Taking place in Blackburn each year, The National Festival of Making is a unique celebration of UK making, from the kitchen table to the factory floor.
free entryRooms to Live consists of two interrelated sculptural installations; Trout House Replica recreates the interior of the Los Angeles house where Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band wrote and rehearsed their seminal 1969 album Trout Mask Replica.
free entryChristmas at the Piece Hall is filled with live music, comedy, craft workshops, Christmas Markets and everything you could imagine to put you in the Christmas spirit.
from £0.00Legendary American rock band Pixies are bringing their unmistakable and era-defining sound to The Piece Hall.
from £47.50The Saltaire Living Advent Calendar has been a staple of the village since 2006, with community buildings and houses lighting up their windows with intricate illuminations.
free entryStar of Live At The Apollo; Adam Rowe’s new stand up tour is coming to Bradford’s King’s Hall!
from £22.00By Charles Dickens, adapted by Hugh Janes and directed by Dick Hebbert. Come for a spooky theatrical experience, but don’t expect to sleep easy that night!
from £5.00Bradford’s number-one live lit night with invited guests and open mic, hosted by Tom Branfoot. January’s headliners come in the form of award-winning Kym Deyn, Ophira Gottlieb and Hamish Rush.
free entryA formal Edwardian urban park in Burnley which retains most its original features including a boating lake and an Italian garden.
Rowley Lake is on the outskirts of Burnley, with much to offer to the walker who goes out of their way to venture out here. It’s open scope and substantial size lend it vast appeal, while it’s natural activity and beauty make it a pretty picture, with views extending endlessly across the flat plain.
Burnley Mechanics Theatre showcases an array of talent; touring shows and local theatre also.
Independent community coffee shop and vegetarian kitchen.
The Weavers Triangle is a modern name for an area on the banks of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal that was once at the heart of Burnley’s textile industry. The name was first used in the 1970s, as interest developed in preserving Burnley’s industrial heritage, and refers to the roughly triangular shape of the region.
Glassmonkey Studio is the largest glass fusing studio in the area. The studio is home to a gallery selling handmade fused glassware jewellery, art and greeting cards. They also host regular workshops for fused glass, soap making, enamelling, and silver clay jewellery making.
Historic house, art gallery and museum. Museum houses a variety of displays, encompassing natural history, Egyptology, local history, textiles, decorative art and regional furniture. Art gallery is focused on Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite art, “with some earlier paintings as well”.
Hurstwood Hall Guest House is steeped in local history. It was built in 1579 by the Towneley family and is a Grade II star listed building that retains many of its original features.
Burnley’s Panopticon, ‘Singing Ringing Tree’, is a unique musical sculpture which overlooks Burnley from its position high above the town on Crown Point. Constructed from pipes of galvanised steel stacked in layers, this Panopticon takes the form of a tree bending to the winds and harnesses the energy of those winds to produce a low, tuneful song.
A public library in Nelson, Lancashire, which runs a number of events and classes.
A former cotton mill built in 1832, and purchased by Pendle Council in 2012.
Affectionately referred to as the ‘Downton of the North’, Gawthorpe Hall was redesigned in the 1850s by Sir Charles Barry, designer of the Houses of Parliament and the ‘real’ Downton Abbey, Highclere Castle.
Enjoy our latest picks of things to do with the family, including festive fun and family raves to welcome in the new year!
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The best food and drink options in Manchester and the North for the upcoming winter months.