Messiah Recital by Candlelight, Blackburn Cathedral, 7.30pm.

"A Dickens of a Walk" - seasonal six-mile walk. Meet Post Office, Bolton Road North, Stubbins, 1.30pm.

Carol Service, Pickup Bank Chapel, with Darwen and Blackburn Brass Band, 4pm. Coach leaves Hoddlesden at 3.15pm.

Music for a Medieval Christmas, Haworth Art Gallery, Manchester Road, Accrington.

Albion Band Christmas Show, Accrington Town Hall, 8pm.

"To The Star Who Couldn't Twinkle," Children's Nativity Play and Carol Service, Zion Pentecostal Church, Wensley Road, Blackburn, 6pm.

Hyndburn Ramblers meet Plantation Street 9am/9.45am Healey Dell, Whitworth for Watergrove (nine miles).

Carols by Candlelight, Elim Pentecostal Church, Park Road, Blackburn, 6.30pm.

Sunday Shopping, Blackburn Town Centre, 11am-5pm. Free parking.

The Only Foals and Horses Animal Sanctuary, Tea-room and Shop, Redshell Stables, Redshell Lane, off Haslingden Old Road, Oswaldtwistle, 1-4pm.

Singles Over 30's Night, The County Hotel, formerly the Moat House, Blackburn, 8pm.

Sport Kickboxing and Karate sessions, Shadsworth Leisure Centre, Blackburn, 10am- noon.

AND ON MONDAY. . .

National Children's Homes Christmas Carol Event, Blackburn Cathedral, 7.30pm.

Rossendale Lions Club's Christmas Sleigh, Haslingden Sports Centre, 6.30pm.

Victorian Festival, Garstang, 6pm-8.30pm.

Oswaldtwistle Mills sale starts 9am.

Christmas Old Tyme Music Hall, Marine Hall Theatre, The Esplanade, Fleetwood, 7.30pm.

Rece Singles Christmas Dance, Poplar Club, Accrington, 8-11.30pm. Dancing to Rex and his Music.

Accrington and Blackburn CHA meet the Mind Centre, Regent Street, Blackburn, 7.30pm. Slides.

Quilting Group, Age Concern, 4 King Street, Blackburn, 1.30pm-3pm.

Free Spiritual Healing, Healing Centre, Friends' Meeting House, Paradise Lane, Blackburn, 6.30pm-9.15pm.

Families Anonymous Self-Help Group - parents and relatives of people with drug problems, meet Sudellside Centre, Sudellside Street, Darwen, 7.30pm-9pm.

Al Anon - Help for families and friends of problem drinkers. Meet Mount Pleasant Resource Centre, Lark Hill, Blackburn, 7.30pm.

Information Shop for young people, 7 Feilden Street, Blackburn, 12 noon-5pm. Information, advice and counselling.

Luncheon Club, 12 noon; Friendship Club, 2-3.30pm; Craft Group, 2-3.30pm, Derwent Hall, George Street, Darwen.

Walk-in, talk-in, mental health problems, meet in the Mind Centre, 51 Regent Street, Blackburn, 9.30am-5pm.

Solitaire Club's Sequence Dancing, Ewood Park WMC, Bolton Road, Blackburn, 7.30pm-10.30pm.

Line Dancing, St Francis Church Hall, Cherry Tree, Blackburn, 1pm-3pm.

Parent Toddlers Group meet in the Scout Hut, Emerald Street, Roe Lee, Blackburn, 9am-11am. New members welcome.

Sequence Dancing with MC's Lyn and Joe, Tony's Ballroom, Town Hall Street, Blackburn, 1pm-3.45pm.

Dancing, Central Methodists, Great Harwood, 7.30pm.

Bridge Club meet Blackburn Bridge Centre, Pleckgate Road, Blackburn, 7.15pm.

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