It was a fabulous event! Loved how you brought back some tradition, weaved this with some magic and coordinated the mermaid trail to bring together the canal and the Weavers Triangle. Festival attender, 2025

Burnley Canal Festival is a fantastic chance for Burnley locals and visitors to get together and celebrate the fantastic resource that is the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, and Burnley’s unique canal-side heritage.

Launched in 2012, the Burnley Canal Festival has developed each year, steered by volunteers and supported by partners. The Festival is a non-profit, free to attend, event for all the family. It currently takes place on the Sunday of the August Bank Holiday at Finsley Gate Wharf. Burnley Canal Festival is co-produced by Mid Pennine Arts and Super Slow Way

Fantastic, it was a blast, such a great festival, well done everyone, Burnley is lucky to have you. Festival attender, 2025

Absolutely brilliant day! Festival attender 2025