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Spot On Lancashire
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Spot On brings top quality performing arts to the people of Lancashire, in village halls, libraries and online. We do this in partnership with volunteers, librarians and professional performing artists and companies.
🟡 Summer may almost be over, but don't worry - we still have a few activities lined up in both Blackburn and Darwen! 🟡
Head on over to spotonlancashire.co.uk/event-type/v... and plan your days out - and also take a peak at what's coming up for the Spot On Autumn 2025 Season! #whatsonlancashire
August 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🐦 Puppet Birding by Handmade Theatre
📅 Weds 6 Aug, 📍Blackburn Market | 📅 Friday 8 Aug, 📍Darwen Market Square
🎭 Performances 11.30am & 2.30pm | 🐥Workshop 1pm
💛Join HandMade Theatre for some Puppet Birding, a fun family show inspired by British birds alongside a puppet making workshop!
#Lancashire
August 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
🦀 Caspian’s Storm by LASTheatre
📅 Thurs 31 July | 📍Darwen Market Square
📅 Fri 1 Aug | 📍King William Street, Blackburn
🕰 11am, 12.30pm & 2pm
🎭 Packed with puppetry, music, and plenty of laughs, Caspian’s Storm is a fast-paced, interactive show for the young and young at heart!
#Lancashire
July 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
✨SUMMER IS HERE - WHICH MEANS, SO ARE OUR FREE FAMILY ACTIVITIES IN BLACKBURN AND DARWEN✨
Watch this space, or head on over to our website to plan your creative and fun filled summers with Culturapedia/Spot On Lancashire, from pirate princesses to dancing elephants, there's something for everyone!
July 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Think you know nursery rhymes? Think again!
🎭 Gav Cross is here to help ruin them in the BEST possible way.
📅 Sat 14 June | 📍Blackburn Central Library
11am & 2pm | Ages 7+
🎟️ FREE, booking essential - get yours now!
#familydayout #lancashirefamilies #freefamilyfun #childrensliteraturefestival
June 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
🔥 The UK’s leading tango band, Tango Calor, are coming to Lancashire!
💃 Fiery Argentinian tangos, sultry Latin grooves & dazzling performances!
📆 Weds 21 May | 📍Layton Library, 7pm
📆 Thurs 22 May | 📍Darwen Library, 7pm
📆 Fri 23 May | 📍St Annes Library, 7pm
🎟 Tickets: buff.ly/oJlzFu6
April 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🚨DON'T MISS IT🚨
🎭 Scaffolding, by Documental Productions: A woman. A church steeple & everything she wants to say—shouted from the rooftops.
📆 Tues 22 April | 📍Whalley Library, 7.30pm
📆 Weds 23 April | 📍Poulton Library, 7.30pm
📆 Thursd 24 April | 📍Heysham Library, 7.30pm
🎟Book Now: buff.ly/kELZre1
April 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
✨TODAY! Join the ranks of ancient(ish) heroes!✨
Story Forge hits Whitworth & Burnley for a fast, funny, and utterly unpredictable day of make-your-own mythology.
📍 Whitworth Library, 10.30am
📍 Burnley Mechanics Theatre Basement Studio, 3pm
🎟 book here: buff.ly/3vBNqz1
April 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🧶 The Knitting Pilgrim
📆Fri 9 May | 📍The Rainhall Centre, Barnoldswick, 7pm
📆Sat 10 May | 📍Accrington Library, 7.30pm
An epic tale… told through yarn! A moving one-man show by Canadian performer Kirk Dunn, blending storytelling, spirituality, stunning hand-knitted art.
🎟 Tickets: buff.ly/9pazFpr
April 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
NEXT WEEK
🎭 Story Forge an interactive, chaotic, and hilarious theatre show where the audience makes the myth
📆 Tues 15 April | 📍Whitworth Library, 10.30am | 📍Burnley Merchanics Theatre Basement Studio, 3pm
🎟 Book now: buff.ly/XYmIJi8
April 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
✨ TODAY: A world of wonder at Parbold & Ormskirk Libraries!
We can't wait to see you there!
