Bands on the Square
Spring Bank Holiday weekend
Barnoldswick Town Square
BOTS 2025
Iconic free music festival in Barnoldswick town centre, presenting the best bands and artists from the area. Bands on the Square brings 4 days of performances on a custom built stage on Barnoldswick town square, with parking, toilets and facilities in Barnoldswick town centre. All ages welcome.
May 2025 dates to be confirmed, but these are the usual times from previous years:
Friday 6pm to 10.30pm
Saturday 12 noon to 10.30pm
Sunday 12 noon to 10.45pm
Monday 12 noon to 6.15pm
For more information about events in Barnoldswick
(including to enquire about bookings), contact the Town Council:
events@barnoldswicktowncouncil.gov.uk
01282 788090
Updates from Bands on the Square
Marquee set up for next weekend’s Bands On The Square by 1.30pm today, and plenty of seating being used this afternoon and evening on the Town Square.
Tomorrow, the stage goes in and, all being well, seating will be back out of the square during the afternoon.
BOTS gets going at 6pm next Friday (24th May) and runs from 12 noon to 11pm next Saturday and Sunday and 12 noon to 7pm on Monday 27th May.
It’s a free entry event with an onsite bar.
A reminder that due to licensing conditions, own-drinks are not allowed to be taken into the venue during the event.
Oooh!
In just seven days, we’ll be pressing the big green ‘GO’ button to begin our four-day FREE festival on Barnoldswick’s Town Square.
The BOTS team is getting questions about what drinks will be available at the BOTS BAR, so, here you go!
Last year, Bands On The Square covered its costs with bar and merchandise sales, together with donations. We’d like to do the same again.
BUT, last year’s success had a sting in the tail, as takings put us over the VAT threshold… and we now have to charge 20% VAT on all sales. Boo!
The Good News is we’ve kept the price of beer and cider the same as last year, £3.50 a can, or three for £10.
And more good news is we’ve added a second pop-up ‘Cans Only’ bar to the venue, giving us a full 65ft (19.5m) of bar frontage and even better service!!!
Volunteers, staff and contractors will be hitting the ground in earnest over the next seven days to bring you Britain’s BEST free live music event.
Please support BOTS and help keep live music alive!
Want to get ahead of the crowd?
Buy your merch before the event!
Available to buy from Monday at the Civic Hall.
Hoodies £25
Adult Tees £10
Kids Tees £5
#BOTS2024 #seeyouatthefron
“Does anybody really know what time it is?”
It’s nearly time for Barnoldswick’s Bands On The Square 2024!
The event team is putting final touches to the preparations for this year’s event.
The FREE four-day live music festival is on Friday to Monday over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend, 24th to 27th May.
Barnoldswick’s Town Square is the venue for this popular festival which attracts tens of thousands of visitors.
Next weekend (18th/19th), the large BOTS marquee and staging will be installed.
Oh, and with the unique ‘B A R N O L D S W I C K’ clock, does anyone in Barlick really know what time it is?!
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Bands On The Square merchandise will be on sale this Sunday (28th April) at the pop-up shop, 12 Frank Street from 1 to 3pm.
This coincides with the monthly Artisan Market on the Town Square.
The BOTS team is getting ready for this year’s Spring Bank Holiday, FREE, four-day music festival, which is…
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We’ve been fairly quiet on here, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy! We had a record amount of applications to play this year, so it’s taken some time to go through them all and organise the line up! Stay tuned for an announcement this weekend #BOTS2024 #seeyouatthefront