Welcome to Burnley.Social
What to do, where to go, who to know – our mission is to showcase our town and its people and show what a great place Burnley is to study, live and work.
Oh What a Night!
Well that was a night to remember! Burnley Social has just held our first, but definitely not our last, awards night. All of Burnley’s finest were there looking fabulous. We celebrated all the amazing people, [...]
Talking all things art with Sophie Gibson
It would have been easy for Sophie Gibson to stay on in Liverpool after she graduated, but it felt like the natural thing to do to come home to Burnley. Sophie studied Fine Art at [...]
Burnley to LA: Students visit the worlds largest gaming expo
Burnley College Sixth Form Centre students got an eye-opening look into games design after travelling all the way to Los Angeles, California. Advanced Vocational Games Design students (what a subject - right?) and a few [...]
The Girl Fans of Burnley FC
When you think of Burnley, the first thing you think of is our incredible, world-class, Premier League football team. We’ve come a long way since that near fatal day in May ’87 when Burnley nearly [...]
Musicians in Burnley
For too long, people have thought our biggest musical export was Chumbawamba – you know the one: “I get knocked down, then I get up again, you’re never gonna get me down!”. Well no more, [...]
Eltariel Avelorn, shantay you stay.
Sashay away, hunty! How many lip synchs to Carly Ray Jepsen songs have we done in front of our bedroom mirror, pretending like we were RuPaul’s next protegee? Too many to count my friend, too [...]
Swear down, Hannah Whitlow is shaking up Burnley’s art scene
Sharp wit and a great sense of humour – that’s how we’d describe artist Hannah Whitlow. She’s just finished an exhibition of her work at Burnley Mechanics, and already she’s looking forward to her [...]