National Festival of Making

The fourth edition of the National Festival of Making will return to Blackburn on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 June 2022.

Book now or drop into a series of making workshops featuring; art and industry commissions; artisan craft and local food producers; marketplaces; community embedded projects; and celebratory music and performance.

Whether it’s during the festival weekend or as part of the year-round programme, each free and low-cost workshop is guaranteed to get you making!

Festival workshops include traditional Asian wedding crafts to welding, leather-working to hand-embroidery, ancient mold-making to screen-printing and everything in between.

At the heart of this year's programme is the theme of 'Art in Manufacturing'. Tools, materials and industry expertise from a diverse range of manufacturing companies will be put into the hands of national and international artists, whilst a series of creative residencies evolve on the factory floor.

Come along to see ambitious new works of art ranging from sculpture to choreography and digital to site-specific installations.