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Blackburn Festival of Light Blackburn Festival of Light is an annual Town Centre event in December. Get involved- make lanterns, join the parade, or come along and watch!

Back the Bid ~ Blackburn is set to bid to be the UK Town of Culture 2028! 🥳Creative and community organisations from rig...
23/03/2026

Back the Bid ~ Blackburn is set to bid to be the UK Town of Culture 2028! 🥳
Creative and community organisations from right across Blackburn are coming together to develop a bid to be crowned UK Town of Culture in 2028.

Organisations leading the town’s cultural renaissance, including:
🎨 National Festival of Making
🛶 Super Slow Way
🪡 British Textile Biennial
🖼️ Blackburn Museum
The Bureau Centre for the Arts!!

and of course Blackburn Festival of Light

… are supporting the Expression of Interest stage alongside a wide range of local partners, and we’re proudly supporting too!
We all want to hear from as many people as possible to help shape the story, bring ideas to life and drive this ambitious bid forward.

Whether you represent heritage, culture, education or a community organisation, your voice can help celebrate Blackburn’s creativity, heritage and community in 2028.

Here’s how you can get involved:
Share your ideas through the Blackburn Town of Culture Online Portal
https://festivalofmaking.co.uk/news/blackburn-townofculture/ for more info and the online portal

Or come and chat with us in person at Blackburn Library:
📆 Tuesday 24 March 2026
⏰ 1–3 pm

The winner of UK Town of Culture 2028 will receive ÂŁ3 million, while the two runners-up will each receive ÂŁ250,000 to deliver cultural programmes in their towns.

Help us tell Blackburn’s story of culture and creativity on the national stage!

Back the Bid ~ Blackburn is set to bid to be the UK Town of Culture 2028! 🥳Creative and community organisations from rig...
19/03/2026

Back the Bid ~ Blackburn is set to bid to be the UK Town of Culture 2028! 🥳
Creative and community organisations from right across Blackburn are coming together to develop a bid to be crowned UK Town of Culture in 2028.

Organisations leading the town’s cultural renaissance, including:

🎨 National Festival of Making
🛶 Super Slow Way
🪡 British Textile Biennial
🖼️ Blackburn Museum
The Bureau Centre for the Arts

and of course Blackburn Festival of Light!!

… are supporting the Expression of Interest stage alongside a wide range of local partners, and we’re proudly supporting too!

We all want to hear from as many people as possible to help shape the story, bring ideas to life and drive this ambitious bid forward.

Whether you represent heritage, culture, education or a community organisation, your voice can help celebrate Blackburn’s creativity, heritage and community in 2028.

Here’s how you can get involved:
Share your ideas through the Blackburn Town of Culture Online Portal https://festivalofmaking.co.uk/news/blackburn-townofculture/ for more info and the online portal

Or come and chat with us in person at Blackburn Library:
📆 Tuesday 24 March 2026
⏰ 1–3 pm

The winner of UK Town of Culture 2028 will receive ÂŁ3 million, while the two runners-up will each receive ÂŁ250,000 to deliver cultural programmes in their towns.

Help us tell Blackburn’s story of culture and creativity on the national stage!

Fantastic evening yesterday for some of our crew and our giant puppets as we were commissioned to deliver a series of la...
16/11/2025

Fantastic evening yesterday for some of our crew and our giant puppets as we were commissioned to deliver a series of lantern workshops in schools and communities, and then to take our lovely light up puppets out to play at Burnley 's Christmas Light switch on.

A great crowd, lots of energy and positivity- the town centre was buzzing (and not just because of our bees!)

It's sad we wont be able to play out with them in Blackburn this year, but we are really glad the Burnley Believes!

Thanks to Burnley BID Discover Burnley for having us. Great community spirit.

Hope to come back next year :-)

Blackburn festival of Light presents Circus skills workshops with The Travelling Light Circus at The Bureau. Saturdays 3...
28/05/2025

Blackburn festival of Light presents Circus skills workshops with The Travelling Light Circus at The Bureau.

