From here you can navigate to places to watch, listen to or read our recorded events, radio shows, anthologies and writing or, in fact, anything else that we produce in a digital format. These are continually updated with new material so do check back regularly for the latest editions.
Worktown Words
Browse through our archive of bi-monthly online creative writing anthologies curated from submissions by writers in and around Bolton.
Click here to flick through all our editions.
Side Door
Why not catch up on our Side Door magazine-style radio shows that cover everything arts, culture and heritage in Bolton, broadcast regularly on Bolton FM?
Click here to browse shows.
Audio Visuals
Click here to access our YouTube channel, where we’ll continue to add more audio visual posts for you to view.
Worktown Walks
Laced with local history and amusing anecdotes, these downloadable, guided walks take you through urban, rural and post-industrial landscapes, giving you a fresh insight to the colourful history behind our town. Click here to select your walk.
If you enjoy the walks, any donations will be gratefully accepted.
From our YouTube Archives
A compilation of Live from Worktown Performances – Performances from: Alabaster de Plume, Anjum Malik, Green Door Ensemble, Hannah Middleshaw, Paul Gastall, Jeffarama, Peter Firth, Peter Crompton, Gordon Zola, Chris Tavener and Emily Cook.
Live from Worktown Festival 2014 – Live from Worktown was a publicly-funded celebration of the performed word in Bolton held in June 2014. It encompassed twenty one events in twenty one days. Venues included coffee bars, pubs, art galleries, the central library, the Octagon Theatre, schools , youth clubs and branch libraries. Over 700 people of all ages took part.
Worktown Wailers @ Market Place Bolton Live from Worktown – On Saturday 16 May 2015, a line-up of talented local musicians appeared outside Live from Worktown’s shop in Bolton’s Market Place shopping center to promote the festival. Enjoy Nanukes of the North, Alicia Jayne Harrison, Lever & Young, Insyt and James Holt.
Dave Morgan discusses Live from Worktown and his inspirations – Beat poet, writer and organiser Dave Morgan discusses some of his own inspirations, talks about origins of Bolton’s Live from Worktown festival and describes the current poetry scene. Filmed at his home in Bolton by Gareth Preston in June 2014.