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Have fun for free at the Blackburn BID’s family festival

…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 fi nd out all about recycling with a giant talking compost heap.

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 fl ies 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 fi nale of what will be a quacking day!

Come on Let’s Crawl to the Ugly Bug Ball

– see you there at 4.30pm

Locally brewed ales, ciders, temperance bar traditional tonics in an indoor beer garden opens 6pm Friday 19th June with a workers’ playtime – wear your wellies for £1 off your fi rst drink! Saturday 10am – 6pm family friendly, acoustic music & children’s make and take crafts.

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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

2 PIG10 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.

4 The Hut PeopleAn infectious blend of folk music from around the world.

10 FISHERS FARMSay hello to the animals with our pop up petting farm on the Cathedral grounds.

NOTE: All times and venues subject to change or cancellation. For full information about listed activities and many morecheck the website

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When What Where Map Ref Details11am &2.30pm

Compost Mentis Town Hall Sq 1 A giant talking compost heap takes centre stage outside the Town Hall

11am–1pm & 2–4pm

PIG Sudell Cross 2 10 minute performances within a 30 foot sleeping sow

11.30am, 12.30 & 1.30pm

The Bee Cart Town Hall St (Library if wet)

3 Street theatre with Bee Guides, Bombus and Borage and their Bee Cart

11.30am St Christopher’s School Band, Accrington

On Stage, Town Hall Sq 4 Performing on The Bee radio stage and also for Blackburn Cathedral’s Summer Fair

12, 1 & 2pm Farmer Giles Town Hall St (Library if wet) Chat with Farmer Giles over his fi ve bar gate

12.30pm The Remedy On Stage, Town Hall Sq Reidy’s Music fi nalists, this mellow harmony duo are festival favourites

1.30, 3 & 4.30pm

No Flies on Uzz King William Street 6 Aristotle and Felicity Bluebottle, two charming and cultured fl ies, are in town for the Ugly Bug Ball

1.30, 3 & 4.30pm

Praying Mantis King William St 7 These giant, green insects like nothing more than boogying with the audience - come along and party with them at the Ugly Bug Ball!

1.30pm Blowjangles On Stage, Town Hall Sq Blackburn’s own street band

2.45pm–3pm CBeebies Mr Bloom The Mall 8 Meet & Greet - photographs, autographs and a chance to shake hands or snap a selfi e with Cbeebies’ famous vegetable gardener

3pm The Hut People On Stage, Town Hall Sq An infectious blend of folk music from around the world

3pm Sarah the Cook and Daisy the Cow

Town Hall St & King William St (Library if wet)

9 Jack and the Beanstalk, Panto favourites from Pendle Productions

3.45pm Pop Up Princesses On Stage, Town Hall Sq 4 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

4pm Cbeebies Mr Bloom Stage Show

On Stage, Town Hall Sq 10 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 fi nale

4.30pm The Ugly Bug Ball with Drum Machine

On Stage, Town Hall Sq 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

Morning Events

All Day Events

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Morning Events10am–2pm Summer Fair Stalls Blackburn Cathedral Plants, tombola, face painting, children’s crafts, bric a brac, cakes

10am–2pm Creepy Crawly Roadshow Blackburn Cathedral Live insect handling, snakes and reptiles

All Day EventsFarmers Market by Lancashire Food Festivals

Church Street & Cathedral Grounds

Fine produce by traders from across the region

Milk Matilda the Cow Blackburn Market Life size working model fresh from the Hodder Valley Show

Mr Bloom Hat Making Workshop

The Mall Free make and take craft activities

Tractors Church Street Ribble Valley farmers’ vintage collection

Lancashire Owls and Hawks

Cathedral Grounds Interactive display

Fishers Mobile Farm Yard Cathedral Grounds Interactive display

Groovy Hooves Horses Cathedral Grounds Miniature ponies for children to ride

Natural History Discovery Trail Blackburn Museum Discover Blackburn’s world famous bug collection – Bowdler’s Beetles and the town’s natural history collection with a fi nd and seek trail for children

Giant Insect Balloon Modelling Blackburn Museum Take away a brightly coloured infl atable bug of your own!

Coopers Critters, Live Creature Handling

Blackburn Museum Get up close and personal with some fascinating living insects, reptiles and small mammals

Insect Transformation Station & Creature Couture

Blackburn is Open Get ready for the Ugly Bug Ball with face painting, wings and antennae to grab and go!

Creature themed face painting & crazy hair

Blackburn Market Blackburn College hair & beauty

Make ‘n’ Do Blackburn Market Recycled crafts with the Young Weavers Family Activity Group

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6 No Flies on UzzAristotle 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!

19 TractorsRibble Valley Farmers’ Vintage Collection

20 Lancashire Owls and HawksInteractive display

10 Cbeebies Mr Bloom Meet & Greet - photographs, autographs and a chance to shake hands or snap a selfie with Cbeebies’ famous vegetable gardener.

14 Creepy Crawly Roadshow Live insect handling, snakes and reptiles

15 16 Farmers’ Market, Street Food & Craft Stalls Fine produce by traders from across the region, plenty to eat and drink

9 Sarah the Cook and Daisy the Cow Jack and the Beanstalk, Panto favourites from Pendle Productions, on Town Hall Street & King William Street.

11 The Ugly Bug Ball with 12 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).

26 Insect Trans- formation Station & Creature Couture Get ready for the Ugly Bug Ball with face painting, wings and antennae to grab and go!

24 Giant Insect Balloon Modelling Take away a brightly coloured inflatable bug of your own!

25 Coopers Critters, Live Creature Handling Get up close and personal with some fascinating living insects, reptiles and small mammals

23 Natural History Discovery Trail 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.

17 Milk Matilda the CowLife size working model fresh from the Hodder Valley Show

7 Praying MantisWith 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!

5 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).

3 THE BEE CARTBee 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!

2 PIG10 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.

www.blackburnbid.co.uk

For further details on all the events visit the website:

#CCTTBlackburn

1 Compost MentisA giant talking compost heap takes centre stage outside the Town Hall in this installation by internationally acclaimed touring theatre company, Whalley Range All Stars.