Saturdays 31st May, 7th and 14th June - 1.30-3pm

Come and learn how to juggle, dance with hoops, poi and fans with Dan and Shona from The Travelling Light Circus!. Have fun, meet new friends and try new skills, and if you love it, you can join our Fire performance troupe in the autumn and be part of the Blackburn Festival of Light Event!

No previous experience required. All equipment provided.

Places are limited so please book a slot- a deposit will be required to secure a place- this will be returned if you attend. The sessions are on a pay-what -you -feel basis as these 4 classes are funded by Together Housing. All money taken will help us to run more sessions later.

Age 12+ to adult - parents must stay in the building, but The Bureau cafe is open downstairs and you are welcome to wait.

Saturday 1.30-3pm
24th May- Poi
31st May - juggling
7th June - Fans
& 14th June- Hula Hooping

We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone that played a part in making Blackburn Festival of Light happen thi...
19/12/2024

We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone that played a part in making Blackburn Festival of Light happen this year. It was an awesome event, and a much needed celebration at the end of a challenging year.

It was lovely to be back on the streets, after a smaller static event in 2023, to see so many smiling faces...we have never known so much noise made by people! Lots of whooping and cheering. Amazing thank you so much.

There are some fabulous photos and video footage that have been shared already, and we are very much looking forward to finishing looking though images from our photographers and sharing them with you, so keep your eyes peeled.

But first, we are going to tie up a few loose ends before we finish for a well deserved few weeks rest.

See you in 2025!

Quick reminder about lanterns.See our page for more details :-)
14/12/2024

Quick reminder about lanterns.

See our page for more details :-)

Quick reminder about todays workshops.Check out our page for more details :-)
14/12/2024

Quick reminder about todays workshops.

Check out our page for more details :-)

Today is the day!You can find all the info you need on the programme, swipe to have a look. Paper copies can be collect...
14/12/2024

Today is the day!

You can find all the info you need on the programme, swipe to have a look. Paper copies can be collected from The Bureau - Centre for the Arts , Blackburn Museum , Blackburn with Darwen Library and Information Service, The Mall, Blackburn , Blackburn Market or the The Firepit - Blackburn Tipi.

All the details you need are on our page including a sneak peek of what is going on througout the day.

See you later! :-)

The Bureau - Centre for the Arts Discover Blackburn Blackburn Market Culturapedia The Firepit - Blackburn Blackburn College Ian Halawi Studio Leeway Creative Production Eye of Newt Spacecadets Air Design Pif-Paf Theatre BLOWJANGLES Blackburn Cathedral Caffee Impresso Blackburn Museum Wolf Entertainments & Events Travelling Light Circus The Mall, Blackburn Blackburn with Darwen Library and Information Service King Georges Hall Lancashire Confidential Shredding - Paper / Document Shredding Service

Discover Blackburn

Discover Blackburn Culturapedia.com Blackburn College Ian Halawi Studio Leeway Creative
of Newt Spacecadets Air Design Pif-Paf Theatre BLOWJANGLES Blackburn Cathedral Wolf Entertainments & Events Travelling Light Circus
Lancashire Confidential Shredding - Paper / Document Shredding Service

A few thank you's to businesses that have supported us this year., and Lancashire Confidential Shredding - Paper / Docu...
13/12/2024

A few thank you's to businesses that have supported us this year.

, and Lancashire Confidential Shredding - Paper / Document Shredding Service thank you so much for your support. We work on very tight budgets to deliver community workshops and a parade and event. Every little helps do that little bit more. Continued support in what we do is really appreciated :-)

Coffee from Exchange Coffee and other warm drinks will be being served at The Bureau - Centre for the Arts cafe 11-8pm on Saturday. All proceeds will go back into community arts, please do support us.

Thanks.

Discover Blackburn

Address

The Bureau Centre For The Arts, Penny Street
Blackburn
BB16HQ

Opening Hours

Monday 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+447845964802

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