What's on: Monday, March 28

What's on today

11am-3pm - Simon Garner, Blackburn Rovers’ all-time record goalscorer, will join staff, guests and tenants to mark the 10th anniversary of Twin Valley Homes. As well as the former Rovers hitman being on hand to sign autographs, The Bee will also broadcast from the organisation’s base on Wharf Street in Blackburn. There will also be a magician/balloon artist, Chinese dragon dance, live music, multi-cultural cuisine, and a basketball demonstration from the Blackburn Ballers.

1.30pm - The Stepping Out walking session meets at Bolton-in-Bowland car park, Main Street. The moderate walk covers off road walking, stiles and gradients and could take up to two hours.

5pm - Pro-Direct Soccer Academy holds its final trial for players hoping to join a professional club. Trials for under eights to under 11s will be held at the Powerleague Soccerdome in Blackburn.

7pm - Explosive entertainment for all the family at the Science Museum Live at Burnley Mechanics. Tickets £12.50, family £45. 01282 664400.

7.30pm - Pro-Direct Soccer Academy holds its final trial for players hoping to join a professional club. Trials for under 12s to under 15s take place at Darwen Aldridge Community Academy.

7.30pm - A meeting for people to discuss entering the ministry, or to become a church warden or a sidesperson, St Peter’s Church, Darwen.

7.30pm - Ightenhill residents can have their say on local issues at the parish council meeting. The meeting is at Padiham Road Methodist Church.

Tuesday, March 29

2pm-4pm People who care for those with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia are invited to a support group meeting in Nelson. It will take place at the Age concern Centre, in Leeds Road. Everyone who attends will have an opportunity to ask questions and talk through their concerns.

7.30pm - Rossendale Players present costume drama The Day After The Fair, by Frank Harvey, adapted from a short story by Thomas Hardy. It's at The Millennium Theatre, Waterfoot. Tickets cost £6 from Anne Riding on 01706 228720 or Watts Newsagents.

Wednesday, March 30

2pm-4pm - King George’s Hall, Blackburn, will host blood donation sessions.

3.30pm-5pm - Age Concern is running the My Friends Online programme, which will offer expert tuition to the over-50s and the chance to have a try at social networking. The session runs at Darwen Academy, in Redearth Road. For further details contact Alison Hartley on 01254 266620.

5pm-7.30pm - King George’s Hall, Blackburn, will host blood donation sessions.

7.30pm - A whist and domino drive will be held at Bolton-by-Bowland village hall. Tickets cost £2.50 including a supper.

7.30pm - Rossendale Players present costume drama The Day After The Fair, by Frank Harvey, adapted from a short story by Thomas Hardy. It's at The Millennium Theatre, Waterfoot. Tickets cost £6 from Anne Riding on 01706 228720 or Watts Newsagents.

Thursday, March 31

11am - A storytime session will be held at Darwen Library. Call 01254 706021 for more details.

8pm - Bringing international performers and local musicians together, it’s two bands for the price of one at The Atrium’s upcoming gig. The Will Lenton Quartet plus the Neil C Young Trio play the Clitheroe jazz venue. Tickets cost £10 on the door, while it is £8 for members.

9pm - Bouncy Afro-pop duo TwoManTing stop off in Darwen as part of their UK winter tour for a gig at The Blackhorse Hotel, Redearth Road. Sierra Leonean master-drummer Jah-man Aggrey and virtuoso guitarist Jon Lewis use live guitar and percussion loops, to create a full band sound. Admission is free.

Friday, April 1

10am-4pm - Cakes, jewellery, cosmetics, handmade cards and beauty treatments will be on offer at a children’s play centre as part of a charity fundraising day. Giddy Kippers Party and Play Centre in Nelson is hosting the event to tie in with Yummy Mummy Week. All proceeds will go to Clic Sargent, the children’s cancer charity. For more, call Nicola or Rob on 01282 615200.

1pm-3pm - Scouts from the 2nd Rossendale troupe will stage a charity book sale in aid of the Royal National Institute for the Blind, Burnley Road, Bacup.

2pm - A 1940s singalong is being planned in Nelson as a pre-Mothers’ Day celebration. Nelson Manor Care Home is inviting people to take part in the singalong, which will be led by North West entertainer Maria Manchester. Guests and their children or carers will be able to enjoy the sounds of Vera Lynn, Doris Day, Elle Fitzgerald, the Andrews Sisters and many others. The free event will take place at the 70-bed care home in Barkerhouse Road. It will include afternoon tea. To book a free place call Bobbie or Janine Kelly on 01282 449000.

