To find out about the city's annual Major Events from sporting spectaculars to our colourful Carnival check out the Major events section.To receive email alerts about all the events featured in our events calendar you can register on the website or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Saturday 23 June Location: Various streets in Preston Time: 07:30am to 09:00am
The official route for the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay will see the Olympic Torch pass through Preston. For the full route visit the London 2012, torch relay pages. We are encouraging people to make maracas and shakers, hang bunti...
Sunday 24 June Location: Avenham Park Time: 11:00am to 20:00pm
Preston's premier South Asian festival brings a real flavour of the heritage and culture of this diverse community and is a great family day out. The Mela is a colourful free festival. Featuring stage performances of Bhangra music, tradition...
Date: Saturday 21 July to Sunday 22 July Location: Riversway Control Centre Time: 09:00am to 17:00pm
Preston Riversway Festival brings the marina alive with excitement, music, laughter and fun across the whole weekend. The weekend boasts over sixty guest boaters who sail to Preston from around the country to join in the fun. Such as, a...
Date: Sunday 30 September to Monday 01 October Location: Market Street Time: 09:00am to 16:00pm
The annual Run Preston event returns to the city on Sunday 30 September. The event has around 1,500 runners of all abilities taking part. Run Preston gets moving with a 2k Fun Run, followed by the 10k run taking runners on a lap of the city ...
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