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Lancashire hosts a vibrant calendar of cultural arts and exhibitions, showcasing everything from contemporary installations to traditional crafts. Galleries, museums, and pop-up events across the county provide inspiring spaces for artists and audiences to connect and celebrate creativity.
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Lightpool Festival
Dates: 21st Oct 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
Enjoy a spectacular programme of light-based art installations, live performances, 3D projection shows and family-friendly activities. More details coming soon.
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Alternative Kids 1980 - We Met Again 2026 - The Harris
Date: 17th Oct 2026
John Davies, his photography lecturer, organised an exhibition to show the photographs at The Grundy Art Gallery in Blackpool, February 1981.During 2026, 46 years later through social media, he has managed to find over 40 of the people...
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Happiness! The Ken Dodd Exhibition - Showtown
Dates: 17th Oct 2026 - 2nd Jan 2027
Happiness! The Ken Dodd ExhibitionGet ready for a wonderfully wacky, gloriously giggle-filled celebration of one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers as Happiness! The Ken Dodd Exhibition arrives at Showtown this summer.Ope...
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MADE IT 2026: The North West Graduate Art Prize
Dates: 17th Oct 2026 - 13th Dec 2026
Discover the next generation of North West artists at MADE IT 2026, free at The Whitaker.
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Robbie Williams Tribute at Lakeside Kitchen
Date: 17th Oct 2026
Dean T Betton has mastered the tribute to Robbie Williams.
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Murder at Gatsby Manor
Date: 17th Oct 2026
Join us on Saturday 17th October, 6.45pm onwards for an immersive comedy murder experience.
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Shed Stories, Casson & Friends at Poulton-Le-Fylde Community Hall
Date: 17th Oct 2026
Bandsaws, banter and bourbon biscuits.
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Winter Calligraphy Workshop
Date: 18th Oct 2026
Start your calligraphy journey with this mindful, creative pastime and art form, with a winter theme.
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Artwalk Clitheroe - Clitheroe Castle Museum
Date: 18th Oct 2026
As part of Clitheroe Art Walk, local artist Gosha Gibek will present a colourful pop-up exhibition at Clitheroe Castle Museum. The display will feature paintings and prints inspired by Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley, showing familiar places throu...
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Shed Stories, Casson & Friends at Halton Mill
Date: 18th Oct 2026
Bandsaws, banter and bourbon biscuits.
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Lightpool Festival
Dates: 21st Oct 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
Enjoy a spectacular programme of light-based art installations, live performances, 3D projection shows and family-friendly activities. More details coming soon.
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Rivington Festival of Light
Dates: 22nd Oct 2026 - 25th Oct 2026
Lasers, light trail, live music and food. A fantastic night out for all.
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Threads of Memory - The Harris
Date: 22nd Oct 2026
Screening followed by panel discussion and Q&A with:Hosted by Tosin Adeosun - Curator & Fashion HistorianFull line-up tbcUsing historical footage from the BFI National Archive, as well as more recent online vide...
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Artist Networking Event - Hosted by the Birley Artist Studios - The Harris
Date: 22nd Oct 2026
Free, drop-in event with a pop-up bar.
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Inside the Archive Exhibition - The Harris
Dates: 23rd Oct 2026 - 4th Nov 2026
The BFI National Archive looks after one of the largest and most important collections of film and television in the world. Its teams of experts ensure that the collections are preserved and developed for future generations and made widely accessi...
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Talk about the Lancashire Airman - Bamber Bridge
Date: 23rd Oct 2026
Neville Stack was one of the most celebrated aviators of the inter-war period.
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