4pm-5pm - Burnley MP Gordon Birtwistle will be available to meet any constituents at his next parliamentary surgery event. It will be held at the town’s Asda store, in Princess Way.

6.30pm - The animation, ‘Despicable Me’, will be shown at Chatburn Primary, Sawley Road, Chatburn. Tickets are £3.50 in aid of the school.

7.30pm - Rossendale Players present costume drama The Day After The Fair, by Frank Harvey, adapted from a short story by Thomas Hardy. It's at The Millennium Theatre, Waterfoot. Tickets cost £6 from Anne Riding on 01706 228720 or Watts Newsagents.

Saturday, April 2

10am-4pm - Coun Damian Talbot is hoping to meet everyone who campaigned to keep Shadsworth Leisure Centre, Blackburn, open at a free open day of sporting activities to be held.

10am-5pm - The sixth annual North West Inventors’ Expo to showcase new and exciting ideas takes place at Darwen Aldridge Community Academy. Hosted by Lancashire-based innovations organisation, Ideas NorthWest, Dennis Mendoros, chairman of Regenerate Pennine Lancashire, co-sponsors, will open the event. Inventions on display will include a wheelchair toilet, the Bath Step, the Poopsta one push pooper-scooper and the Blast Cleaning Gun.

11am-2pm - A mum is organising an autism awareness event in Sunnyhurst Woods. June Halstead, 45, whose son has the condition, set up the Together With Autism Group 10 months ago. Now, 70 families from throughout the borough attend monthly meetings for support and information. The event is at the Visitors’ Centre in Earnsdale Road. Activities such as a human train through the woods, games and face-painting will feature together with stalls.

1pm-4pm - A family fun day will be held at Livesey Children’s All Age Centre, Andrew’s Close, Blackburn.

7.30pm - Rossendale Players present costume drama The Day After The Fair, by Frank Harvey, adapted from a short story by Thomas Hardy. It's at The Millennium Theatre, Waterfoot. Tickets cost £6 from Anne Riding on 01706 228720 or Watts Newsagents.

10pm - A moonlight walk around the Whitworth area is being held in aid of the Mayor’s Charity Fund. It will be distributed to worthwhile causes in Whitworth in May. For more information about the nine-mile walk or to register call Coun David Chorlton on 01706 853234.

Sunday, April 3

3pm - A charity football match will be held at Nelson FC’s Victoria Ground to raise funds for Pendleside Hospice. Tickets are £2 and for details, contact Josh Hindle on 07540 333158 or Gareth Martindale on 07411 807128 1.45pm - The 70th anniversary of the Nelson Air Cadets will be celebrated at Christ Church, in Carr Road, Whitefield, Nelson.

Monday, April 4

11am - Residents in the Daneshouse with Stoneyholme areas will be able to discuss issues with police officers at a community meeting at the Burnley Campus, in Barden Lane.

11am-12pm - Police for Burnley town centre are holding a surgery for residents to raise any concerns. The surgery will be held at Age Concern, Keirby Walk.

5pm - The next police and communities together, or PACT, meeting for Sudell residents in Darwen takes place in Sudellside Community Centre, Sudellside Street.

Tuesday, April 5

7pm - A new volunteer group dedicated to making the most of the new Padiham Greenway will hold its first meeting. The Greenway, which runs along derelict railway line in the town, has been set up by Lancashire County Council. Now a volunteer group, Greenways Connected, has been set up to ensure it remains in good condition for walkers and residents. The group will meet at Pendle Baptist Church, in Pendle Street, Padiham.

7pm - Residents in the Southfield area of Nelson will be able to discuss local issues with police officers at a meeting. The police and communities together meeting will take place at the Willams Hall All Age Centre, in Barkerhouse Road.

7.30pm - Residents in Cliviger and Worsthorne will be able to discuss local issues at the next Police and Communities Together meeting. It will take place at The Reading Rooms, Worsthorne.

Wednesday, April 6

6pm - Residents of Hapton can have their say on local policing issues at the next Police and Communities Together (PACT) meeting at Knightshill House, Blackburn Road.

6.30pm - A Police and Community Together (PACT) meeting for residents of Altham and Clayton-le-Moors takes place in the Neighbouthood Management Office, Arthur Street, Clayton-le-Moors.

