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Darwen Live2024
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the uk's biggest free musIC festival!
Experience
Darwen Live is a FREE annual music festival across the May Bank Holiday weekend of Saturday, 24th & Sunday 25th May 2025. The main stage is on Darwen Market Square. Darwen Library Theatre and other venues around the town centre will also host live music & other acts.
Previous mainstage headliners
2020 | Toyah, Sleeper 2021 | Hoosiers, Shaun Riders Black Grape 2022 | Hot Chocolate, Johnny Hates Jazz 2023 | The View, The Blow Monkeys 2024 | Tunde (The Lighthouse Family), Echobelly 2025 | The Undertones, Crash Test Dummies
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official Event Schedule
CLICK THE STAGE BELOW TO SEE THE LINE-UP
| Time | Bands | Genre |
|---|---|---|
| 12pm - 1:00pm | Darwen Brass | - |
| 1:15pm - 1:45pm | Fireflies | - |
| 2:00pm - 1:40pm | Still Life | - |
| 4:00pm - 4:40pm | Foxpalmer | - |
| 5:00pm - 5:40pm | The Uptown Monotones | - |
| 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Soul Convicts | - |
| 7:15pm - 8:15pm | Ska Face | - |
| 8:45pm - 10:00pm | The Undertones | - |
| Time | Bands | Genre |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00am - 1:00pm | Darwen School Of Music | Various |
| 1:15pm - 1:45pm | Ruthless | - |
| 2:00pm - 2:40pm | Will Edgar | - |
| 3:00pm - 3.40pm | Molly Warburton | - |
| 4.00pm - 4.00pm | Strawberry Lemonade | - |
| 5.00pm - 5.40pm | Craig Lee And The Humblebees | - |
| 6.00pm - 7.00pm | Tryptik | - |
| 7.15pm - 8.15pm | The Hiphopalippz | - |
| 8.45pm - 10.00pm | Crash Test Dummies | - |
| Time | Bands | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 1pm - 2.40pm | Darwen School of Music | Auditorium Stage |
| 2.45pm - 3.15pm | Darren Wilde | Café Bar |
| 3.15pm - 4:00pm | Paul Stuart Davies | Auditorium Stage |
| 4:00pm - 4.30pm | Cjay | Café Bar |
| 4.30pm - 5.15pm | Jamie x Reckless | Auditorium Stage |
| 5.15pm - 5.45pm | James Broxton | Café Bar |
| 5.45pm - 6.30pm | Drop Dead Red | Auditorium Stage |
| 6.30pm - 7.00pm | Kayleigh Hal | Café Bar |
| 7pm - 8pm | Design Rewind | Auditorium Stage |
| Time | Bands | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 1pm - 2.40pm | PR Music Showcase | Auditorium Stage |
| 2.45pm - 3.15pm | Q | Café Bar |
| 3.15pm - 4pm | Rocket Science | Auditorium Stage |
| 4pm - 4.30pm | Vintage Fusion | Café Bar |
| 4.30pm - 5.15pm | Ccaprice | Auditorium Stage |
| 5.15pm - 5.45pm | Jay Kurdy | Café Bar |
| 5.45pm - 6.30pm | Boi Toi | Auditorium Stage |
| 6.30pm - 7pm | Impromptunes | Café Bar |
| 7pm - 8pm | Hunkerdown | Auditorium Stage |
| Time | Bands | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 12.00 | Celebratory Cake | Indoor |
| 1pm - 2pm | Doug Livesey | Indoor |
| 2pm - 3pm | Boi Toi | Indoor |
| 2pm - 3pm | Infared Takeoever - Infared | Outdoor Carpark |
| 3pm - 4pm | Nerve Agents | Indoor |
| 3pm - 4pm | Infared Takeoever - Recoyle | Outdoor Carpark |
| 4pm - 5pm | Blagged | Indoor |
| 4pm - 5pm | Infared Takeoever - Hartland b2b Jamie Harrison | Outdoor Carpark |
| 5pm - 6pm | The Surellas | Indoor |
| 5pm - 6pm | Infared Takeoever - Michael Conroy (Koda Recordings) b2b Amber Graham ft. Claudia Thompson + Tashie Tones | Outdoor Carpark |
| 6pm - 7pm | Anhedonia | Indoor |
| 6:30pm - 7:30pm | Infared Takeoever - Bertos | Outdoor Carpark |
| 7pm - 6pm | Bright Town | Indoor |
| 7:30pm - 9pm | Infared Takeoever - Kollektiv | Outdoor Carpark |
| 8:00pm - 9pm | Tommy Ball | Indoor |
| 9pm - Late | Infared Takeoever - DMC | Outdoor Carpark |
| 9pm - 10pm | Stil Life | Indoor |
| 10pm - 11pm | Sky Valley Mistress | Indoor |
| 11pm - 12pm | Dj Risqué | Indoor |
| 12pm - Close | Demented Disco | Indoor |
| Time | Bands | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 12pm - 1pm | Pre-Empted | Indoor |
| 1pm - 2pm | Kurt Paterson | Indoor |
| 2pm - 3pm | Submariners | Indoor |
| 2pm - 3pm | Lasyen | Outdoor Carpark |
| 3pm - 4pm | I Create Deathrays | Indoor |
| 3pm - 4pm | Entropy | Outdoor Carparkk |
| 4pm - 5pm | Naut | Indoor |
| 4pm - 5pm | LRN | Outdoor Carpark |
| 5pm - 6pm | British Birds | Indoor |
| 5pm - 6pm | Dylan Purser | Outdoor Carpark |
| 6pm - 7pm | Brother | Indoor |
| 6pm - 7pm | WAVES | Outdoor Carpark |
| 7pm - 8pm | Laura Mary | Indoor |
| 7pm - 8pm | B-HIND | Outdoor Carpark |
| 8pm - 9pm | Egos At The Door | Indoor |
| 8pm - 9pm | Stil Life (DJ Set) | Outdoor Carpark |
| 9pm - 10pm | The Rafters | Indoor |
| 9pm - Late | Fryett | Outdoor Carpark |
| 10pm - 11pm | The Illicits | Indoor |
| 11pm - Close | Demented Disco | Indoor |
