’s going on around the Borough but if you know of any other events please let us know so that we can add them to our listings. If you know of anyone else who would like to receive our weekly updates please email us their details: visit@blackburn.gov.uk