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Darwen Live2025
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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 |
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| 12pm - 1:00pm | Darwen Brass | - |
| 1:15pm - 1:45pm | Fireflies | - |
| 2:00pm - 2:45pm | Stil Life | - |
| 3:00pm - 3:45pm | Red Sky Falling | - | 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 - 4.45pm | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2:15pm | Leah Eccles | Indoor |
| 3:15pm | Boi Toi | Indoor |
| 4:15pm | The Drop Jonnies | Indoor |
| 5:15pm | The Battery Farm | Indoor |
| 6:15pm | Pretty Shivers | Indoor |
| 7:15pm | Stil Life | Indoor |
| 8:15pm | Hollins | Indoor |
| 9:15pm | Fighting | Indoor |
| 10:15pm | Material Goods | Indoor |
| 11:15pm | Demented Disco | Indoor |
| All Day | Infared | Outdoor Carpark Stage |
| Time | Bands | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 2:15pm | I Create Deathrays | Indoor |
| 3:15pm | Pre-Empted | Indoor |
| 4:15pmm | House Of Ska | Indoor |
| 5:15pm | Dead Tenant | Indoor |
| 6:15pm | Nerve Agents | Indoor |
| 7:15pm | Skye | Indoor |
| 8:15pm | Mardigras Bombers | Indoor |
| 9:15pm | LUNATHUG | Indoor |
| 10:15pm | Dwelled | Indoor |
| 11:15pm | Jodie Milner ft. Lil Nervous | Indoor |
| All Day | Saturate | Outdoor Carpark Stage |
A weekend full of free music!
Because while the Mainstage will always provide the Festival’s most high profile attractions, a lot of the best experiences are to be found out on the outskirts, and the venues where you least expect them. To aid you in your voyage of discovery, check out our OFFICIAL brochure. But, if in doubt, just have a wander!
supporting venues across town
Check out below our supported music venues situated across town which will be showing FREE LIVE MUSIC during the bank-holiday weekend !
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A good well organised music festival suitable for the whole family and it's all free!! not many things are these days.
Sara Bradyfacebook
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Lovely atmosphere, beautiful lights. just enough fireworks without going overboard!
David Morenofacebook
venues & pubs
Here's some more venues participating in ths years event. Each venue will be showcasing acts throughout the weekend!
The Old Chapel • Tiki Taps • The Bridgewater
Bees Knees • Bridge St Sports & Social • The Artisan • Cin Cin
The Vault • Spitfire Sports bar • Level One L1VE • Number 39
Loom & Shuttle • The Cock • Bird inth Hand • The Sound Lounge The Craven Hiefer • The Crown
