Events in Lancashire | Add Free Entry
This is a list of traditional folk customs and scheduled yearly events.
In other words, it doesn't change from year to year.
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January
- British Homing World Show of the Year, Winter Gardens, Opera House & Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, Late January
- Festival of Food & Wine, Northcote Manor, Blackburn, Last week in January
March
- An Honour To Michael Buble, Punchbowl Country Pub & Restaurant, Garstang
- Championship Cat Show Preston & Blackpool Cat Club, Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool, Late March
- Easter Sunday Funday and Farmers Market/Craft Fair, Guy‚s Thatched Hamlet, Preston, Easter Sunday
April
- Classic Bike Show, Norcalmpyia Exhibition Centre, Blackpool
- Easter Sunday Funday, Bilsborrow, Garstang
- Holcombe Egg Rolling, Ramsbottom, Good Friday
- Lancashire Food Festival, Accrington Town Hall , Accrington
- Nutters Dance, Bacup, Easter Sunday
May
- Chipping Steam Fair, Green Lane Showground, Chipping, End May
- Garden & Craft Fair, Browsholme Hall, Mid May
- Garstang Walking Festival, Garstang
- Lancashire & Ribble Valley Garden & Countryside Festival, Clayton le Dale, Mid May
- Pleasure Fair, Flag Market, Preston, Spring BH
- Puppet Up!, Grand Theatre, Blackpool
- Volksdevil Annual Gathering, Leighton Hall, Carnforth
June
- Balloon & Fireworks Festival, Preston
- Bowland Festival, Forest of Bowland, Early June
- Oldham Carnival, Oldham
- Preston Riversway Festival, The Marina, Preston, 4th Fri of every June
- Ribchester Music Festival, Ribchester, Late June - Early July
- Slaidburn Steam Rally, The Hark to Bounty Inn, Slaidburn, Early/Mid June
- Todmorden Agricultural Show, Centre Vale Park, Todmorden, Mid June
- Totally Transport, New South Promenade, Blackpool, Late June
- Wyre Cycling Festival, Fleetwood
July
- Balloon & Fireworks Festival, Preston
- Body Mind & Spirit, Marine Hall, Fleetwood
- Bowland Challenge, Forest of Bowland, mid-July
- Caribbean Carnival, Preston
- Cleveleys Sea Festival, Thornton Cleveleys
- Fleetwood Bowling Festival, Fleetwood
- Fleetwood Tram & Transport Festival, Wyre, Fleetwood, Mid July
- Garstang Classic Vehicle Show & Steam Rally, Hamilton House, Garstang
- Goosnargh & Longridge Agricultural Show, Longridge Showground, Longridge, Early July
- Great Eccleston Agricultural Show, Wyre, Great Eccleston
- Jazz Day, Flag Market, Preston
- Preston Mela, Preston
- Ribble Valley International Piano Festival, Centenaries Theatre, Stonyhurst, Early/Mid July
- Roman Re-enactments, Ribchester Playing Field, Ribchester, Early July
- Royal Lancashire Show, Salesbury Hall, Ribchester, Mid July
- Saddleworth Folk Festival, Uppermill, Nr Oldham, Late July
- Waterfront Wind and Wave Festival, Fleetwood
- Wigan International Jazz Festival, Wigan
August
- 7 Parks Walk, Preston
- Abbey Fair, Midland Hotel, Morecambe
- Allotments and Leisure Garden Show, Preston
- Chipping Agricultural Show, Chipping Showground, Chipping, End August
- Clitheroe Cycling Grand Prix, Town Centre, Clitheroe, Early August
- Exploring Blackpool’s Beach, Blackpool
- Extreme Sports Weekend, Preston
- Garden & Craft Show, Moor Park, Preston
- Garstang Arts & Music Festival, Garstang
- Garstang Show, Garstang, Early August
- Last Night of the Proms, Clitheroe Castle Bandstand, Clitheroe, Early August
- Longest Razor Shell Competition, Lytham St Annes
- North West Food Lovers Festival, Early/Mid August
- Pendle Walking Festival, Colne
- Pennine Lancashire Festival of Food & Culture
- Pressed English Cider Festival, Garstang
- Preston Mela, Preston
- Saddleworth Rushcart Festival, Saddleworth Villages, Saddleworth, Late August
- Tractor Pulling Championships, Great Eccleston
- Under the Sea Family Fun, Blackpool
- Wyre Estuary Country Park Open Day, Thornton Cleveleys
September
- Blackpool Illuminations, Blackpool, Early September to early November
- Fleetwood Music and Arts Festival, Fleetwood, Late September
- Fylde Folk Festival, Marine Hall, Fleetwood
- Guy'- Murphy's Oyster Festival, Guy's Thatched Hamlet, Preston
- Guy's Oyster Festival, Wyre, Garstang
- Heritage Open Days at Clitheroe Castle Museum, Clitheroe, Early September
- Hodder Valley Show, Slaidburn/Newton/Dunsop Bridge, Early September
- Lancashire Pot Fair, Flag Market, Preston
- Lancaster Jazz Festival, Lancaster
- Pendle Walking Festival, Colne
- Pennine Lancashire Festival of Food & Culture
- Roots 666, Darwen
- The World Black Pudding Throwing Championship, Royal oak, Ramsbottom
October
- Continental Market, Flag Market, Preston
- Fleetwood Theatre Festival, Fleetwood, Late October
- Galloways Antiques Fairs, Stonyhurst College
- Halloween Tours, The Castle, Lancaster, 31st each year
- Scare Kingdom Scream Park, Hawkshaw Farm Park, Clayton le Dale
- Spooktacular Halloween Activities!, Preston
November
- Annual Fireworks Spectacular & Beacon Lighting , The Castle Hill, Lancaster
- British National Dance Championships, Blackpool
- Oktoberfest, Garstang
December
- Garstang Victorian Christmas Festival, Garstang
- Whalley 'Pickwick Night', Whalley Village, Mid December
- Wyre Estuary Country Park, Thornton Cleveleys
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