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Encounter turns 10! 🎉 This year, we’re celebrating 10 years of Preston’s free annual festival of music, arts and culture. Here’s a throwback to the first edition of Encounter Festival in 2015 ✨

We were honoured to offer a platform for Brazen’s first performance together, and can’t wait to see what they’ve got planned for 2025! 🙌 🔗 Read our Q+A with Sally and Isabel from Brazen here: pulse.ly/hbyppii8aq

Encounter Festival 2024 brought an exciting array of performances to Preston, showcasing a range of creative and high-energy events ✨ 🔗 Head over to our website to relive the key moments from Encounter 2024: pulse.ly/huciqldqfh 📸 Michael Porter

Were you in the crowd singing and dancing along to Brazen’s debut at Encounter Festival? 🎶 🔗 Find out more about how the band came to be, and their experience leading the Torchlight Procession, here: pulse.ly/ookkjd2pvd

Encounter is a family friendly festival packed full of interactive performances, workshops, games and walk-about theatre 🎭 There’s something for everyone…even furry friends are welcome! 🐶 📸 Michael Porter

Thank you to the people of Preston for giving Brazen such a warm welcome for their debut performance! 💫 🔗 Check out our Q+A with the band here: pulse.ly/ijkc2ngnnv

❗Save the date❗ Encounter Festival returns for its 10th anniversary on Saturday, 20th September - see you there! 👋

The County of Song recruitment toolkit has arrived! 🎶 Aimed at community choirs, singing groups and leisure time singing organisations, the purpose of the toolkit is to help support groups in finding and retaining new members 🤝 🔗 Find out more here: pulse.ly/3qs7ycl9db

Smiles all round as funding from Arts Council England has been confirmed for the 10th-anniversary edition of Encounter Festival! 🙌 Keep an eye on our socials for more information about what’s to come this September 👀

Raggle Taggle Arts are back for Encounter 2025 with ‘Rhythm of the Vardo’ 🎶 Get ready for an energetic display combining music, storytelling and performance on Saturday, 20 September 📅

As Encounter Festival approaches it’s 10 year anniversary, our Executive Producer, Esther, shares some thoughts…💭 🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/4kOaUG7

Encounter 2024 saw the extension of arts and culture experiences to some visitors for the very first time! 🎭 For around one in five visitors, this was the first time they had participated in an arts and culture experience 🌟 📸 Michael Porter

Fostering connections across the county, country and globe, whilst celebrating creativity and ambition, is what Encounter Festival is all about! 🎊

Growing from around 20,000 visitors at the pilot in 2015, Encounter experienced visitor numbers in the region of 47,000 in 2024! ✨ We’re positioned to keep developing, growing, and showcasing local talent. Stay tuned for September 👀 📸 Ian Heslop