Music
Martin Roscoe and Friends: A world-class piano festival on the doorstep to the Ribble Valley
2020 sees Ribble Valley International Piano Week further broadening its reach as a treasured piano festival in rural North West England.
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Up close and personal with Kevin Simm
An unmissable chance to see a world class vocalist up close and personal performing classic hits from across the decades, when Kevin…
Dance
Ian Waite & Vincent Simone…The Ballroom Boys – ACT TWO! at Blackburn Empire Theatre
ACT TWO will follow on from Waite and Simone’s first offering as a dancing duo, with more old-fashioned variety - dance, comedy…
Blackburn Life Awards News
The Arches scoops first Blackburn Life Award for Best Café or Coffee Shop!
The Arches is the first winner of a Blackburn Life Award, the new initiative support businesses in the borough. The popular Sandwich…
Music
Legendary band The Blockheads in Blackburn this March
Starting out as the band behind Ian Dury, the Blockheads are a legendary outfit that has grown in stature from the early…
Shopping
Historic Holme Street recreated in new initiative in Blackburn Market
A new events and themed pop-up markets area at the heart of Blackburn Market has been named Holme Street. The name comes…
Music
Pete Wylie – Part time Rock Star – Full Time Legend!
The Scouse maverick, Pete Wylie, who, along with Ian McCulloch and Julian Cope, pioneered the Eighties art-indie scene brings his show to…
Music
“Lipstick On Your Collar” heads to Blackburn!
Tickets are selling fast for Lipstick on Your Collar as it heads to Blackburn on Saturday 14th March 2020.
Music
This could be the greatest night of your life! Sing-Along with Re-Take That
Take That’s Greatest Hits Sing-Along with Re-Take That at Blackburn Empire Theatre
Comedy
Is Stephen Bailey all Grown-up? Has the World Gone Mad?
Stephen brings his inappropriate anecdotes to Darwen Library Theatre on Wednesday 11th March 2020.
Music
Jimi -The Legend Lives On
Starring John Campbell, widely regarded as the world’s best tribute artist and featuring his all-star band at Blackburn Empire Theatre on Saturday…
Music
Blackburn Classics and Beethoven’s 250th Celebration
The Hallé return to Blackburn this March as part of the 2019/2020 Classics Series to celebrate the 250th birthday of Beethoven.