Burnley Canal Festival 2024

Burnley Canal Festival returns to Finsley Gate Wharf on Sunday 25th August!

Enjoy a free, family friendly event at the Burnley Canal Festival on Sunday 25 August. Join us at the beautifully refurbished Finsley Gate Wharf and along the towpath nearby.

The fabulous, and FREE, Festival will be back on Sunday 25 August. Come along and enjoy lots of family-friendly and creative activities; relax listening to music; eat lots of lovely street food and maybe get on to the water too.

Look out for the Giant and his mate Jack; flower displays that can’t stay still; a sky full of magical bubbles;dancing Wallopers, and possibly their horse, and go on a quest with the Towpath Explorers. Visit a giant wooden egg, a floating museum, and browse the arts & crafts market. Burnley Canal Festival is a fantastic chance for Burnley locals and visitors to get together and celebrate the fantastic resource that is the Leeds Liverpool Canal, and Burnley’s unique canal-side heritage.

11am-5pm on Sunday 25 August.

Full details on our website: https://burnleycanalfestival.org/whats-on/

Burnley Canal Festival is co-produced by Mid Pennine Arts and The Super Slow Way.