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It's party time!
... & Everyone is invited to help celebrate Blackburn winning High Street of the Year on 15th July
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.
For more information contact Blackburn Visitor Centre 01254 688040 / 669187 or keep up to date by joining our mailing list.
Event Highlights
Summer Arts Adventures
Come and have a fun and creative experience at Blackburn Museum this Summer (and achieve Arts Award too!) Working with Action Factory, children aged...
3D Print Your Own Fidget Spinner
3D printing always in the news -“the next big thing”! You know what else is impossible to get away from!? Fidget spinners! Put them both...
Jimmy Carr – Best Of Tour
Jimmy Carr will be back at King Georges Hall on Friday, 22nd September 2017 at 8pm. Tickets: £27.50 Jimmy is gathering a selection of his...
India’s Gateway; Gujarat, Mumbai & Britain 18/02/201718 Feb - 15 July - India’s Gateway; Gujarat, Mumbai & Britain exhibition at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery from Saturday, 18th February to Saturday, 19th August 2017. India’s Gateway is an exhibition that traces the history of Gujarat and Mumbai as age-old centres of trade and migration.
3D Print Your Own Fidget Spinner 28/07/20173D printing - Fidget spinners! On 28th July, 2017 10am – 2pm, £10
One of the best workshops we’ve thought up to date (if we do say so ourselves).
Latest News
June 2017
BLACKBURN'S BIG NIGHT OUT21/06/2017
Celebrating 1973: The Year Bowie Came to Blackburn
King George's Hall (KGH), Saturday July 8th
In the 70s...
BGT Star Sings to Celebrate Blackburn’s Championship Win16/06/2017
Businesses are being briefed to wave flags, bring out the bunting and raise the red, white and blue for Blackburn as...
May 2017
New Blackburn exhibition to host ancient art from the British Museum12/05/2017
Music of Courtly India is a new British Museum Partnership Spotlight loan, coming to Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery from the...
February 2017
Love Sundays is back at The Mall Blackburn!27/02/2017
The Mall Blackburn is treating Sunday shoppers to a whole host of FREE gifts worth up to £100 throughout Spring and Summer...
