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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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Songs of the Mayflower, Menestrel at Whitworth Library
Date: 15th Oct 2026
Early music and Canadian folk.
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In Conversation: Scott Schiavone & Amber Butchart - The Harris
Date: 15th Oct 2026
Sold outDrawing on the world’s largest Horrockses collection at The Harris, Amber and Scott will discuss the exhibition’s curatorial process and accompanying book, exploring how a Preston-made label became a symbol of postwar British s...
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Going Underground - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadgate Part 3 - The Harris
Date: 15th Oct 2026
The focus of this the third instalment of the ‘Lamb Lies Down On Broadgate’ Preston Music History talk is a feature on the smaller venues that ran alongside the major venues like The Public Hall and The Guild Hall.Preston based Author...
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Blackburn Artists' Society 80th Anniversary Exhibition: Day and Night - Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, Briercliffe
Dates: 16th Oct 2026 - 30th Oct 2026
Founded in 1946, Blackburn Artist's Society are celebrating their 80th Anniversary in 2026, and what better way to celebrate than with a beautiful new exhibition at Queen Street Mill? They have spent many years meeting at iconic venues across Lanc...
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Gawthorpe Textiles Collection Exhibition - National Trust: Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham
Dates: 16th Oct 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth was an expert with a needle, as well as making textiles she also collected and studied them. The items on display in this exhibition are a tiny part of the extensive and beautiful collection, she built up throughout her lif...
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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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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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