Lancashire Encounters Festival giant canopy is cycled into position

Posted on - 24th September, 2015 - 7:00pm | Author - Ed Walker | Posted in - City Centre, Preston City Centre, Preston News, UCLan, What's On in Preston

The canopy comes up Friargate

Cyclists brought a string of colour to Preston as the Lancashire Encounters Festival canopy arrived.

Flanked by cyclists across the city it was pedaled into the city through the University of Central Lancashire campus.

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Moving up Friargate it has now been positioned on the Flag Market.

It will link together the Covered Markets, Birley Street, the former Post Office, Flag Market and the Harris.

A host of different arts events take place throughout Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the festival.

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Here’s how it looked as it came into position.

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Did you see the canopy arrive? Let us know in the comments below

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