Have fun for free at the. Blackburn BID's family festival ... or make a Mr Bloom hat at the craft workshops in The Mall.
Bug Ball ly g U e th to l aw r C s t’ Le n o Come – see you there at 4.30pm urn Have fun for free at the Blackb …where you can milk Matilda the Cow at Blackburn Market, get up close to the creepy crawlies at the summer fair in Blackburn Cathedral and check out the vintage tractors on Church Street. Follow the natural history trail and a world famous collection of beetles at Blackburn Museum or make a Mr Bloom hat at the craft workshops in The Mall. Don’t miss the 30 foot sleeping sow at Sudell Cross and find out all about recycling with a giant talking compost heap.
BID’s family festival
Come along in fancy dress in an animal or insect costume or get dressed up on the day with a visit to our Insect Transformation Station for some creature couture. Get your face painted and pick up your wings and antennae to kit yourself out for the Ugly Bug Ball with our nature fashionistas. Round things off at the party with the stilt walking Praying Mantis and larger than life size blue bottle flies in the Town Hall Square where the stage is hosted by The Bee radio. There will be festival drumming and dancing from 4.30pm so make sure you stay for the grand finale of what will be a quacking day!
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For further details on all the events visit the website:
FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
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GOOD GREEN FAMILY FUN!
#CCTTBlackburn
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CBeebies Mr Bloom
is coming to Blackburn town centre and he’s bringing the countryside with him!
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS 4
The Hut People
An infectious blend of folk music from around the world.
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PIG
10 minute performances (max 10 audience per show) within a 30 foot sleeping sow - seeing is believing at Sudell Cross in this installation by Whalley Range All Stars, internationally acclaimed touring theatre company.
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When
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11am & 2.30pm 11am–1pm & 2–4pm 11.30am, 12.30 & 1.30pm 11.30am
Compost Mentis
Town Hall Sq
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PIG
Sudell Cross
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The Bee Cart
Town Hall St (Library if wet) On Stage, Town Hall Sq
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Town Hall St (Library if wet) On Stage, Town Hall Sq King William Street
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King William St
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On Stage, Town Hall Sq The Mall
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The Hut People Sarah the Cook and Daisy the Cow Pop Up Princesses
On Stage, Town Hall Sq Town Hall St & King William St (Library if wet) On Stage, Town Hall Sq
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4pm
Cbeebies Mr Bloom Stage Show
On Stage, Town Hall Sq
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4.30pm
The Ugly Bug Ball with Drum Machine
On Stage, Town Hall Sq
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12, 1 & 2pm 12.30pm 1.30, 3 & 4.30pm Praying Mantis 1.30, 3 & 4.30pm Blowjangles 1.30pm 2.45pm–3pm CBeebies Mr Bloom 3pm 3pm 3.45pm
10am–2pm 10am–2pm
Summer Fair Stalls Creepy Crawly Roadshow
Blackburn Cathedral Blackburn Cathedral
All Day Events
FISHERS FARM
NOTE: All times and venues subject to change or cancellation. For full information about listed activities and many more check the website
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Morning Events
Say hello to the animals with our pop up petting farm on the Cathedral grounds.
