Creator of Lancashire Fringe Festival and Lancashire Photography Festival – and dozens of independent events, exhibitions and performances.
2026 shows:
Dead Man’s Shoes film screening + An Audience with Stuart Wolfenden
‘Highly recommended’ ★★★★★ TOTAL FILM
‘Raw, searing… completely gripping’ ★★★★ EMPIRE
‘Chilling, the best British film you’ve seen this year’ ZOO
Named in the top 12 of Total Film’s greatest ever films.
Get ready to watch the cult British film Dead Man’s Shoes – followed by a Q+A with one of the film’s stars, Stuart Wolfenden.
Fri April 17 – Burnley Mechanics
Get tickets here.
Thurs May 21 – Continental, Preston
Get tickets from Skiddle here.
PREVIOUSLY in 2025:
Lancashire Fringe Festival 2024
(Shows listed in date order)
All shows are ticketless and free to attend – just turn up.
We a re running an optional Pay What You Decide model at the end of each show where you can put money into a bucket! Simple.
Leave feedback for all the shows via THIS LINK.
The record-breaking Lancashire Fringe Festival 2024 has finished.
Look out for monthly shows coming up throughout 2025. See them announced here first.
Leave feedback for all the shows via THIS LINK.
Lancashire Photography Festival 2023
(Preston, June-September, 2023)
Lancashire Fringe Festival 2022 was held in April and May, 2022, in Preston.
#lancsfringe
You can see details of the shows and photos here.
LFF was delighted to receive Arts Council England funding in 2022. Previously, LFF took place in Preston in 2019 for 10 consecutive nights across the city, showcasing the work of dozens of performers.
PREVIOUS SHOWS & EVENTS
Lancashire Fringe Festival (Preston, 2022)
Lancashire Photography Festival (Preston, 2021)
“Garry Cook was a spectacular events organiser”
Poet Hollie McNish
Enjoy the Show – created by Garry Cook – works with artists, performers and poets, bringing arts, culture and performance to new audiences. In Lancashire, we give people an opportunity to see shows they would not otherwise experience.
Follow @gazcook on most platforms and @EnjoyTheShowUK on Twitter & Instagram. Facebook events: Enjoy The Show.
Lancashire Fringe Festival
Starting off as a two-day festival in Ham & Jam Coffee Shop in 2016, LFF has grown into a major performance festival, bringing some of the world’s best contermporary performances to Preston to a growing, cult audience. The festival also commissions and develops new work and talent.
The festival will return in May 2022.
Lancashire Photography Festival
Launched in April 2021, the festival showcased the work of over 60 photographers across 16 locations in Preston, Lancashire. Major installations included work by John Davies and Peter Dench.
The two-month festival enjoyed huge audiences who were able to visit the artworks during lockdown conditions.
Photography & producing
Gerry Cook specialises in arts event photography and produces several performers and theatre shows.
Coontact him on gazcook @ googlemail.com
@EnjoyTheShowUK 