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Festival of Making 2019

We are proud to be a partner venue for the National Festival of Making, usually a two day event takes over the town with a unique celebration of UK making

Visit From Lord Shuttleworth

Trustee’s Chair, Dr Alastair Murdoch welcomed a VIP visitor to the The Exchange today. Lancashire’s Lord Lieutenant, Charles Kay Shuttleworth.

Projection Project

An interactive projection installation by artist and lighting designer, Jen Kagan working with photographer and videographer, Scott Jackson and art students from Blackburn College as part of Blackburn’s Festival of Light.

A Subjective Mix: Liz West, Festival of Making 2018

We are proud to be a partner venue for the National Festival of Making, usually a two day event takes over the town with a unique celebration of UK making ‘from factory floor to the kitchen table’ which welcomes more than 40,000 visitors to Blackburn.

Twelve24

Our first licensed event after making the main space safe for 500 people was to host one of the most successful Christian bands to come out of the Message Trust in Manchester, TWELVE24.

Finding Mr Hart, Being Human Festival

The School of Advanced Studies, University of London brought their Being Human Festival to Blackburn with a performance of “Finding Mr Hart”.

Open Day

This was the first day we were able to open our doors to the public for tours when they didn’t need to wear hard hats!

Fabrications, Bella May Leonard

Originally on display earlier in the summer in Blackburn Cathedral as part of the inaugural National Festival of Making.

Roof Repairs

Local specialists, High Level Maintenance from Tockholes, removed some of the internal plasterwork and tiles in the space