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Lancaster band and Radio 1 favourites, Lowes, have been mentoring local young musicians as the city’s Music Festival continues to inspire the next generation.

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Martin Mere Wetland Centre in Lancashire has been flooded with thousands of pink-footed geese as they join the UK for winter. The species arrives each year in mid to late September after making the 500 miles journey from Iceland, with up to 30,000 expected to make the stop at Martin Mere.

Halloween is fast approaching and there are some spooky goings on at Lancashire’s award-winning visitor attraction Thornton Hall Country Park.

The Dukes is very proud to present Lucy Kirkwood’s critically acclaimed play, ‘Mosquitoes’, in its first UK outing since its National Theatre debut in 2017. ‘Mosquitoes’ will be directed by Adam Nichols, OVO and Maltings Theatre Artistic Director and stars Emma Wright (Les Liaisons Dangereuses) as Alice and Faith Turner (Hedda Gabler) as Jenny, the two sisters at the heart of this coruscating drama.

Crowds flocked to the Burnley Vintage Car Show on Saturday 24^th September to enjoy a revved up day of fun for the whole family.

Showtown is Blackpool’s new museum of fun and entertainment. Although the museum will open next year, the team have an exciting autumn events programme planned and are now offering Heritage Tours.

The Partington Group is expanding its portfolio with the acquisition of the Windy Harbour Development Site which surrounds the group’s existing Windy Harbour Holiday Park

Journey to Hell Freak Nights return to Blackpool Pleasure Beach this Halloween.  Will you be brave enough to travel through the eight scare zones to uncover the horrors that await?