Tails will be wagging over the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend as Paws in the Park returns to Leyland Festival. Run in partnership with Preston Agility Dogs, the event promises fun, games and a showstopping spectacle for dogs, their owners and any fans of our four-legged friends. Paws in [...]

Festival-goers will notice expansive and exciting changes to the motor elements of Leyland Festival on Thursday 2nd June, with the revamped Worden Motor Village playing host to a hugely expanded range of rare, exciting and unusual vehicles. Sponsored by Fox Group, Worden Motor Village will feature a wealth of different [...]

Event organisers are on the hunt for a team of volunteers who will help bring the magic of Leyland Festival to life after its two-year hiatus. Leyland Festival volunteers have long been an integral and highly regarded part of the event, often thought of as the real face of the [...]

Leyland Festival has revealed its full musical line up as the final countdown begins to the return of the town’s biggest event on Thursday 2nd June. From noon until early evening, Worden Park will be set rocking to soul, pop, classical and acoustic sounds across three stages. The day’s 16 [...]

Multi-platinum selling soul artist Kenny Thomas will headline Leyland Festival on Thursday 2nd June, organisers have confirmed. Fans will remember Kenny for his 1991 smash single Thinking About Your Love, which peaked at number four in the UK singles chart and was one of eight UK top 40 releases for [...]

The search is on for schools, community groups, bands, entertainers, dance troupes, sports teams, vehicles, walking groups, businesses, charities and more to take centre stage in this year’s Leyland Festival parade. Renowned for its colour, talent and enthusiasm, the procession has formed a historic part of Leyland Festival for more [...]

Leyland Festival organisers have announced that this year’s festival will be free for all attendees. Back after a two-year break, the festival team will waive the usual £3 advance or £5 on-the-day ticket cost in celebration of the festival’s return, the significance of the weekend, and honouring its ‘Great British’ [...]

The search is on for a bumper crop of food, beverage, craft, and artisan traders to take centre stage at next year’s biggest ever Leyland Festival. After a two-year break due to the pandemic, festival organisers have pledged to turn the 2022 festival into the biggest and best event the [...]

After a two-year hiatus, Leyland Festival will return in 2022 with a theme that’s set to excite local people and businesses and ignite creativity during the much-anticipated parade. Attendees are being asked to revel in all things Great British, with everything from our musical heritage to cream tea and the [...]