Excitement Mounts as Burnley Canal Festival Approaches!

The latest newsletter from Arts Development at Burnley Council features an article on the forthcoming Burnley Canal Festival, which will get into full swing on Friday 7 September.


Creative Alliance Newsletter No 59 reports that many colourful canal boats will be moored along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal between Burnley Wharf and Sandygate Square and we're hoping that lots of them will be decorated especially for the event, which is part of Burnley’s Heritage Open Days celebrations.

This photography from 2001 by Mike Clarke, historian and canal expert, gives a glimpse of what we can look forward to.

Visitors to the Festival will be able to tour the historic canal boat ‘ The Kennet’, visit the Weavers' Triangle Visitor Centre and listen to live music at Sandygate Square and the Inn on the Wharf.

Crafts stalls and children’s activities will take place on both days and there will be guided walks to learn more about the canal.

Canal boat trips aboard Pendle Explorer will run regularly throughout the day on the Canal along the remarkable ‘Straight Mile’ - which is Burnley's own "Wonder of the Waterways World".

On Saturday 8 September, an exciting outdoor film show will take place among the atmospheric buildings of the Weavers’ Triangle and a spectacular ‘Boatglow’ and fireworks display will light up the night as a grand finale to the weekend.