What's On in Lancashire - music, tv, cinema, theatre listings, blackburn showbiz

What's on: Patrick Monahan, Blackburn, February 17

1:42pm Friday 3rd February 2012

FEW comedians had as successful a 2011 as Patrick Monahan.

What's on: Julie Felix, Oswaldtwistle, May 5

1:57pm Friday 3rd February 2012

ASHOW by singer songwriter Julie Felix is one of the highlights of the new season at Oswaldtwistle Civic Arts Centre.

What's on: Blancmange, Darwen, May 9

1:53pm Friday 3rd February 2012

BLANCMANGE, one of the most influential electronic outfits of the 1980s, are to play a show at Darwen’s Library Theatre in May.

What's on: Shappi Khorsandi, Burnley Mechanics, February 11

THERE’S a huge clue to the nature of Shappi Khorsandi’s comedy in the title of her new show, which comes to Burnley Mechanics next month.

What's on: Ailie Robertson, Mellor Brook Community Centre

2:39pm Friday 27th January 2012

A VARIED programme of shows is being lined up at Mellor Brook Community Centre over the coming months, featuring some up-and-coming names from the folk world.

What's on: Buddy Holly’s Winter Dance Party, Clitheroe, February 10

2:54pm Friday 20th January 2012

IN January 1959, Buddy Holly began the Winter Dance Party Tour, a string of dates across the American Midwest with Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper and Dion and the Belmonts.

What's on: The Hamsters, Colne Muni, February 11

2:49pm Friday 20th January 2012

THEY are known as the hardest working band in the business but, come April, the Hamsters will be touring no longer.

What's on: The Kabeedies, Blackburn

3:04pm Friday 20th January 2012

UPCOMING indie band The Kabeedies are returning to the ‘empty streets’ of Blackburn, just three months after their last gig in the town.

What's on: Pete Firman, Blackburn, February 24

3:07pm Friday 6th January 2012

AMARKED card is slid into a pack, which is then shuffled and cut.

What's on: Diana Vickers, Manchester, February 8

4:17pm Thursday 29th December 2011

DIANA Vickers has announced two intimate dates in the New Year as she prepares to release her second album.

What's on: Darren Hayes, Manchester, December 31

2:07pm Friday 16th December 2011

HOW will you be spending New Year’s Eve? For Darren Hayes, singer with Savage Garden, the plan’s straightforward.

Review: Dick Whittington, King George's Hall, Blackburn

4:21pm Tuesday 13th December 2011

THE decorations may be up, the search for presents may be under way but the real sign that Christmas is just around the corner has arrived in style.

What's on: An Evening Of Burlesque, Burnley, March 9

A NEW theatrical production recreating the art and tradition of Burlesque is coming to Burnley Mechanics.

What's on: Christmas Markets in East Lancashire and beyond

3:43pm Tuesday 6th December 2011

CHRISTMAS markets will be coming to East Lancashire and beyond this year.

What's on: Frankie Boyle, Blackburn, July 4 and 5

5:43pm Friday 18th November 2011

CONTROVERSIAL comedian Frankie Boyle is to return to East Lancashire as part of a comeback UK tour.