Blackburn Empire Theatre: What’s on at the theatre in 2023?

With 2023 underway, Blackburn Empire Theatre has organised a host of comedy shows, gigs, plays, and more for the next 12 months so we’ve highlighted all the events on offer.

Tickets for all the events listed below can be purchased direct from the Blackburn Empire Theatre website.

Everything on at Blackburn Empire Theatre in 2023

January

• Pinked Floyd (Saturday, January 14)
• The Everly Brothers & Friends (Saturday, January 21)
• Johnny Cash Roadshow (Friday, January 27)
• Refresh Dance Show ‘Dance The Years Away’ (Sunday, January 29)

February

• Thank ABBA for the Music (Saturday, February 4)
• Monday Afternoon Variety Show – February (Monday, February 6)
• A Beautiful Noise – The Definitive Neil Diamond Tribute (Friday, February 10)
• The Adult Panto: Cinderella and her Naughty Buttons (Sunday, February 12)
• Barry Steele & Friends – The Roy Orbison Story (Thursday, February 16)
• The Mikado  (Wednesday, February 22 to Saturday, February 25)
• Snow White (Sunday, February 26)

Thank ABBA For The Music @EmpireTheatreBB on Saturday 04/02/2023. Tickets £24.50 and selling fast!
Box office 01254 685500 or online at https://t.co/Z9O7cJeo7L
Mamma Mia! Here we go again! pic.twitter.com/2eEDIMsYve

— Thank ABBA For The Music (@thankabbashow) January 12, 2023

March

• Lionel Richie – The Music of Lionel Richie (Friday, March 3)
• Comedy Night at the Empire (Saturday, March 4)
• Jane Eyre (Wednesday, March 8 to Saturday, March 11)
• Que Sera Sera (Monday, March 13)
• Emma Kenny’s – The Serial Killer Next Door (Saturday, March 18)
• An Audience with Siobhan Phillips (Friday, March 24)

The final few tickets for @emmakennytv Emma Kenny's - The Serial Killer Next Door show! 📅 Saturday 18 March 2023

BOOK NOW 👉👉 https://t.co/XIElsRc62Y

A must see for any true crime fan, Emma provides an in-depth analysis of the crimes that shook the world. pic.twitter.com/IbQFLBZxQS

— Blackburn Empire Theatre (@EmpireTheatreBB) January 12, 2023

April

• Robbie Williams Live at Knebworth 20th Anniversary Tribute Show (Saturday, April 1)
• Carpenters Experience (Sunday, April 2)
• From Gold to Rio – The Hits of Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran (Friday, April 7)
• The Drifters – In Concert (Saturday, April 8)
• Bingo That’s Bonkers (Sunday, April 9 to Sunday, August 27)
• The Kilkennys (Tuesday, April 11)
• The Freddie and Queen Experience (Friday, April 14)
• An Audience with Bob Champion (Saturday, April 15)
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Sunday, April 16)
• Desperados – Eagles Tribute (Friday, April 21)
• Country Superstars (Saturday, April 22)
• Beautiful Trauma – PINK Tribute (Sunday, April 23)
• An Evening of Magic with BGT Winner Richard Jones (Friday, April 28)
• Showaddywaddy (Saturday, April 29)

May

• Calamity Jane (Monday, May 8 to Saturday, May 13)
• Motown in Motion (Sunday, May 21)
• The Rod Stewart Songbook (Friday, May 26)
• Europhoria (Saturday, May 27)

Are you ready for 🏳‍🌈 Eurovision 🏳‍🌈 coming back to the UK in May??!!!
Now you can extend the party with 𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔 at The Empire!
📅 Saturday 27 May - BOOK NOW 👉 https://t.co/FJ3Bf4zD14

Europhoria brings you the biggest hits from over half a century. pic.twitter.com/tplnclPOvn

— Blackburn Empire Theatre (@EmpireTheatreBB) January 7, 2023

June

• AC/DC UK (Friday, June 2)
• The UK Rock Show (Friday, June 9)
• Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown (Saturday, June 10)
• All or Nothing Experience (Sunday, June 11)
• The Madchester Experience (Friday, June 16)
• Fleeting Rumours (Saturday, June 17)

July

• The Simon and Garfunkel Story (Friday, July 28)

August

• I Can’t Believe It’s Not Buddy (Friday, August 4)
• The Ultimate Meat Loaf Anniversary Show (Friday, August 11)
• Elvis Remembered (Friday, August 18)

September

• The Story of Ireland (Friday, September 8)
• King of Pop Starring Navi (Friday, September 15)
• Jimmy Jemain with his Undercover Shadows (Saturday, September 16)
• The Jerseys Live (Friday, September 29)
• Bon Jovi Forever (Saturday, September 30)

October

• The Bohemians (Thursday, October 5)
• American Four Tops (Saturday, October 7)
• Coldplace (Sunday, October 8)
• The Guns N Roses Experience (Friday, October 13)
• Endless Love The Show -A Tribute to Lionel Richie & Diana Ross (Saturday, October 14)
• Katie Hopkins – Live, Laugh, Love (Sunday, October 15)
• Psychic Medium – Craig Morris (Friday, October 20)
• Oh What A Night! (Saturday, October 21)
• East Ribble District Freemasons Variety Show (Friday, October 27)
• The Killaz UK (Saturday, October 28)

NEW SHOW 📣 Live. Laugh. Love. Katie Hopkins 🤣 @KatiesArms
Coming to Blackburn on 📅 SUN 15 OCT 2023
Tickets on sale at 10am Friday 6 January 2023 👉 https://t.co/JJKXqM8TIO

A show dripping with one-liners and acerbic put-downs of the ‘so-called great and good’. pic.twitter.com/bAy6TlU7bW

— Blackburn Empire Theatre (@EmpireTheatreBB) January 5, 2023

November

• Women In Rock (Thursday, November 2)
• Forbidden Nights (Friday, November 3)
• The Opera Boys – A Night at the Musicals (Saturday, November 4)
• Celebrating George Michael (Friday, November 10)
• Beauty and the Beast 2023 Pantomime (Saturday, November 25 to Sunday, December 31)
• Beauty and the Beast Pantomime -School Performances (Monday, November 27 to Friday, December 22)

December

• Christmas Rocks (Friday, December 8 to Sunday, December 10)