All the events being held in Lancashire to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day
With Holocaust Memorial Day approaching across the globe, we have rounded up the events being held in Lancashire to commemorate the day.
The International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust is held on January 27 every year.
Each year, communites across Lancashire, as well as the world, gather to remember the six million people murdered in the Holocaust, and the millions more murdered under Nazi persecution.
The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 is ‘Bridging Generations’ and various events have already been planned across Lancashire to commemorate the occasion.
We have below listed all the events we have spotted so far, but as we expect more to be announced in the coming weeks, we will update this story.
Please do also get in contact with us if you know of any more events.
Preston
A commemorative service marking Holocaust Memorial Day will be at 12pm on Tuesday, January 26 at St George The Martyr Church, George's Roadm Preston PR1 2NP,
On social media, Preston City Council wrote: “ The theme for #HolocaustMemorialDay 2026 is Bridging Generations. A call to action and reminder that the responsibility of remembrance doesn’t end with the survivors – it lives on through their children, their grandchildren and through all of us.
“Together we commemorate and educate for a better future.”
Rawtensall
On Thursday, Janaury 29, the story ofHolocaust survivor Ziggy Landschaft will be told by his daughter, Leah Burnam, at Rawtenstall Library on Queens Sqaure, Haslingden Road.
Running between 6pm and 7pm, the event information reads: “This is the miraculous story of Ziggy’s survival. Had it not been for his own resilience throughout the war, the support of Czech prisoners and a brave escape from a concentration camp, he would surely have died.”
The event is free but booking is required and this can be done online here.
Burnley
Burnley’s annual Holocaust Memorial service will be held at the Peace Gardens, Croft Street at 11am on Sunday January 25.
The service will commemorate and honour all the victims of the Holocaust and assert a commitment to oppose racism, antisemitism, victimisation, genocide and Islamophobia.
The multi-faith service will be attended by the Mayor of Burnley Councillor Paul Reynolds.
Members of the public are invited to attend.
Wreaths of remembrance may be laid after the service.
The service is held each year on the Sunday closest to International Holocaust Memorial Day, which takes place on January 27, the date when the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated in 1945.
Morecambe
A Holocaust Memorial Day Event is being held by Jazz Swing Dance a The War Memorial Hall on Church Street.
Called ‘1940s DANCE FOR PEACE’ the event takes place on Tuesdaym January 27 with a Swing Jive lesson at 7.30pm and a Strolls lesson at 9pm.
Organisers say this event is to mark Holocaust Memorial Day - notably the genocides and persecutions of the 1940s by the Nazis of Jewish, Black, Gypsy, Trade Unionists, Jazz Musicians, Swing Dancers, "Degenerate" Artists, Homosexuals and religious groups, as well asother Genocides.
Each lesson costs £7.50 or it £10 for both and any profit will be used to put on the next event in 2027.
Organisers add that all are welcome and there is no need to book in advance, whilst an optional dress code is to wear something vintage.
For more information you can contact Anthony Padgett on 0790 2342448.