April 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🎶 TONIGHT! Experience the magic of live storytelling and music with 'Holy Cow!' by Emily Hennessey & Sheema Mukherjee is a riotous, fast-paced adventure through Indian mythology! 🌟
📍 Clitheroe Library | 7pm | 🎟 Limited tickets left! Get yours now: buff.ly/YWvA15y
April 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
✨TODAY – It’s SHOWTIME in Heysham! ✨
🎭Puppets. Songs. Slight chaos. What more could you want?
Heysham The Puppet Musical is live at Heysham Library, 2pm!
There's still time to come along if you're stuck for something to do today!
🎟 A few tickets left here: buff.ly/QzzNrB1
April 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
⚡ A secret mission awaits! Roald Dahl’s stories are disappearing…YOU can help save them📚
An interactive theatre show filled with games & adventure. Perfect for avid readers and families!
📆 Fri 11 April | 📍Roman Road Library, 10am | 📍Rishton Library, 3pm
🎟 Limited tickets! Book now: buff.ly/WmwUaa3
April 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Scaffolding is an urgent, moving, and funny show about holding it together when everything’s falling apart.
📆 Tues 22 April |📍Whalley Library, 7.30pm
📆 Weds 23 April |📍Poulton Library, 7.30pm
📆 Thurs 24 April |📍Heysham Library, 7.30pm
🎟 Limited tickets, get yours now: buff.ly/f73Ptlj
April 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Ever wondered what a musical about your town would look like? 👀
🎭Heysham The Puppet Musical takes everything wonderful and quirky about small-town life and turns it into a toe-tapping, belly-laughing puppet show
📅 Weds 9 April | Heysham Library | 2pm FREE EVENT
🎟 Tickets : buff.ly/wJplZhU
April 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
⚡️Story Forge lets you take the stage and build a legend! Live music, clowning, and audience invention—perfect for the young & those young at heart.
📅 15 Apr | 📍Whitworth Library, 10.30am📍The Basement Studio, Burnley Mechanics Theatre, 3pm
🎟 Book now: buff.ly/BdCHjqC
April 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
👀 #EdFringe favourite Patrick Monahan is touring Lancashire with a comedic & topical hour on A.I!
A TV & festival regular, Patrick’s high-energy style & sharp observations make for a hilarious night!
#standupcomedy #ai #comedytour #patrickmonahan #spotonlancashire
#blackpool #fairhaven #morecambe
March 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🎭Oddbodies deliver an inventive adaptation of the Shakespeare classic, King Lear.
📍Moor Park Library (20/03/25) 📍Mellor Brook Community Centre (06/05/25).
Book now via the Spot On Website !
#lancashire #lancashirelife #blackpool #whatsonlancashire #KingLear #shakespeare #onemanshow #epictheatre
March 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Louise Jordan, singer-songwriter and storyteller, invites you to a musical concert celebrating the inspirational lives of history's unsung women in #Chorley, #Longridge, #Blackburn, #Haslingden and #Burnley!
🎟️ Book your tickets here
spotonlancashire.co.uk/events/herst...
#lancashire #womenshistory
March 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
@westmyfriend.bsky.social are coming to Lancashire!
Bringing layered, symphonic sounds steeped in baroque mystery, drawing inspiration from their Cascadian folk roots and the visual styles of Western Canada in concert in Oswaldtwistle Poulton-le-Fylde. Book now: spotonlancashire.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
#FebruaryHalfTerm2025 is fast approaching! We have a fantastic range of FREE creative, family-friendly activities and performances happening in #Blackburn and #Darwen Markets!
#NorthWest
#ExploreLancashire
#VisitLancashire
#FamilyFun
#FamilyTime
#WhatsOnLancashire
#FreeThingsToDo
February 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
👀As we're gearing up for our Spring '25 season, we're taking a look at some of our achievements from 2024; Spot On’s first ever festival came, held in Poulton-le-Fylde from 14-16 June.
Head on over to the Culturapedia website & read our full coverage on the whole weekend now!👇
tinyurl.com/5xefszzv
January 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM