Events
An Evening with Jenn Ashworth
Preston’s fiction fans were treated to an audience with prize winning novelist Jenn Ashworth on Wednesday evening. The hour long event was hosted by Waterstone’s book shop on Fishergate. Following on from her first two books, Cold Light and A kind of Intimacy, Jenn’s latest offering is a fictional account of a day in the life of a Mormon family from Chorley. The Friday Gospels [...]
110 days ago by Bernie Blackburn Share
Frolic with Magickal Creatures at The Enchanted Spring Ball
Ever been a room full of Gnomes, Elves, Pixies and Wizards? Here is you chance to enter a netherworld of fantasy and imagination at the Enchanted Spring Ball and Craft Fayre taking place in June at the Masonic Hall, Preston. The Craft Fayre features a large colourful array of stalls with handcrafted wares as well as tarot readers, healers and crafts. Stallholders include The Fairy [...]
112 days ago by Tony Worrall Share
CardiacSmart Launch Event
North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) is delighted to announce it will officially launch CardiacSmart on 28 February 2013, with an event to celebrate the first set of CardiacSmart accredited organisations, the 20 companies and individuals who have achieved CardiacSmart status The event will be at The Barton Grange Hotel, Preston. Trust Acting CEO Bob Williams and Chairman Mary Whyham will hand awards to those who [...]
112 days ago by Tony Worrall Share
New apocalyptic show to be staged in Preston Bus Station
Preston’s under-threat Bus Station will be the backdrop for a storytelling event in March. The building will be a set for acclaimed director and writer Phil Ormrod’s new performance An Hour Before The End Of the World. The sp0ken word piece is centred around two old people in a cafe who are an hour away from the end of the world and watch apocalyptical events [...]
114 days ago by Ed Walker Share
1-500 Club: FIFA Challenge – Hosted by Preston’s World Champion Adam Winster
The 1-500 club: fifa challenge – hosted by world #1 adam winster Vodka Revolution in Preston will host 128 competitors going head-to-head to fight for a £250 prize. The event is hosted by Preston’s Adam Winster who won the 2012 EA Sports FIFA Challenge playing the video football game in New York last year. He won an amazing $167,000 for his efforts. Adam fronts the [...]
118 days ago by Tony Worrall Share
Easter Egg rolling in Avenham Park: Preston tradition dating back to Victorian times to take place on Easter Monday
The annual Easter Egg rolling returns to Preston’s Avenham Park on Easter Monday. For over 100 years the egg rolling has seen families take to the slopes of the Victorian park and send their eggs flying. This year the council is pledging to turn Avenham and Miller Park into an Easterland. The event starts from 10.30am and runs through until 4pm on Monday 1 April. [...]
120 days ago by Ed Walker Share