

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Encounter Festival 2025
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 12:00 pm – Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 09:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Ten years since the first Encounter Festival, we have an exciting extravaganza lined up for 2025, bringing music, motion and magic to the streets of Preston!

Birley Street: 
12.00 - 2.00pm | Rise and Lead Games
12.30 - 4.30pm | Magical Story Jars
12.30 - 4.30pm | Young Creative Centre

The Guild Lounge: 
3.30 - 5.00pm | Rise and Lead Film Screening

Harris Street: 
12.50 - 1.20pm | Closer To My Dreams
2.00 - 2.30pm | Rhythm of the Vardo
2.45 - 3.15pm | Closer To My Dreams
4.15 - 4.45pm | Rhythm of the Vardo

The Flag Market: 
12.00 - 4.00pm | Let’s Grow Preston
12.00 - 5.30pm | Throne of Pledges
12.20 - 12.50pm | DanceSyndrome
12.55 - 1.15pm | Abhinandana Dance Academy
1.20 - 1.40pm | Hodge Podge
1.45 - 1.55pm | Ancient Giants Finale
2.00 - 2.45pm | Urooj Qawwal
3.05 - 3.35pm | Singing For Creative Health
3.50 - 4.00pm | Ancient Giants Finale
4.00 - 4.50pm | The Nia Reggae Band
4.50 -  5.20pm | Maypole Dancing Workshop
5.20 - 5.30pm | Green Pledge Reactivation
5.30 - 7.30pm | Music from County Pilots, DJ Connie Von D and Buddha

Walkabout: 
1.35pm &amp; 3.40pm | Ancient Giants
From 6.30pm | Stilt Walkers

Torchlight Procession: 
7.15pm | Starts at Moor Park, finishes at the Flag Market
9pm | Fireworks 

Head over to lancsencounter.co.uk to check out the full programme!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/preston/encounter-festival-2025/200028630747440
- **Event Categories**: festivals, entertainment, fireworks, workshops, music, health-wellness, reggae
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 184

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200028630747440?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=preston-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Preston
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: The Flag Market
- **lat**: 53.759050569623
- **long**: -2.6992087364223
- **full address**: The Flag Market, 30-31 Cheapside, Preston, PR1 2, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Encounter Festival (https://allevents.in/org/encounter-festival/26395035)

## Event gallery

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- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/096b2589cb58d26e72ef93583975e2d0ebc00ed22f72820f074d9ec099f23a5b-rimg-w300-h300-dc1b1364-gmir?v=1758350130

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 12:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Flag Market, 30-31 Cheapside, Preston, PR1 2, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Encounter Festival
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** festivals, entertainment, fireworks, workshops, music, health-wellness, reggae
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Encounter Festival 2025 ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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