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Welcome to Blackburn & Darwen
Welcome to the official website guide to Blackburn and Darwen.
The borough is a vibrant, happening place to be with great food, good sport and a fashionable heritage as well as two town centres that are creative, entrepreneurial and entertaining places to be.
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Event Highlights
Humble Boy - Blackburn Drama Club
4th March 2015 to 7th March 2015 Felix Humble returns to his family home following the death of his father to find his mother has thrown all his...
Reidy’s Exposure 2015
Reidys Exposure is a platform created to support undiscovered & unsigned original music with successful contestants going on to perform at King...
DLT Film Club: One Hundred Foot Journey
Darwen Library Theatre Film Club present: One Hundred Foot Journey on 10th March 2015 at 2pm. Hassan Kadam (Manish Dayal) is an extraordinarily...
Humble Boy - Blackburn Drama Club 04/03/2015Felix Humble returns to his family home following the death of his father to find his mother has thrown all his father’s belongings away and is already planning to marry someone else. Thwaites Empire Theatre 7.30pm Tickets £9.00
Lunchtime Organ Recital 04/03/2015Lunchtime concerts at Blackburn Cathedral take place at 1pm on Wednesdays throughout the year featuring the Cathedral's internationally renowned 1969/2002 Walker/Wood organ played by organists from the UK & futher afield.
Wind in the Willows 02/04/2015Award-nominated Immersion Theatre and the critically-acclaimed Cambridge Touring Theatre join forces to present a spectacular musical adaptation of the classic, "The Wind in the Willows" at Darwen Library Theatre on 2nd April 2015 from 2pm.
An Evening with Ann Breen 10/04/2015Ann has been involved in music all her life and continues to record and tour with her band bringing her blend of Irish, country and popular songs. Thwaites Empire Theatre 7.30pm £17.00
Latest News
February 2015
The Mall Blackburn’s Great Re-Usable Bottle Giveaway!24/02/2015
The Mall Blackburn’s Great Re-Usable Bottle Giveaway!
This year, as part of its annual EnviroMall campaign, The...
New Sports and Leisure Centre to open in March13/02/2015
The new £13.5m Blackburn Sports and Leisure Centre will open its doors to the public on Monday, March 9.
Waves...
January 2015
The 1st Hive Blackburn & Darwen Business Awards13/01/2015
It’s time to celebrate the very best of business in the borough! The Hive business leaders network is pleased to...