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St Christopher’s School Band, Accrington Farmer Giles The Remedy No Flies on Uzz
Map Ref Details
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Farmers Market by Lancashire Food Festivals Milk Matilda the Cow Mr Bloom Hat Making Workshop Tractors Lancashire Owls and Hawks Fishers Mobile Farm Yard Groovy Hooves Horses Natural History Discovery Trail
Church Street & Cathedral Grounds Blackburn Market The Mall
Cathedral Grounds Cathedral Grounds Blackburn Museum
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Giant Insect Balloon Modelling Coopers Critters, Live Creature Handling Insect Transformation Station & Creature Couture Creature themed face painting & crazy hair Make ‘n’ Do
Blackburn Museum Blackburn Museum
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Church Street Cathedral Grounds
Blackburn is Open
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Blackburn Market
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Blackburn Market
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A giant talking compost heap takes centre stage outside the Town Hall 10 minute performances within a 30 foot sleeping sow Street theatre with Bee Guides, Bombus and Borage and their Bee Cart Performing on The Bee radio stage and also for Blackburn Cathedral’s Summer Fair Chat with Farmer Giles over his five bar gate Reidy’s Music finalists, this mellow harmony duo are festival favourites Aristotle and Felicity Bluebottle, two charming and cultured flies, are in town for the Ugly Bug Ball These giant, green insects like nothing more than boogying with the audience - come along and party with them at the Ugly Bug Ball! Blackburn’s own street band Meet & Greet - photographs, autographs and a chance to shake hands or snap a selfie with Cbeebies’ famous vegetable gardener An infectious blend of folk music from around the world Jack and the Beanstalk, Panto favourites from Pendle Productions Meet the magical weather sisters going walkabout on King William Street from 2.30pm, they’ve brought their own micro-climate for their singalong on stage at 3.45pm Meet at the The Bee radio stage outside the town hall for this half hour show with TV’s favourite veggie gardener, kicking off the festival’s Ugly Bug Ball finale Get your faces painted, pick up your wings and antennae, or come along on the day as your favourite animal to dance with 20 strong band of drumming insects
Plants, tombola, face painting, children’s crafts, bric a brac, cakes Live insect handling, snakes and reptiles
Fine produce by traders from across the region Life size working model fresh from the Hodder Valley Show Free make and take craft activities Ribble Valley farmers’ vintage collection Interactive display Interactive display Miniature ponies for children to ride Discover Blackburn’s world famous bug collection – Bowdler’s Beetles and the town’s natural history collection with a find and seek trail for children Take away a brightly coloured inflatable bug of your own! Get up close and personal with some fascinating living insects, reptiles and small mammals Get ready for the Ugly Bug Ball with face painting, wings and antennae to grab and go! Blackburn College hair & beauty Recycled crafts with the Young Weavers Family Activity Group
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Natural History Discovery Trail 23
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The Ugly Bug Ball with Drumming Machine
Get your faces painted, pick up your wings and antennae, or come along on the day as your favourite animal to dance with a 20 strong band of drumming insects (Town Hall Square, King William Street).
Discover Blackburn’s world famous Bug Collection – Bowdler’s Beetles and the town’s natural history collection with a find and seek trail for children.
Giant Insect Balloon Modelling
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Milk Matilda the Cow 17
Compost Mentis
A giant talking compost heap takes centre stage outside the Town Hall in this installation by internationally acclaimed touring theatre company, Whalley Range All Stars.
Take away a brightly coloured inflatable bug of your own!
THE BEE CART
Bee Guides Bombus and Borage have left the Hive with the Bee Cart – their mobile world of interaction and surreal but true information. Learn the pollen packing dance, the waggle dance and try out their Buzz Pollenator or their Flapper-WingerTronerators, meet a giant Varroa Mite, and maybe even get your nose pollinated!
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Praying Mantis
With glowing eyes and fluorescent bodies, these giant, green insects can look pretty scary but they like nothing more than boogying with the audience - come along and party with them at the Ugly Bug Ball!
Life size working model fresh from the Hodder Valley Show
Coopers Critters, Live Creature Handling 25
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Get up close and personal with some fascinating living insects, reptiles and small mammals
Cbeebies Mr Bloom
Meet & Greet - photographs, autographs and a chance to shake hands or snap a selfie with Cbeebies’ famous vegetable gardener.
Insect Transformation Station & Creature Couture 26
Farmers’ Market, Street Food & Craft Stalls 15 16
Get ready for the Ugly Bug Ball with face painting, wings and antennae to grab and go!
Fine produce by traders from across the region, plenty to eat and drink
Creepy Crawly Roadshow 14
Live insect handling, snakes and reptiles
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PIG
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10 minute performances (max 10 audience per show) within a 30 foot sleeping sow - seeing is believing at Sudell Cross in this installation by Whalley Range All Stars, internationally acclaimed touring theatre company.
Tractors
Ribble Valley Farmers’ Vintage Collection
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Farmer Giles
Chat with Farmer Giles over his five bar gate as he gives advice on any subject from farming (about which he knows little) to philosophy (about which he knows less).
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Lancashire Owls and Hawks 20
Interactive display
Sarah the Cook and Daisy the Cow 9
Jack and the Beanstalk, Panto favourites from Pendle Productions, on Town Hall Street & King William Street.
No Flies on Uzz
Aristotle and Felicity Bluebottle, two charming and cultured flies, are in town for the Ugly Bug Ball. Experience the world through the eyes of a fly and watch their fascinating mating dance. Be prepared to share your snacks or swat them before they swat you!
For further details on all the events visit the website:
www.blackburnbid.co.uk #CCTTBlackburn