6.30pm - An update on problems with lead thefts will be given at Beardwood with Lammack’s next Police and Community Together meeting at Lammack Methodist Church, Lammack Road, Blackburn.

6.30pm - An update on police action against drug dealing will be given by PCSO Lee Butterworth at the Peel Barnfield and Woodnook Police and Community Together meeting. The meeting is at the Community Trinity Church, Christ Church Square.

6.45pm - A Police and Community Together (PACT) meeting for residents in the Marsh House and Whitehall areas of Darwen takes place at St Barnabas’ Primary School, Knowlesly Road.

7.30pm - Blackburn Cathedral will hold its Annual General Meeting. The gathering in the north transept will witness the election of cathedral wardens, deputy wardens, deanery synod representatives and a chapter member. An annual report is available to view at the welcome desk at the back of the cathedral.

7.30pm - Brazilian pianist Clélia Iruzun will be performing a concert at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. The audience is promised a fiery mix of Spanish and Latin American music as well as pieces from Chopin. Admission £12.50.

7.30pm - Stage 2 Downham is presenting the Alan Ayckbourn comedy Living Together.at the recently refurbished Downham Village Hall. The play is the third of the ‘Norman Conquests’ trilogy, which Stage 2 has presented during the past two years. Tickets cost £6 from Fran Osborne on 01200 423301.

Thursday, April 7

7pm - A gala dinner in aid of Burnley homeless charity Emmaus is taking place at Turf Moor. The guest speaker at the event will be former hostage Terry Waite. Tickets cost £35 for a four-course meal, from Emmaus House on 01282 430860.

7.30pm - Stage 2 Downham is presenting the Alan Ayckbourn comedy Living Together.at the recently refurbished Downham Village Hall. The play is the third of the ‘Norman Conquests’ trilogy, which Stage 2 has presented during the past two years. Tickets cost £6 from Fran Osborne on 01200 423301.

7.30pm - Stamp and postcard enthusiasts are invited to a competition night. The Burnley and Philatelic Society has organised the event to take place at the Central Methodist Church, in Hargreaves Street.

7.45pm - Real ale lovers will gather for a meeting of East Lancs CAMRA at The Park, in Darwen 9pm - The first in a regular series of open mic and jam nights are taking place at The Dog Inn, King Street, Whalley pub.

Friday, April 8

7.30pm - Stage 2 Downham is presenting the Alan Ayckbourn comedy Living Together.at the recently refurbished Downham Village Hall. The play is the third of the ‘Norman Conquests’ trilogy, which Stage 2 has presented during the past two years. Tickets cost £6 from Fran Osborne on 01200 423301.

7.30pm - Blackburn with Darwen’s annual mayor’s ball takes place at King George’s Hall, to raise money for the North West Air Ambulance Service and the British Heart Foundation. Tickets are £25 from the mayor’s office, at Blackburn Town Hall, on 01254 585229.

7.30pm - The Rotary Club of Blackburn West is holding an Evening of Magic and Mystery. It is in aid of charities supported by the group at St Mary’s Church Parish Centre, York Lane, Langho.

Magicians from the Modern Mystic League will be performing a variety of illusions and conjuring tricks. Tickets are £10 and include a free drink and hot pot supper. Email plloyd@qegs.blackburn.sch.uk or call 07866 036918.

7.30pm - Colne Ladies Choir will stage a spring concert at St Leonard’s Church, Padiham, in aid of Christian Aid.

Saturday, April 9

7.30pm - Stage 2 Downham is presenting the Alan Ayckbourn comedy Living Together.at the recently refurbished Downham Village Hall. The play is the third of the ‘Norman Conquests’ trilogy, which Stage 2 has presented during the past two years. Tickets cost £6 from Fran Osborne on 01200 423301.

7.30pm - The Grand Theatre of Lemmings will present the comedy The Descent of Man at Barnoldswick’s Rainhall Centre. The show has been commissioned by the Northern Rural Touring Consortium as part of the International Village of Culture event. Tickets can be had from 01282 818250.

7.30pm - Salford singer Elkie Brooks will perform at Burnley Mechanics, Manchester Road. Tickets cost £20. Call 01282 664400.

8pm - An extra large soul night takes place at the Rolls-Royce Leisure Club in Barnoldwick. The Skipton Road club is abandoning its usual soul night on the fourth Friday of the month and will instead host one main event. It will feature guest DJs Ian G and Jools Metcalfe. Admission is £5 on the door. The usual soul nights will return in May.

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