Love Clitheroe Festival 2026

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22 Dec 2025

We are creating the Love Clitheroe Festival, held in the heart of the town at Clitheroe Castle Grounds. The festival will give local people the chance to sample home-grown art and culture for free!

£26,548 Raised of £25,885

28 Backers

102%

Updates

Love Clitheroe Festival 2026 hit its fundraising target!6 months ago

Brilliant news, thanks everyone!

Love Clitheroe Festival 2026 hit its fundraising target!6 months ago

Brilliant news, thanks everyone!

St. James’ Church Clitheroe pledged £1,3266 months ago

6 months ago We've hit our target

Love Clitheroe Festival 2026 has reached 40% of its target!9 months ago

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10 people have backed Love Clitheroe Festival 2026!10 months ago

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20 Donations worth £33610 months ago

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10 people have backed Love Clitheroe Festival 2026!11 months ago

Whoop, 10 people have pledged since fundraising began!

1 person liked Love Clitheroe Festival 202611 months ago

Love Clitheroe Festival 2026 started fundraising!11 months ago

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Love Clitheroe is a gathering of churches and faith groups in Clitheroe, seeking to work together to bless the town through community events. We run these events throughout the year, ranging from our annual Carols at the Castle Christmas event to our Love Clitheroe Festival and family BBQ each summer. We regularly see over 4,000 people attending the summer event and upto 3,000 at our Winter event.

Love Clitheroe works to give our rurally isolated community better access to social, creative and cultural opportunities. Despite being Lancashire's largest district, we are the most sparsely populated, with no cities or major roads to connect our remote villages and small towns. Because of these geographical barriers, we have among the lowest access to services in the country. Love Clitheroe bridges this gap, providing touchpoints throughout the year for families of all walks of life to come together and feel more connected to their community.

Love Clitheroe has existed as an unconstituted grassroots volunteer group since 2008. The ever-growing popularity of the Love Clitheroe BBQ year on year has led to its development as a free family music and arts festival, with up to 5,000 people expected to attend in 2026.

Some of our key partners include:

St James Church (the current primary governing body of Love Clitheroe)
Ribble Valley Gateway Trust
The Grand Venue
Clitheroe Community Church
Clitheroe Skate Park
Turret House
over 10 local primary schools in Clitheroe and surrounding areas
Clitheroe Christians in Partnership

Project Owner: St James Church Clitheroe The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.